1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 61 Pat Quinn Hockey Card (Front)
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 61 Pat Quinn Hockey Card (Back)
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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Card Notes
Pat loves to throw his weight around, and his penalty totals are always quite high. He is one of the best in the league at clearing the opposition from the front of the net. Broke in with Toronto and has also played for the Vancouver Canucks.
En Français
Pat est un “dur” sur la patinoire et il est souvent pénalisé. Il est très habile à libérer le devant des filets et à en chasser les adversaires. Il débuta dans la LNH avec Toronto et il a aussi joué pour les Canucks.
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Offensively, Pat Quinn was heading into his career year when this hockey card came out. In 1973-74, the defenseman scored five goals for the Atlanta Flames while adding 27 assists for 32 points, all NHL career highs.
He made his NHL start in 1968-69, appearing in 40 regular season and four playoff games for the Toronto Maple Leafs. However, prior to that, on paper he was property of the Montreal Canadiens, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues.
Twice a participant in NHL expansion drafts, Pat was taken eighth overall by the Vancouver Canucks at the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft from the Toronto Maple Leafs. Two years later, he was taken 34th by the Atlanta Flames.
Perhaps better known for his coaching career, Quinn was a head coach in the NHL from 1978-79 to 2009-10 with the Philadelphia Flyers, Los Angeles Kings, Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Edmonton Oilers. He was a two time Jack Adams Trophy winner, once with the Flyers and once with the Canucks. He reached the Stanley Cup final with those two teams one time each.
Between 1968-69 and 1976-77, Pat Quinn appeared in 606 regular season and eleven playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks and Atlanta Flames. He was inducted posthumously into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2016 as a builder.