Eddie Shack: 1958-59 Topps 30

1958-59 Topps 30 Eddie Shack Hockey Card (Front)

1958-59 Topps 30 Eddie Shack Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Colorful, aggressive freshman tabbed by coaches as likely winner of rookie award.

En Français

Débutant agresif et intéressant. Peut enlever la médaille des débutants, disent les coaches.

Details

Eddie Shack had a decent rookie season in 1958-59 with the New York Rangers. He scored seven goals and assisted on 14 for 21 points over 67 games. His 109 penalty minutes tied him for fifth in the National Hockey League with Pete Goegan.

However, Shack was not in the running for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year like the back of this 1958-59 Topps hockey card predicted. Instead, the award went to Ralph Backstrom of the Montreal Canadiens. Carl Brewer, Ab McDonald, Charlie Burns and Norm Johnson were also considered.

During the 1959-60 season, Shack almost became a member of the Detroit Red Wings. A February, 1960 trade was in the works to send Eddie and Bill Gadsby to the Motor City for Red Kelly and Billy McNeill but the trade was voided. At the start of the 1960-61 season, Shack was shipped instead to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Pat Hannigan and Johnny Wilson. Ironically, Red Kelly, who got in the way of the Detroit trade, ended up with the Maple Leafs for 1960-61, as well.

Shack played 1,047 regular season and 74 playoff games with the Rangers, Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Buffalo Sabres and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was a member of four Stanley Cup winning teams in Toronto.

Eddie Shack NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1958-59	New York Rangers	67	7	14	21	109
1959-60	New York Rangers	62	8	10	18	110
1960-61	New York Rangers	12	1	2	3	17
1960-61	Toronto Maple Leafs	55	14	14	28	90
1961-62	Toronto Maple Leafs	44	7	14	21	62
1962-63	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	16	9	25	97
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	64	11	10	21	128
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	67	5	9	14	68
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	26	17	43	88
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	11	14	25	58
1967-68	Boston Bruins	70	23	19	42	107
1968-69	Boston Bruins	50	11	11	22	74
1969-70	Los Angeles Kings	73	22	12	34	115
1970-71	Los Angeles Kings	11	2	2	4	8
1970-71	Buffalo Sabres	56	25	17	42	93
1971-72	Buffalo Sabres	55	11	14	25	34
1971-72	Pittsburgh Penguins	13	5	9	14	12
1972-73	Pittsburgh Penguins	74	25	20	45	84
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	59	7	8	15	74
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	26	2	1	3	11
	Totals	1047	239	226	465	1439

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1958-59	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1959-60	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1960-61	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1960-61	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	0	0	2
1961-62	Toronto Maple Leafs	9	0	0	0	18
1962-63	Toronto Maple Leafs	10	2	1	3	11
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	13	0	1	1	25
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	1	0	1	8
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	2	1	3	33
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	8	0	0	0	8
1967-68	Boston Bruins	4	0	1	1	6
1968-69	Boston Bruins	9	0	2	2	23
1969-70	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	Los Angeles Kings	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	Buffalo Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72	Buffalo Sabres	0	0	0	0	0
1971-72	Pittsburgh Penguins	4	0	1	1	15
1972-73	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	1	0	1	2
1974-75	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	74	6	7	13	151

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