Ab McDonald: 1965-66 Topps 50

1965-66 Topps 50 Ab McDonald Hockey Card (Front)

1965-66 Topps 50 Ab McDonald Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Ab is now with his fourth NHL team, acquired from Boston in the off-season after slumping sharply with Bruins.

En Français

Ab est maintenant avec sa quatrieme équipe dans la ligue Nationale, acquis par Boston durant les joutes hors-saison après une baisse avec les Bruins.

Details

After just one season with the Boston Bruins, Ab McDonald was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on May 31, 1965 with Bob McCord and Ken Stephanson for Bob Dillabough, Ron Harris, Albert Langlois and Parker MacDonald. He still saw time in the minors in 1965-66 but did have slightly improved numbers with the Red Wings and helped the club reach the Stanley Cup final.

In the final series against the Montreal Canadiens, Ab’s original NHL team, McDonald had the game winner in game 2, a 5-2 win at the Montreal Forum that put the Wings up 2-0 in the series. Ab scored at 2:45 of the third on Gump Worsley, assisted by Bill Gadsby and Floyd Smith to put Detroit up 3-1 in the game.

He played just 12 games with the Red Wings in 1966-67, spending the rest of the season in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets, helping that team to a Calder Cup title. His NHL career had a re-birth with the 1967 Expansion. He was the sixth player selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft.

He led the Penguins with 22 goals and his 43 points were second to team leader Andy Bathgate. McDonald assisted on the first ever goal in Penguins history, a Bathgate marker put past Rogie Vachon on October 11, 1967 in a 2-1 loss to the Montreal Canadiens.

Between 1957-58 and 1971-72, Ab McDonald played 762 regular season and 84 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins and St. Louis Blues. He won three Stanley Cup titles, two with Montreal and one with Chicago. Ab also appeared in 147 regular season and 18 playoff games in the WHA with the Winnipeg Jets between 1972-73 and 1973-74.

Ab McDonald NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1957-58	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1958-59	Montreal Canadiens	69	13	23	36	35
1959-60	Montreal Canadiens	68	9	13	22	26
1960-61	Chicago Blackhawks	61	17	16	33	22
1961-62	Chicago Blackhawks	65	22	18	40	8
1962-63	Chicago Blackhawks	69	20	41	61	12
1963-64	Chicago Blackhawks	70	14	32	46	19
1964-65	Boston Bruins	60	9	9	18	6
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	43	6	16	22	6
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	12	2	0	2	2
1967-68	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	22	21	43	38
1968-69	St. Louis Blues	68	21	21	42	12
1969-70	St. Louis Blues	64	25	30	55	8
1970-71	St. Louis Blues	20	0	5	5	6
1971-72	Detroit Red Wings	19	2	3	5	0
	Totals	762	182	248	430	200

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1957-58	Montreal Canadiens	2	0	0	0	2
1958-59	Montreal Canadiens	11	1	1	2	6
1959-60	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1960-61	Chicago Blackhawks	8	2	2	4	0
1961-62	Chicago Blackhawks	12	6	6	12	0
1962-63	Chicago Blackhawks	6	2	3	5	9
1963-64	Chicago Blackhawks	7	2	2	4	0
1964-65	Boston Bruins	0	0	0	0	0
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	10	1	4	5	2
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1968-69	St. Louis Blues	12	2	1	3	10
1969-70	St. Louis Blues	16	5	10	15	13
1970-71	St. Louis Blues	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	84	21	29	50	42