1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA 20 Bobby Sheehan Hockey Card (Front)
1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA 20 Bobby Sheehan Hockey Card (Back)
1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA Checklist
Card Notes
After a 44-goal season with St. Catharines in 1968-69, Bobby got into the Montreal Canadien lineup in the middle of the following year. It was with the Frenchmen that Sheehan first flashed upon the New York scene. He whipped the puck by Rangers’ Ed Giacomin after only 17 seconds of a nationally televised game. The following year saw Bobby score a hat trick against Gilles Villemure in the Rangers nets and, his greatest thrill, the Cup-bound Canadiens eliminated the Bruins in Sheehan’s hometown, Boston.
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Après avoir compté 44 buts pour l’équipe de St. Catharines en 1968-69, Sheehan entra dans l’équipe des Canadiens au milieu de l’année suivante. C’est comme représentant des Habitants qu’il fit sa première apparition à New York; après seulement 17 secondes d’une partie télévisée dans tout le pays, il réussit à battre Ed Giacomin, le gardien de buts des Rangers. L’année suivant Bobby réussit un tour du chapeau contre Gilles Villemure, qui gardait le filet des Rangers et c’est à Boston, sa ville natale, que les Canadiens éliminèrent les Bruins pour gagner ensuite la Coupe Stanley.
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Bobby Sheehan got into his first 16 NHL games during the 1969-70 season with the Montreal Canadiens, scoring goals. His first career goal in the National Hockey League came on January 11, 1970 in a game against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.
As the card says, it came just 17 seconds into the game on Ed Giamcomin. Jacques Lemaire and Mickey Redmond assisting on the goal and the Habs went on to win 4-1. Bobby Rousseau had two of Montreal’s goals, along with an assist.
The following year, 1970-71, saw Sheehan appear in 29 games for the Canadiens during the regular season, scoring six goals. Three of those goals came on April 3, 1971 in a game, again, at Madison Square Garden against the Blue Shirts. The Habs won the game 7-2 and Bobby scored his 5th, 6th and 7th goals of the season, including the game winning goal.
Sheehan was playing alongside Yvan Cournoyer and also assisted a goal by the Roadrunner for a four point night. Despite the score, it was Montreal’s Ken Dryden that had to be on his toes, facing 43 shots, compared to the 35 that went the way of Gilles Villemure.
In the 1970-71 Stanley Cup playoffs, Sheehan played in six of Montreal’s 20 games. The Habs took out the Bruins in a tightly fought first round series that went the full seven games. The Canadiens the went on the beat the Minnesota North Stars and Chicago Blackhawks for the championship.
Bobby Sheehan’s pro hockey career is an interesting one, to say the least. We take a closer look at what happens after this 1973-74 Quaker Oats hockey card was published when we look at his 1978-79 O-Pee-Chee card.