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1969-70 O-Pee-Chee NHL Hockey Cards

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The 1969-70 O-Pee-Chee NHL hockey card set consists of 231 cards featuring players from all 12 teams in the league at the time. The most valuable player card belongs to Bobby Orr. Other significant cards in the set belong to Gordie Howe of the Detroit Red Wings, Bobby Hull of the Chicago Blackhawks, Jacques Plante of the St. Louis Blues and Phil Esposito of the Boston Bruins.

The top rookie card in the 1969-70 O-Pee-Chee set belongs to Tony Esposito of the Chicago Blackhawks. Other important RC’s belong to Serge Savard of the Montreal Canadiens and Pat Quinn of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

The set also includes a special ‘Mr. Hockey’ hockey card featuring Gordie Howe. There is a version of this card with a number and without a number. Both versions are valued almost equally.

The Topps sister set has just 132 cards and is valued considerably less. This set lacks the Tony Esposito rookie card and Serge Savard’s RC is the highest valued first year hockey card.

1969-70 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist

NumberPlayer
1Lorne “Gump” Worsley
2Ted Harris
3Jacques Laperriere
4Serge Savard RC
5J.C. Tremblay
6Yvan Cournoyer
7John Ferguson
8Jacques Lemaire
9Bobby Rousseau
10Jean Beliveau
11Dick Duff
12Glenn Hall
13Bob Plager
14Ron Anderson RC
15Jean-Guy Talbot
16Andre Boudrias
17Camille Henry
18Ab McDonald
19Gary Sabourin
20Gordon “Red” Berenson
21Phil Goyette
22Gerry Cheevers
23Ted Green
24Bobby Orr
25Dallas Smith
26Johnny Bucyk
27Ken Hodge
28John McKenzie
29Ed Westfall
30Phil Esposito
31Checklist
32Fred Stanfield
33Ed Giacomin
34Arnie Brown
35Jim Neilson
36Rod Seiling
37Rod Gilbert
38Vic Hadfield
39Don Marshall
40Bob Nevin
41Ron Stewart
42Jean Ratelle
43Walt Tkaczuk RC
44Bruce Gamble
45Jim Dorey RC
46Ron Ellis
47Paul Henderson
48Brit Selby
49Floyd Smith
50Mike Walton
51Dave Keon
52Murray Oliver
53Bob Pulford
54Norm Ullman
55Roger Crozier
56Roy Edwards
57Bob Baun
58Gary Bergman
59Carl Brewer
60Wayne Connelly
61Gordie Howe
62Frank Mahovlich
63Bruce MacGregor
64Ron Harris
65Pete Stemkowski
66Denis DeJordy
67Doug Jarrett
68Gilles Marotte
69Pat Stapleton
70Bobby Hull
71Dennis Hull
72Doug Mohns
73Howie Menard RC
74Ken Wharram
75Hubert “Pit” Martin
76Stan Mikita
77Charlie Hodge
78Gary Smith
79Harry Howell
80Bert Marshall
81Doug Roberts
82Carol Vadnais
83Gerry Ehman
84Brian Perry RC
85Gary Jarrett
86Ted Hampson
87Earl Ingarfield
88Doug Favell RC
89Bernie Parent
90Larry Hillman
91Wayne Hillman
92Ed Van Impe
93Joe Watson
94Gary Dornhoefer
95Reg Fleming
96Ralph MacSweyn RC
97Jim Johnson
98Andre Lacroix
99Gerry Desjardins RC
100Dale Rolfe
101Bill White
102Bill Flett
103Ted Irvine
104Ross Lonsberry
105Leon Rochefort
106Bryan Campbell RC (UER)
107Dennis Hextall RC
108Eddie Joyal
109Gord Labossiere
110Les Binkley
111Tracy Pratt RC
112Bryan Watson
113Bob Blackburn RC
114Keith McCreary
115Dean Prentice
116Glen Sather
117Ken Schinkel
118Wally Boyer
119Val Fonteyne
120Ron Schock
121Cesare Maniago
122Leo Boivin
123Bob McCord
124John Miszuk
125Danny Grant
126Bill Collins RC
127Jean-Paul Parise
128Tom Williams
129Charlie Burns
130Ray Cullen
131Danny O’Shea RC
132Checklist
133Jim Pappin
134Lou Angotti
135Terry Caffery RC
136Eric Nesterenko
137Ron “Chico” Maki
138Tony Esposito RC
139Eddie Shack
140Bob Wall
141Phil “Skip” Krake
142Howie Hughes
143Jim Peters RC
144Brent Hughes RC
145Bill Hicke
146Norm Ferguson RC
147Dick Mattiussi RC
148Mike Laughton RC
149Gene Ubriaco RC
150Bob Dillabough
151Bob Woytowich
152Joe Daley
153Duane Rupp
154Bryan Hextall RC
155Jean Pronovost RC
156Jim Morrison
157Alex Delvecchio
158Poul Popiel
159Garry Unger
160Garry Monahan
161Matt Ravlich
162Nick Libett RC
163Henri Richard
164Terry Harper
165Rogatien Vachon
166Ralph Backstrom
167Claude Provost
168Gilles Tremblay
169Jean-Guy Gendron
170Earl Heiskala RC
171Garry Peters
172Bill Sutherland
173Dick Cherry RC
174Jim Roberts
175Noel Picard RC
176Barclay Plager
177Frank St. Marseille RC
178Al Arbour
179Tim Ecclestone
180Jacques Plante
181Bill McCreary
182Tim Horton
183Rick Ley RC
184Wayne Carleton
185Marv Edwards RC
186Pat Quinn RC
187Johnny Bower
188Orland Kurtenbach
189Terry Sawchuk
190Real Lemieux
191Dave Balon
192Al Hamilton
193Gordie Howe [“Mr. Hockey”]
194Claude Larose
195Bill Goldsworthy
196Bob Barlow RC
197Ken Broderick RC
198Lou Nanne RC
199Tom Polanic RC
200Ed Johnston
201Derek Sanderson
202Gary Doak
203Don Awrey
204Ron Murphy
205Phil Esposito [Art Ross Trophy/Hart Trop]
206Alex Delvecchio [Lady Byng Trophy]
207Glenn Hall [Vezina Trophy]
208Danny Grant [Calder Trophy]
209Bobby Orr [Norris Trophy]
210Serge Savard RC [Conn Smythe Trophy]
211Glenn Hall [All-Star]
212Bobby Orr [All-Star]
213Tim Horton [All-Star]
214Phil Esposito [All-Star]
215Gordie Howe [All-Star]
216Bobby Hull [All-Star]
217Ed Giacomin [All-Star]
218Ted Green [All-Star]
219Ted Harris [All-Star]
220Jean Beliveau [All-Star]
221Yvan Cournoyer [All-Star]
222Frank Mahovlich [All-Star]
223Art Ross Trophy
224Hart Trophy
225Lady Byng Trophy
226Vezina Trophy
227Calder Trophy
228James Norris Trophy
229Conn Smythe Trophy
230Prince of Wales Trophy
231The Stanley Cup
193BGordie Howe [“Mr. Hockey”]
205BPhil Esposito [Art Ross Trophy/Hart Trop]

