1983-84 O-Pee-Chee 167 Brian Bellows Hockey Card (Front)
1983-84 O-Pee-Chee 167 Brian Bellows Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
While injured at Kitchener, Brian coached 2 games and finished with a 1-1 record. He has one brother and 2 sisters and his father is a foreman at a General Motors plant. Brian is single. Bellows scored 3 goals and assisted on 2 others in Kitchener’s Memorial Cup final win in 1982.
En Français
Après avoir été blessé à Kitchener, Brian pilota son club pendant 2 joutes, dont une victoire. Il a un frère et deux soeurs. Son père est contremaître à une usine de General Motors. Brian est célibataire. Bellows produisit 3 buts et 2 assistances alors que Kitchener gagna la Coupe Mémoriale en 1982.
Details
At the 1982 Memorial Cup, held in Hull, Quebec, Brian Bellows indeed put up five points in Kitchener’s championship clinching final game against the Sherbrooke Castors. However, it wasn’t enough to get the captain of the Kitchener Rangers named tournament MVP or even selected to the All-Star Team. For those honours, he was upstage by Sherbrooke’s Sean McKenna. Bellows did win the George Parson Trophy for the most sportsmanlike player.
Still, the performance in the tournament and what Brian accomplished over his two years with Kitchener caught the eye of the Minnesota North Stars. Bellows was selected second overall at the 1982 NHL Entry Draft, behind just Gord Kluzak. It was definitely in Minnesota’s favour with Brian going on to score 485 goals and total 1,022 points in the NHL while Kluzak mustered 123 points over 299 games.
His 35 goals as a rookie in 1982-83 were just two behind team leader Dino Ciccarelli. Bellows finished fourth in the voting for the Calder Trophy, trailing Steve Larmer, Phil Housley and Scott Stevens.
Between 1982-83 and 1998-99, Brian Bellows appeared in 1,188 regular season and 143 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the North Stars, Montreal Canadiens, Tampa Bay Lightning, Anaheim Mighty Ducks and Washington Capitals. He helped the Habs to a Stanley Cup championship in 1992-93.