1953-54 Parkhurst 15 Jim Morrison Hockey Card (Front)
1953-54 Parkhurst 15 Jim Morrison Hockey Card (Back)
1953-54 Parkhurst NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Coming up from Pittsburgh in the AHL. Jim is noted for his cool-headed playing and positional hockey.
En Français
Arrivant dans la LA du Pittsburgh, Jim est remarqueé pour son jeu de sang froid et son hockey de position.
Details
Jim Morrison came to the Toronto Maple Leafs from the Boston Bruins through a January 9, 1952 trade for Flem Mackell. The bulk of his NHL career was spent with the Maple Leafs, although he also returned to the Bruins for a season, along with playing for the Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins.
His last game with the Rangers was played on November 20, 1960 and his first game with the Pittsburgh Penguins was 3,427 days later on October 11, 1969. In between, he played nearly ten years in the American Hockey League, primarily with the Quebec Aces, along with a season with the Baltimore Clippers.
Morrison’s 704 regular season games in the NHL is pretty respectable, especially since he played in an era of 70 game schedules. What’s amazing is when his 721 AHL games are added in for a total of 1,425.
In 1965-66, he won the Eddie Shore Award as the AHL’s top defenseman. In the NHL, he was stay-at-home but with the Quebec Aces Morrison was more involved in the offense. That year, he scored eleven goals and assisted on 48 for 59 points playing for head coach Bernie Geoffrion.
Perhaps even more impressive was the 16 points in 15 playoff games he contributed for the Aces in 1967-68. Quebec reached the Calder Cup final that year before falling to the Rochester Americans. He never won a championship in either the NHL or AHL but again reached the final in 1971-72 with his Baltimore Clippers bounced by the Nova Scotia Voyageurs.
Between 1951-52 and 1970-71, Jim Morrison played 704 regular season and 36 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins. Prior to 1960-61, he was traded from the Red Wings to the Chicago Blackhawks for Howie Glover but never played for the Hawks.