Red Kelly: 1954-55 Topps 5

1954-55 Topps 5 Red Kelly Hockey Card (Front)

1954-55 Topps 5 Red Kelly Hockey Card (Back)

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“Red” is a coach’s dream come true. He is both a defensive stalwart and a scoring threat. A tireless player, “Red” has won a place on the NHL All-Star Team four straight years. Trophies come to him in bunches. when the Norris Memorial Trophy was put up for the Leading Defenseman last year, “Red” won it hands down. He also won the Lady Byng Cup for the 3rd time.

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Red Kelly’s Norris Trophy in 1953-54, the first year the award was introduced, turned out to be his only win. Doug Harvey of the Montreal Canadiens dominated the award over seven of the following eight seasons. Kelly’s run of three consecutive Lady Byng Trophy wins would end after 1953-54 but he would win the award one more time over his NHL career, in 1960-61 as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Kelly would be selected as an NHL All-Star in eight consecutive seasons, six as a First Team All-Star and twice as a Second Team All-Star. All eight of those selections were with the Detroit Red Wings between 1950-51 and 1956-57

In 1954-55, Red finished second to Harvey in voting for the Norris. More importantly, he helped the Red Wings to a Stanley Cup championship. He would win four with Detroit and four later with the Maple Leafs. He has the most Stanley Cup wins by a player who did not play for the Montreal Canadiens.

In that 1954-55 campaign, Kelly’s offensive abilities were on display in a pair of four point games. The first was on January 30, 1955 with four assists in a 7-1 win over the Canadiens. In the second, on March 3 in a 6-1 win over the Chicago Blackhawks, Red had a goal and three helpers. In that game, he set up the final two of Gordie Howe‘s third period natural hat trick. The first of those two was a shorthanded marker.

Between 1947-48 and 1966-67, Red Kelly played 1,316 regular season and 164 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.

Red Kelly NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1947-48	Detroit Red Wings	60	6	14	20	13
1948-49	Detroit Red Wings	59	5	11	16	10
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	70	15	25	40	9
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	70	17	37	54	24
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	67	16	31	47	16
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	70	19	27	46	8
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	62	16	33	49	18
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	70	15	30	45	28
1955-56	Detroit Red Wings	70	16	34	50	39
1956-57	Detroit Red Wings	70	10	25	35	18
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	61	13	18	31	26
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings	67	8	13	21	34
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings	50	6	12	18	10
1959-60	Toronto Maple Leafs	18	6	5	11	8
1960-61	Toronto Maple Leafs	64	20	50	70	12
1961-62	Toronto Maple Leafs	58	22	27	49	6
1962-63	Toronto Maple Leafs	66	20	40	60	8
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	11	34	45	16
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	70	18	28	46	8
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	63	8	24	32	12
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	61	14	24	38	4
	Totals	1316	281	542	823	327

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1947-48	Detroit Red Wings	10	3	2	5	2
1948-49	Detroit Red Wings	11	1	1	2	6
1949-50	Detroit Red Wings	14	1	3	4	2
1950-51	Detroit Red Wings	6	0	1	1	0
1951-52	Detroit Red Wings	5	1	0	1	0
1952-53	Detroit Red Wings	6	0	4	4	0
1953-54	Detroit Red Wings	12	5	1	6	4
1954-55	Detroit Red Wings	11	2	4	6	17
1955-56	Detroit Red Wings	10	2	4	6	2
1956-57	Detroit Red Wings	5	1	0	1	0
1957-58	Detroit Red Wings	4	0	1	1	2
1958-59	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1959-60	Detroit Red Wings	0	0	0	0	0
1959-60	Toronto Maple Leafs	10	3	8	11	2
1960-61	Toronto Maple Leafs	2	1	0	1	0
1961-62	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	4	6	10	0
1962-63	Toronto Maple Leafs	10	2	6	8	6
1963-64	Toronto Maple Leafs	14	4	9	13	4
1964-65	Toronto Maple Leafs	6	3	2	5	2
1965-66	Toronto Maple Leafs	4	0	2	2	0
1966-67	Toronto Maple Leafs	12	0	5	5	2
	Totals	164	33	59	92	51