Gordie Howe: 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 29

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 29 Gordie Howe Hockey Card (Front)

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 29 Gordie Howe Hockey Card (Back)

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist

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Card Notes

Pro hockey’s “Mr. Everything” has done it all… like five scoring championships, three MVP awards and nine first All-Star teams. He’s the supreme hockey player and is still going after 22 years.

En Français

Avant. Voici l’homme à tout faire du hockey… y compris cinq championnats des compteurs, trois trophées pour le joueur le plus utile et neuf positions dans l’Equipe d’Etoiles. C’est le joueur de hockey par excellence et il n’a pratiquement pas ralenti après 22 saisons dans la LNH, ce qui naturellement est un autre record.

Details

ERROR! Between 1950-51 and 1962-63, long before this 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee hockey card was published, Gordie Howe won the Art Ross Trophy six times and the Hart Trophy six times. The back of the card states that he’d won the Art Ross five times and the Hart three. Also, prior to the release of this card, Howe was a First Team All-Star ten times, not nine. He would be selected First Team again in 1968-69 and 1969-70.

Even after 22 years, the best was yet to come. In 1968-69, Gordie Howe put up career best numbers with 44 goals and 59 assists for 103 points. This put him third in the race for the Art Ross Trophy behind Phil Esposito and Bobby Hull. Interestingly, that year the Detroit Red Wings were coached by Bill Gadsby. As a player, Gadsby started his NHL career in the same year as Howe.

1968-69 was the start of the end for Gordie. His numbers dropped considerably over the next two years and he retired for the first time after the 1970-71 season. However, Howe made a comeback to major league hockey in 1973-74 with the Houston Aeros of the World Hockey Association and again put up great numbers with 100 points in his first year in the WHA and 102 in 1975-76.

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Gordie Howe NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1946-47	Detroit Red Wings	58	7	15	22	52
1947-48	Detroit Red Wings	60	16	28	44	63
1948-49	Detroit Red Wings	40	12	25	37	57
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	70	35	33	68	69
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	70	43	43	86	74
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	70	47	39	86	78
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	70	49	46	95	57
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	48	81	109
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	64	29	33	62	68
1955-56	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	41	79	100
1956-57	Detroit Red Wings	70	44	45	89	72
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	64	33	44	77	40
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings	70	32	46	78	57
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings	70	28	45	73	46
1960-61	Detroit Red Wings	64	23	49	72	30
1961-62	Detroit Red Wings	70	33	44	77	54
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	70	38	48	86	100
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	69	26	47	73	70
1964-65	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	47	76	104
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	70	29	46	75	83
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	69	25	40	65	53
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	74	39	43	82	53
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	76	44	59	103	58
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	76	31	40	71	58
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	63	23	29	52	38
1979-80	Hartford Whalers	80	15	26	41	42
	Totals	1767	801	1049	1850	1685

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1946-47	Detroit Red Wings	5	0	0	0	18
1947-48	Detroit Red Wings	10	1	1	2	11
1948-49	Detroit Red Wings	11	8	3	11	19
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	1	0	0	0	7
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	6	4	3	7	4
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	8	2	5	7	2
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	6	2	5	7	2
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	12	4	5	9	31
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	11	9	11	20	24
1955-56	Detroit Red Wings	10	3	9	12	8
1956-57	Detroit Red Wings	5	2	5	7	6
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	1	2	0
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings	6	1	5	6	4
1960-61	Detroit Red Wings	11	4	11	15	10
1961-62	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	11	7	9	16	22
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	14	9	10	19	16
1964-65	Detroit Red Wings	7	4	2	6	20
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	12	4	6	10	12
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	4	2	0	2	2
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1979-80	Hartford Whalers	3	1	1	2	2
	Totals	157	68	92	160	220