Danny Grant: 1971-72 O-Pee-Chee 79

1971-72 O-Pee-Chee 79 Danny Grant Hockey Card (Front)

1971-72 O-Pee-Chee 79 Danny Grant Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Durable Danny has missed only one game in three seasons, and he’s twice hit for 30-plus goals. Dan’s a former rookie of the year, winning the Calder Trophy for 1968-69. He has one of the hardest shots in hockey. Dan is one of few players from New Brunswick. Danny was the first member of a West Division team to win an NHL trophy.

En Français

Danny n’a manqué qu’une joute en trois saisons. Il a compté 30 buts ou plus à deux reprises. Ancienne Recrue de l’Année, il décrocha le Trophée Calder pour 1968-69. Il a l’un des lancers les plus durs dans le hockey. Un des rares joueurs originaires du Nouveau-Brunswick.

Details

There is a recycled ERROR on the back of this 1971-72 Danny Grant hockey card that has appeared on at least one other of his. Grant was not the first from a West Division team to win an award. Glenn Hall of the St. Louis Blues was the Conn Smythe Trophy in 1967-68.

Danny would go on to score 50 goals in a season for the Detroit Red Wings, a career high before injuries took him out. With the Minnesota North Stars, Grant had a pair of 34 goal seasons and would also score 32 in 1972-73.

Scoring 34 goals in 1970-71, Danny had five two-goal games. On December 25, 1970 in a 6-3 home win over the Toronto Maple Leafs, Grant had a pair, including the game winner. He put his 16th and 17th of the season past Toronto goalie Bruce Gamble while putting five shots on net.

In the post season, he came up big against his former club, despite the North Stars falling in six games to the Montreal Canadiens in the semi-final. Over the six, Grant had four goals and three helpers for seven points. All three assists came in 6-3 game 2 win at the Montreal Forum, all in the first period. In a span of just over ten minutes, Danny assisted on goals by J.P. Parise, Jude Drouin and Ted Hampson, giving the visitors an early 3-0 lead.

Between 1965-66 and 1978-79, Danny Grant played 736 regular season and 43 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens, Minnesota North Stars, Detroit Red Wings and Los Angeles Kings. His streak of 566 consecutive games played still ranks as the 17th most in NHL history.

Danny Grant NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1965-66	Montreal Canadiens	1	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Montreal Canadiens	22	3	4	7	10
1968-69	Minnesota North Stars	75	34	31	65	46
1969-70	Minnesota North Stars	76	29	28	57	23
1970-71	Minnesota North Stars	78	34	23	57	46
1971-72	Minnesota North Stars	78	18	25	43	18
1972-73	Minnesota North Stars	78	32	35	67	12
1973-74	Minnesota North Stars	78	29	35	64	16
1974-75	Detroit Red Wings	80	50	37	87	28
1975-76	Detroit Red Wings	39	10	13	23	20
1976-77	Detroit Red Wings	42	2	10	12	4
1977-78	Detroit Red Wings	13	2	2	4	6
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	41	10	19	29	2
1978-79	Los Angeles Kings	35	10	11	21	8
	Totals	736	263	273	536	239

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1965-66	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Montreal Canadiens	10	0	3	3	5
1968-69	Minnesota North Stars	0	0	0	0	0
1969-70	Minnesota North Stars	6	0	2	2	4
1970-71	Minnesota North Stars	12	5	5	10	8
1971-72	Minnesota North Stars	7	2	1	3	0
1972-73	Minnesota North Stars	6	3	1	4	0
1973-74	Minnesota North Stars	0	0	0	0	0
1974-75	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1975-76	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1976-77	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	2	0	2	2	2
1978-79	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	43	10	14	24	19