Bill Flett: 1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 266

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 266 Bill Flett Hockey Card (Front)

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee 266 Bill Flett Hockey Card (Back)

1979-80 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist

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Card Notes

Bill has scored 103 goals during 195 games in an Edmonton Oiler uniform.

En Français

Bill a marqué 103 buts en 195 matches pour les Oilers d’Edmonton.

Details

Bill Flett would retire 20 games into the 1979-80 NHL season and this would be his last hockey card. It was a return to the National Hockey League after jumping to the WHA midway through the 1976-77 season after starting the campaign with the Atlanta Flames.

The 105 goals over 195 games referred to on the back of the card were from his WHA days with the Oilers. This is a bit of an ERROR. Flett actually scored 103 for the Oilers over 195 regular season games, along with five more in 15 playoff games. He added five more goals to that total in 1979-80 with the NHL Oilers.

After several years in the minors, Bill got his start in the NHL with the 1967 expansion. He jumped onto the scene in 1967-68, scoring 26 goals for the Los Angeles Kings in his rookie season. This performance placed him fourth in the voting for the Calder Trophy behind winner Derek Sanderson, as well as Jacques Lemaire and Doug Favell.

Flett would surpass the 20 goal plateau in four NHL seasons. He topped out with 43 in 1972-73 as a member of the Philadelphia Flyers. That total placed him fifth in the NHL, 12 behind leader Phil Esposito. After winning a Stanley Cup championship with the Flyers in 1973-74, Flett would find himself with the Toronto Maple Leafs the following season.

Between 1967-68 and 1979-80, Bill Flett played in 689 regular season and 52 playoff games in the National Hockey League. Along with the Kings, Flyers, Maple Leafs and Oilers, Cowboy also played for the Atlanta Flames.

Bill Flett NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1967-68	Los Angeles Kings	73	26	20	46	97
1968-69	Los Angeles Kings	72	24	25	49	53
1969-70	Los Angeles Kings	69	14	18	32	70
1970-71	Los Angeles Kings	64	13	24	37	57
1971-72	Los Angeles Kings	45	7	12	19	18
1971-72	Philadelphia Flyers	31	11	10	21	26
1972-73	Philadelphia Flyers	69	43	31	74	53
1973-74	Philadelphia Flyers	67	17	27	44	51
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	77	15	25	40	38
1975-76	Atlanta Flames	78	23	17	40	30
1976-77	Atlanta Flames	24	4	4	8	6
1979-80	Edmonton Oilers	20	5	2	7	2
	Totals	689	202	215	417	501

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1967-68	Los Angeles Kings	7	1	2	3	8
1968-69	Los Angeles Kings	10	3	4	7	11
1969-70	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72	Philadelphia Flyers	0	0	0	0	0
1972-73	Philadelphia Flyers	11	3	4	7	0
1973-74	Philadelphia Flyers	17	0	6	6	21
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	0	0	0	2
1975-76	Atlanta Flames	2	0	0	0	0
1976-77	Atlanta Flames	0	0	0	0	0
1979-80	Edmonton Oilers	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	52	7	16	23	42