1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 8 Ken Hodge Hockey Card (Front)
1970-71 O-Pee-Chee 8 Ken Hodge Hockey Card (Back)
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Kenny was an outstanding Junior “A” player with St. Catharines, but in two seasons with the Black Hawks, never lived up to expectations – after being traded to Boston, this rugged right-winger started to “click in” NHL company scoring 45 goals in his second year with Boston.
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Kenny brilla dans le hockey Junior “A” avec St. Catharines, mais, durant ses deux saisons avec les Black Hawks, il déçut l’attente de son club. Après avoir été échangé au Boston, ce robuste ailier droit commença à être chez lui dans la Ligue nationale et il compta 45 buts durant sa deuxième saison avec Boston.
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Of course, Ken Hodge came to the Boston Bruins through a May 15, 1967 trade with Chicago that also saw Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield go to Bean Town, in exchange for Gilles Marotte, Pit Martin and Jack Norris. Over 132 games with the Hawks, Hodge managed just 16 goals. Over the rest of his NHL career, his single season total would drop to 16 just once, during an injury shortened 1971-72 season when he played just 60 games.
His junior career with the St. Catharines Black Hawks came to a climax in his fourth year, 1964-65, when he led the league in scoring, earning the Eddie Powers Trophy. Playing just 55 games for the second last place Hawks, Hodge led with 63 goals and 123 points. His 60 assists were good for sixth place, one ahead of future Boston teammate Bobby Orr and 14 behind leader Andre Lacroix.
After a lackluster 1969-70 campaign, Hodge stepped it up in 70-71. He scored 43 goals, up from 25, more than doubled his assists to 62 from 29 and totaled 105 points, up from 54 the year before. Despite the Bruins getting upset in the first round of the playoffs, Ken was still a point per game with seven in seven.
Hodge would go on to become just the tenth individual to score 50 goals in a season, accomplishing the feat in 1973-74 with exactly 50. His numbers declined drastically after that and he was out of the NHL three and half years later.
Between 1964-65 and 1977-78, Ken Hodge appeared in 880 regular season and 97 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks, Boston Bruins and New York Rangers.