Butch Goring: 1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 56

1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 56 Butch Goring Hockey Card (Front)

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A former member of the Canadian National Team, Butch had his best season last year. Prior to making it with Los Angeles, he set American League playoff records for goals, assists and total points while at Springfield in 1971, as his team won the AHL playoffs.

En Français

Butch, an ancien membre de l’équipe nationale du Canada, connut sa meilleure saison l’an dernier. Avant de jouer pour Los Angeles, il établit plusieurs records durant les élimintoires (buts, assistances, total de points) dans la Ligue Américaine en 1971.

Details

In the 1970-71 AHL Calder Cup playoffs, Butch Goring scored eleven and assisted on 14 for 25 points over just 12 games, leading the Springfield Kings to a championship. The playoff run was greatly helped by the goaltending of Billy Smith. Goring’s records have since been eclipsed, simply due to expanded playoffs in the American Hockey League.

1971-72 was Goring’s first of ten straight seasons scoring 20 or more goals. He increased his numbers in 1972-73 to 28 goals and 59 points over just 67 games. He recorded his only game winning goal of the season on October 31, 1972 in a 4-1 home win over the Vancouver Canucks.

In that game, Butch recorded a hat trick with his 5th, 6th and 7th goals of the season. His first goal of the game, scored on Dunc Wilson, assisted by Ralph Backstrom and Serge Bernier, at 3:50 of the second period held as the game winner. Goring led with eight of the 36 shots on Wilson and Backstrom had assists on all three hat trick goals.

Again against the Canucks, in the last game of the season, Goring had two points on a goal and an assist in 6-3 win. What was unusual was Butch’s tripping penalty in the second period. It was his only penalty of the 1972-73 NHL season. Despite that and his decent offensive numbers, Goring was not considered for the Lady Byng Trophy.

Between 1969-70 and 1984-85, Butch Goring played 1,107 regular season and 134 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, New York Islanders and Boston Bruins. The four-time Stanley Cup champion won the Lady Byng Trophy and Conn Smythe Trophy once each.

Butch Goring NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1969-70	Los Angeles Kings	59	13	23	36	8
1970-71	Los Angeles Kings	19	2	5	7	2
1971-72	Los Angeles Kings	74	21	29	50	2
1972-73	Los Angeles Kings	67	28	31	59	2
1973-74	Los Angeles Kings	70	28	33	61	2
1974-75	Los Angeles Kings	60	27	33	60	6
1975-76	Los Angeles Kings	80	33	40	73	8
1976-77	Los Angeles Kings	78	30	55	85	6
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	80	37	36	73	2
1978-79	Los Angeles Kings	80	36	51	87	16
1979-80	Los Angeles Kings	69	20	48	68	12
1979-80	New York Islanders	12	6	5	11	2
1980-81	New York Islanders	78	23	37	60	0
1981-82	New York Islanders	67	15	17	32	10
1982-83	New York Islanders	75	19	20	39	8
1983-84	New York Islanders	71	22	24	46	8
1984-85	New York Islanders	29	2	5	7	2
1984-85	Boston Bruins	39	13	21	34	6
	Totals	1107	375	513	888	102

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
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
1972-73	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Los Angeles Kings	5	0	1	1	0
1974-75	Los Angeles Kings	3	0	0	0	0
1975-76	Los Angeles Kings	9	2	3	5	4
1976-77	Los Angeles Kings	9	7	5	12	0
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	2	0	0	0	2
1978-79	Los Angeles Kings	2	0	0	0	0
1979-80	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1979-80	New York Islanders	21	7	12	19	2
1980-81	New York Islanders	18	10	10	20	6
1981-82	New York Islanders	19	6	5	11	12
1982-83	New York Islanders	20	4	8	12	4
1983-84	New York Islanders	21	1	5	6	2
1984-85	New York Islanders	0	0	0	0	0
1984-85	Boston Bruins	5	1	1	2	0
	Totals	134	38	50	88	32

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