1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA 47 Jim Dorey Hockey Card (Front)
1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA 47 Jim Dorey Hockey Card (Back)
1973-74 Quaker Oats WHA Checklist
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One of three members of Toronto’s “Kiddie Korps” to sign with New England, Dorey was an instrumental force in the Whalers march to the WHA playoff championship. He was a second team all-star along with teammate Tom Webster. Traded by Toronto to the New York Rangers late in the 1971-72 season, he set a single game NHL record for penalty minutes with 48. The hockey crowd calls him “Flipper” because of his effective style of “flipping” the puck into the attacking zone.
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Jim est un des trois membres de la “Brigade des Benjamins” de Toronto à rejoindre les Whalers. C’est en grande partie grâce à lui que l’équipe de Nouvelle Angleterre a pu accéder aux éliminatoires du championnat de l’AMH. Il a fait partie, avec son coéquipier Tom Webster, de la seconde équipe des étoiles. Echangé par Toronto avec les Rangers de New York à la fin de la saison 1971-72, il a battu le record des punitions de la Ligue Nationale, pour une seule partie, avec un total de 48 minutes. Jim a une façon innocente mais redoutable de lancer la rondelle dans la zone d’attaque, d’un simple petit coup de bâton.
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The Kiddie Korps consisted of Jim Dorey, Rick Ley and Brad Selwood, all defenseman that came over from the Toronto Maple Leafs (Dorey by way of the New York Rangers) to play in the inaugural WHA season for the New England Whalers. Led offensively by 53 goal scorer Tom Webster, the Whalers placed first overall during the regular season and captured the Avco World Trophy championship, beating the Winnipeg Jets in the final.
Dorey was traded from the Maple Leafs to the Rangers on February 20, 1972 for Pierre Jarry. Jim played a single regular season match, along with a single playoff game for the Rangers in 1971-72.
Jim’s record 48 penalty minute game came on October 16, 1968 in a game between Toronto and the Pittsburgh Penguins at Maple Leaf Gardens. In the first, he received two minor penalties, one for interference and one for cross checking. In the second, things really blew up.
He eased into things in the second with a tripping minor at 12:38. Not long after he got out of the box, the main event happened. At 18:47 of the second period, Dorey got into, not one, but two fights. He also received a minor for high sticking, two 10 minute misconducts and a game misconduct. The game ended up tied 2-2.
The record has since been broken. Dorey’s 48 PIM still stands today as the eleventh most in a single NHL game. The record belongs to Randy Holt of the Los Angeles Kings and his 67 penalty minutes in a game against the Philadelphia Flyers on March 11, 1979.
Those 48 minutes would put Jim well on the path to a 200 PIM season. He finished second in the NHL that year behind just Forbes Kennedy.
In the World Hockey Association, Dorey played the entirety of the league’s existence, from 1972-73 to 1978-79. Along with the Whalers, he also played for the Toronto Toros and Quebec Nordiques. Jim would not make the return to the National Hockey League after the two leagues merged.