1964-65 Topps 19 Dean Prentice Hockey Card (Front)
1964-65 Topps 19 Dean Prentice Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Dean is one of the few NHL players who made it without benefit of minor league experience. He joined the Rangers in 1952-53 and was with them until traded to Boston in February, 1963. Dean scored his 200th NHL goal last winter. He was a 32 goal man in 1959-60. Prentice’s brother played for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
En Français
Dean est un des rares joueurs de la ligue Nationale, qui fit le saut sans apprentissage dans la ligue mineure. Il se joignit aux Rangers en 1952-53 et demeura avec eux jusqu’à son echange au Boston pour Don McKenney et Dick Meissner en février 1963. Son frere Eric a joue pour les Leafs.
Details
It’s true, Dean Prentice jumped right from a junior career with the Guelph Biltmores to the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. Long after his 1952-53 start in the NHL, Prentice played his only minor league hockey in 1976-77 as a player/coach with the Traverse City Bays of the USHL. That action, 28 games, came three seasons after retiring from the NHL.
On February 4, 1963, Prentice was traded from the Rangers to the Bruins in exchange for Don McKenney and Dick Meissner. The French snippet on the back of the card actually goes into more detail about that trade the the English section. McKenney spent just a season with the Rangers before going to the Toronto Maple Leafs. Prentice was good for two and a half years with Boston before ending up in Detroit.
His 32 goal season in 1959-60 stuck as a career high. That total placed him fourth in the NHL, seven behind co-leaders Bobby Hull and Bronco Horvath. That performance led to his only All-Star selection, named to the Second Team. As for the remark about hitting the 200 goal plateau, it was just a little more than halfway to his final career total of 391.
His brother, Eric Prentice, did play in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, his time in the league was far less than Dean’s. Eric appeared in just five games, all during the 1943-44 season.
Between 1952-53 and 1973-74, Dean Prentice appeared in 1,378 regular season and 54 playoff games in the National Hockey League. Along with the Rangers and Bruins, he also played for the Detroit Red Wings, Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars.