1971-72 O-Pee-Chee 65 Derek Sanderson Hockey Card (Front)
1971-72 O-Pee-Chee 65 Derek Sanderson Hockey Card (Back)
1971-72 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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First player in recent years to wear a moustache. One of best in league on faceoffs and also as a penalty-killer. Real favorite with Boston fans. Has had rough, aggressive style since he was a junior standout.
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Premier joueur récemment à porter une moustache. Expert des mises au jeu et pour tuer le temps durant les punitions. Très populaire à Boston. Style rude et agressif depuis son entrée dans le hockey junior où il brilla.
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Derek Sanderson’s 29 goals in 1970-71 would stand as a career best. It was the third of six times he would surpass the 20 goal plateau over his NHL career. Sanderson contributed just a single goal and assist over eleven games in the 1971-72 playoffs as the Bruins captured their second Stanley Cup championship over a three year span.
That single goal came in game 1 of the final series against the New York Rangers. Derek scored shorthanded at 17:29 of the first period, assisted by Ed Westfall, making the score 3-1 for Boston. 45 seconds later, on the same penalty kill, the Bruins again scored a shortie, this time off the stick of Ken Hodge and assisted by Phil Esposito. The Bruins won the game 6-5.
Following the 1971-72 NHL season, Sanderson made the jump to the World Hockey Association to play for the Philadelphia Blazers in the Rebel League’s inaugural season. His time with the Blazers would last just eight games and he would return to Boston to finish out the 1972-73 season.
Between 1965-66 and 1977-78, Derek Sanderson appeared in 598 regular season and 66 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Bruins, New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was the Eddie Powers Trophy winner in 1966-67 with 101 points as a member of the Niagara Falls Flyers, edging out Mickey Redmond of the Peterborough TPT’s and teammate Jim Lorentz.