1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 15 Bobby Hull Hockey Card (Front)
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 15 Bobby Hull Hockey Card (Back)
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
Bobby is the NHL’s glamour boy and continues to set records every season. Last year because of contract difficulties, he missed the first part of the season, but the “Golden Jet” still scored 38 goals – Bobby possesses the leagues hardest slap-shot – is perhaps their most colourful performer – in 13 seasons he has been a first all-star 10 times.
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Bobby s’est fait une réputation prestigieuse dans la LNH et il continue d’établir des records chaque année. L’an passé, à causes de difficultés contractuelles, il manqua la première partie de la saison, mais il compta quant même 338 buts. Bobby possède le plus dur lancer claqué de la ligue. En 13 saisons, il a fait partie de la première équipe d’étoiles à 10 reprises.
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ERROR. Going into the 1970-71 NHL season, Bobby Hull had been selected a First Team All-Star nine times, not the ten printed on the back of the card. He would be selected for a tenth time in 1971-72, his final season in the league before jumping to the World Hockey Association and the Winnipeg Jets.
1970-71 saw Bobby Hull bounce back to his usual offensive form with 44 goals and 52 assists for 96 points while playing in all 78 games for the Chicago Blackhawks. However, the point total which would have been a NHL record just a few short years ago placed him fifth in the race for the Art Ross Trophy behind a quartet of Boston Bruins: Phil Esposito (152), Bobby Orr (139), John Bucyk (116) and Ken Hodge (105).
Hull led the Hawks, and the rest of the NHL, in the 1970-71 Stanley Cup playoffs with 25 points in 18 games. Unfortunately, it wasn’t enough to help Chicago to a championship. The Blackhawks fell in the final to the Montreal Canadiens in seven games. The tight series saw the Habs outscore their opponents by just two goals, 20-18.
In 1970-71, Bobby was a distant third in the voting for the Hart Trophy as the league’s most valuable player. Bobby Orr took the honours with his Boston teammate Phil Esposito coming in second. Hull was the Hart winner twice, in 1964-65 and 1965-66