1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 67 Brad Park Hockey Card (Front)
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 67 Brad Park Hockey Card (Back)
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Audio Version:
Brad is only 22 years old and has a bright future in the NHL. Fast becoming one of the top NHL defensemen, Brad combines solid body-checking at his own blue line with ever improving scoring ability in the opposition’s end, certainly one of the bright lights in Rangers future plans.
En Français
Brad n’est âgé que de 22 ans et il a un bel avenir dans la LNH. Brad est en train de devenir l’un des meilleurs joueurs de défense de la LNH, car il combine une bonne mise en échec à sa propre ligne bleue et une capacité accrue de compter lorsqu’il est dans la zone de l’adversaire.
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Even after playing just 54 regular season games for the New York Rangers in 1968-69, while also playing a 17 game stint in the AHL with the Buffalo Bisons, Brad Park was in consideration for the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie. He placed third in voting behind Danny Grant (Minnesota North Stars) and Norm Ferguson (Oakland Seals). Those 17 games with the Bisons was the only action Park saw in the minors over his NHL career.
1969-70 saw Brad again play a shortened season, appearing in 60 of New York’s 76 regular season games. However, the second year player was fifth in voting for the Hart Trophy and second in voting for the Norris Trophy. Both of those awards were taken by Bobby Orr of the Boston Bruins.
Park was often in the running for the Norris Trophy as the NHL’s top defenseman but never captured the trophy. On several occasions, he was runner-up to Bobby Orr and was second in voting a total of six times. He was a First Team All-Star five times and was selected Second Team twice.
Between 1968-69 and 1984-85, Brad Park appeared in 1,113 regular season and 161 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Rangers, Boston Bruins and Detroit Red Wings. He was never on a Stanley Cup champion, but went to the final in 1971-72 with the Rangers as well as 1976-77 and 1977-78 with the Bruins. Park was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.