1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 186 Dave Burrows Hockey Card (Front)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 186 Dave Burrows Hockey Card (Back)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
Pittsburgh’s rookie of the year in 1971-72 and the club’s most valuable player in 1972-73. Smooth positional player.
En Français
Recrue de l’Année à Pittsburgh en 1972 et joueur le plus utile au club en 1973. Bon joueur de position.
Details
In the running for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year in 1971-72, Dave Burrows and Gilles Meloche each received a single vote to tie for fourth in a campaign dominated by Ken Dryden, Rick Martin and Marcel Dionne. Dryden ultimately was honoured with the award.
Always a defensive, stay-at-home defenseman, Burrows scored a total of 29 goals over 724 career regular season NHL games. He topped out offensively in 1975-76 with seven goals and 29 points with the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Originally a product of the Chicago Blackhawks system, Dave played junior for the St. Catharines Black Hawks and played in the CHL with the Dallas Black Hawks. However, he never played a game with the NHL club.
On June 13, 1978, his first stint with the Penguins came to an end with a trade to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Going to Pittsburgh were Randy Carlyle and George Ferguson. Burrows would be traded back to the Pens on November 18, 1980. He finished out the 1980-81 season before retiring.
Between 1971-72 and 1980-81, Dave Burrows appeared in 724 regular season and 29 Stanley Cup playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Penguins and Maple Leafs.
Trivia Snippet
How many 3-goal games did Phil Esposito have in 1970-71?
Answer: 7
There were 52 hat tricks recorded in the NHL during the 1970-71 season. Phil Esposito had the first and last of those 52. The first came in Boston’s second game of the season, an 8-5 win over the Los Angeles Kings. Espo added two assists for a five point night while firing 12 shots at L.A. goalie Denis DeJordy.
Phil had a six point night against those same Kings on January 14, 1971 in a 9-5 win. Esposito had the hat trick, along with assists on goals by John McKenzie, Wayne Cashman and Ken Hodge. Bobby Orr had four assists in the match.
Interestingly, despite a record setting 76 goals and those seven hat tricks in 1970-71, Esposito did not score more than three goals in a single game that season. In fact, during his goal filled NHL career, Phil never had more than four goals in a game.