1969-70 O-Pee-Chee 30 Phil Esposito Hockey Card (Front)
1969-70 O-Pee-Chee 30 Phil Esposito Hockey Card (Back)
1969-70 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
Card Notes
The 1968-69 scoring feats of Phil Esposito may never be equalled again. The rangy center literally rewrote the NHL and Bruin record book. His only problem now is what to do for an encore.
En Français
Les exploits de compteur de Phil Esposito en 1968-69 ne seront peut-être jamais égalés. Ce minutieux joueur de centre a pratiquement écrit une nouvelle page dans les annales de la LNH et des Bruins. Son seul problème maintenant est d’assayer de faire mieux.
Details
For the 1969-70 NHL season, it may have seemed that Phil’s numbers from 1968-69 were just a one-off and would never be equaled. His point total dropped to 99 and his goal scoring dropped to just 43. However, his teammate Bobby Orr was doing a little rewriting of the record books in his place. Orr, didn’t beat Esposito’s record of 126 points but his 120 as a defenseman were simply unheard of.
But, the 1970-71 season came along and Phil Esposito blew away the standards again with his 76 goals and 152 points. These numbers were then thought to be unbeatable until a lad from Brantford came along named Wayne Gretzky.
What was an amazing performance in 1969-70 was Phil’s 13 goals and 14 assists for 27 points in just 14 playoff games. That helped the Boston Bruins win their first Stanley Cup championship since the 1940-41 NHL season.
Esposito finished up his Hockey Hall of Fame National Hockey League career with 717 regular season goals. That number still places him seventh overall in NHL history.