Paul Henderson: 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 127

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 127 Paul Henderson Hockey Card (Front)

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 127 Paul Henderson Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

A real speed merchant on skates, Paul has averaged just over 20 goals each season in the NHL. A throat ailment sidelined him in 1967 and he had to practice with a surgical mask. Plays left wing, but shoots from the right side.

En Français

Réellement vite sur ses patins, Paul a compté unde moyenne de 20 buts par saison dans la LNH. Un maladie de gorge l’a empêché de jouer durant plusieurs joutes en 1967 et il fut obligé de pratiquer en portant un masque chirurgical. Il joue à l’aile gauche mais lande de coté droit. Il compta quatre buts durant une partie contre New-York en 1967.

Details

What’s interesting about the back of the 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee Paul Henderson hockey card is that the French section contains an additional and significant piece of information. It recalls a four-goal game Paul had during the 1966-67 NHL season.

At the time, Henderson was still with the Detroit Red Wings. On October 27, 1966 at Detroit Olympia, he had four goals and an assist for five points in a 5-3 win over the New York Rangers. His one helper was on a Norm Ullman goal. Ullman assisted on three of Henderson’s four goals and the two combined for 13 of the 49 shots put toward New York goalie Ed Giacomin.

On March 3, 1968, 50 games into the 1967-68 NHL season, Henderson was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, along with Doug Barrie, Floyd Smith and Norm Ullman for Carl Brewer, Frank Mahovlich, Pete Stemkowski and Garry Unger. 1968-69 was his first full season with Toronto and he responded 27 goals, a career high to that point.

A clutch goal-scorer, five of his 27 were game winners and four of those five came in one goal games. The 5 GWG tied for second on the Maple Leafs with Ron Ellis and Mike Walton, one behind leader Dave Keon.

His best game of the 1968-69 season came on Christmas Day, 1968 in a 4-3 win over the Blackhawks at Chicago Stadium. Henderson opened and closed out the scoring in the game, putting his 12th of the year past Denis DeJordy 1:47 into the match and scoring his 13th 11:06 of the third, the game winning goal. Paul also assisted on a Larry Mickey goal in the second for a three-point game.

Between 1962-63 and 1979-80, Paul Henderson played 707 regular season and 56 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings, Toronto Maple Leafs and Atlanta Flames. Henderson also appeared in 360 regular season and five playoff games in the WHA between 1974-75 and 1978-79 with the Toronto Toros and Birmingham Bulls.

Paul Henderson NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	2	0	0	0	9
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	32	3	3	6	14
1964-65	Detroit Red Wings	70	8	13	21	30
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	69	22	24	46	34
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	46	21	19	40	10
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	50	13	20	33	35
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	13	5	6	11	8
1968-69	Toronto Maple Leafs	74	27	32	59	16
1969-70	Toronto Maple Leafs	67	20	22	42	18
1970-71	Toronto Maple Leafs	72	30	30	60	34
1971-72	Toronto Maple Leafs	73	38	19	57	32
1972-73	Toronto Maple Leafs	40	18	16	34	18
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	69	24	31	55	40
1979-80	Atlanta Flames	30	7	6	13	6
	Totals	707	236	241	477	304

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1962-63	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1963-64	Detroit Red Wings	14	2	3	5	6
1964-65	Detroit Red Wings	7	0	2	2	0
1965-66	Detroit Red Wings	12	3	3	6	10
1966-67	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1968-69	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	1	1	0
1969-70	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	5	1	6	4
1971-72	Toronto Maple Leafs	5	1	2	3	6
1972-73	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	2	2	2
1979-80	Atlanta Flames	4	0	0	0	0
	Totals	56	11	14	25	28