Pete Stemkowski: 1966-67 Topps 15

1966-67 Topps 15 Pete Stemkowski Hockey Card (Front)

1966-67 Topps 15 Pete Stemkowski Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Pete is getting his second chance to “make it” in the NHL. Has spent part of last two seasons between Rochester of AHL and the Leafs. A husky forward who is highly rated by the Leaf management as one of their up and coming younger players.

En Français

Pete en est à sa deuxième opportunité de “faire le grand saut” sans la LHN. Il a passé une partie des deux dernières saisons entre Rochester de LHA et les Leafs. Un joueur d’avant robuste pour lequel la direction des Leafs a beaucoup d’estime, il devrait devenir une de leurs étoiles.

Details

Even though he played an important role in the 1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs Stanley Cup championship, Pete Stemkowski would play just part of one more year with the club before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings. On March 3, 1968, Pete was traded to Motown, along with Carl Brewer, Frank Mahovlich and Garry Unger for Doug Barrie, Paul Henderson, Floyd Smith and Norm Ullman.

In that 1967 Stanley Cup run, Stemkowski totaled 12 points in 12 games on five goals and seven assists. That was the same number of goals he scored for Toronto over 36 games in 1964-65 and one more than he scored over 56 regular season games in 1965-66.

Two of those five playoff goals were game winners. In game 5 of the semi-final with the Chicago Blackhawks, He scored at 2:11 of the third, assisted by Bob Pulford and Jim Pappin, to give Toronto a 3-2 lead in what would be a 4-2 win. He also assisted on the opening goal of the game by Mike Walton.

In the final series against the Montreal Canadiens, Stemkowski scored the opening goal in game 2, a 3-0 shutout win at the Montreal Forum. In the following game, he assisted on the game winner in overtime, scored by Bob Pulford in the second overtime. He also scored in the first period on Montreal goalie Rogie Vachon for a two goal game.

Stemkowski played 967 regular season and 83 playoff games in the National Hockey League between 1963-64 and 1977-78 with the Maple Leafs, Red Wings, New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings. He was a 20+ goal scorer five times, putting up a career high of 25 in both 1969-70 with Detroit and 1973-74 with New York.

Pete Stemkowski NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	1	0	0	0	2
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	36	5	15	20	33
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	56	4	12	16	55
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	68	13	22	35	75
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	60	7	15	22	82
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	13	3	6	9	4
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	71	21	31	52	81
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	76	25	24	49	114
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	10	2	2	4	8
1970-71	New York Rangers	68	16	29	45	61
1971-72	New York Rangers	59	11	17	28	53
1972-73	New York Rangers	78	22	37	59	71
1973-74	New York Rangers	78	25	45	70	74
1974-75	New York Rangers	77	24	35	59	63
1975-76	New York Rangers	75	13	28	41	49
1976-77	New York Rangers	61	2	13	15	8
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	80	13	18	31	33
	Totals	967	206	349	555	866

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	0	3	3	7
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	0	0	26
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	5	7	12	20
1967-68	Toronto Maple Leafs	0	0	0	0	0
1967-68	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	4	1	1	2	6
1970-71	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	New York Rangers	13	3	2	5	6
1971-72	New York Rangers	16	4	8	12	18
1972-73	New York Rangers	10	4	2	6	6
1973-74	New York Rangers	13	6	6	12	35
1974-75	New York Rangers	3	1	0	1	10
1975-76	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1976-77	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Los Angeles Kings	2	1	0	1	2
	Totals	83	25	29	54	136