1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 23 Lanny McDonald Hockey Card (Front)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee 23 Lanny McDonald Hockey Card (Back)
1975-76 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
Toronto’s fifth leading scorer last year despite missing 16 games. First team All-Star selection as junior. Strong skater and has wicked wrist shot.
En Français
Cinquième meilleur compteur des Maple Leafs l’an derniere même s’il manqua 16 parties. Sur la première équipe d’étoiles de sa ligue junior. Ce patineur puissant a un lancer redoutable du poignet. Peut aussi jouer à l’aile gauche.
Details
The 44 points put up by Lanny McDonald in 1974-75 were good enough for fifth on the Toronto Maple Leafs. Leading the way was Darryl Sittler with 80 points with Ron Ellis, Dave Keon and George Ferguson coming in between. Lanny’s production would more than double in 1975-76 with 37 goals and 56 assists for 93 points.
In 1972-73, McDonald finished third in WCHL scoring putting up 139 points on 62 goals and 77 assists. Leading the league was his Medicine Hat Tigers teammate Tom Lysiak with 154 points. Lanny was named a First Team All-Star at right wing. The Tigers took out the Saskatoon Blades in the final to capture the championship.
Between 1973-74 and 1988-89, Lanny McDonald appeared in 1,111 regular season and 117 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Maple Leafs and Calgary Flames. He was a 66 goal scorer with Calgary in 1982-83 and won a Stanley Cup championship with the club in 1988-89. Lanny was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992.
French Bonus
In the French version of the information snippet on the back of this 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee hockey card adds an extra line of information. The extra line states that McDonald can also play left wing. Nothing earth shattering but interesting that the English and French are not always the same on the backs of hockey cards.