1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 74 Mike Corrigan Hockey Card (Front)
1972-73 O-Pee-Chee 74 Mike Corrigan Hockey Card (Back)
1972-73 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Back with Los Angeles for the second time in two years, husky Mike is hoping for a repeat performance of his first 20-goal season, which came in Vancouver two seasons ago. Originally a product of the Toronto system, Mike war grabbed by LA in the 1967 Expansion Draft.
En Français
De retour à Los Angeles pour la deuxième fois en deux ans, Mike espère compter au moins 20 buts, comme ce fut le cas à Vancouver il y a deux saisons. Formé par les filiales de Toronto, Mike fut repêché par les Kings lors de l’expansion de 1967.
Details
Mike Corrigan did more than repeat his first 20-goal season. He totaled 37 for the Los Angeles Kings in 1972-73, a career high. This led the Kings, as did his 146 penalty minutes. He would only surpass the 20 goal plateau one more time during his career with 22 in 1975-76.
Amongst those 37 goals was Corrigan’s only NHL career hat trick. On March 21, 1973 at the L.A. Forum against the Toronto Maple Leafs, Mike scored his 33rd, 34th and 35th of the season in a 5-1 win. His second of the match, scored on Toronto goalie Gord McRae and assisted by Juha Widing and Bob Berry, stood as the game winner. He also assisted on a goal by Berry for a four point game.
This was his second four point game of the season after recording a goal and three assists against the New York Islanders on November 4, 1972. In the 9-2 victory, Ralph Backstrom led the Kings with five points while Butch Goring also had a four point game. The Kings fired 37 shots on former teammate Billy Smith.
Between 1967-68 and 1977-78, Mike Corrigan played 594 regular season and 17 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks and Pittsburgh Penguins. He served as assistant coach for three years with the Penguins in the early 1980’s.