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1969-70 NHL Season

1969-70 was the last year of a 12 team National Hockey League. The following season, the Buffalo Sabres and Vancouver Canucks would join as expansion teams. This season marked the emergence of the Boston Bruins as a super power in the NHL.

The Bruins tied the Chicago Blackhawks for the overall lead during the regular season with 99 points. Boston went on to win the Stanley Cup championship, beating the St. Louis Blues in the final. It marked the first Cup win for the Bruins since 1940-41.

As usual in the era, the league was dominated by Orr and Esposito. However, it wasn’t Phil Esposito, it was his brother Tony. Bobby and Tony were 1-2 in Hart Trophy voting as the NHL’s most valuable player and really the only contenders for the award.

Orr was, for the most part, a unanimous decision for the Norris Trophy as the league’s top defenseman. This was fueled by his league leading 120 points which gave him the Art Ross Trophy, the first time a blue liner had ever won the award.

Tony Esposito’s 2.17 goals against average and unbelievable 15 shutouts over 63 games made him a unanimous selection for the Calder Trophy as rookie of the year. His brother did pretty good with 99 points, second best to his Boston teammate Orr.

The playoffs were controversial before even starting. The Montreal Canadiens finished tied for fourth and final playoff spot in the Eastern Division with the New York Rangers. However, the Rangers were awarded the tie-breaker and the Habs did not qualify for the post season for the first time since 1947-48. They would not be in the same position again until 1994-95. Montreal’s 92 points would have placed them first place in the Western Division.

Along with the Norris, Art Ross and Hart Trophy, Bobby Orr was also honoured with the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. This marked the only time in NHL history that a player won four individual awards.

Just one future member, Bobby Clarke with the Philadelphia Flyers, of the Hockey Hall of Fame made his debut in 1969-70. Other important players to start their career include Butch Goring, Keith Magnuson, Gilles Gilbert, Marc Tardif and Guy Charron.

Hockey Hall of Fame goalies Johnny Bower and Terry Sawchuk appeared in their final National Hockey League games. Bower retired as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs while Sawchuk passed away after the season was over. His final club was the New York Rangers.

1969-70 NHL Standings

Eastern
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
Boston Bruins7640171999277216
Chicago Blackhawks764522999250170
Detroit Red Wings7640211595246199
Montreal Canadiens7638221692244201
New York Rangers7638221692246189
Toronto Maple Leafs7629341371222242
        
Western
TeamGPWLTPtsGFGA
St. Louis Blues7637271286224179
Pittsburgh Penguins7626381264182238
Minnesota North Stars7619352260224257
Philadelphia Flyers7617352458197225
Oakland Seals7622401458169243
Los Angeles Kings7614521038168290

1969-70 NHL Scoring Leaders

PlayerTeamGPGAPtsPIM
Bobby OrrBoston Bruins763387120125
Phil EspositoBoston Bruins7643569950
Stan MikitaChicago Black Hawks7639478650
Phil GoyetteSt. Louis Blues7229497816
Walt TkaczukNew York Rangers7627507738
Jean RatelleNew York Rangers7532427428
Red BerensonSt. Louis Blues6733397238
J. P. PariseMinnesota North Stars7424487272
Gordie HoweDetroit Red Wings7631407158
Frank MahovlichDetroit Red Wings7438327059
Dave BalonNew York Rangers76333770100
John McKenzieBoston Bruins72294170114

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