1977-78 O-Pee-Chee 312 Rick Bourbonnais Hockey Card (Front)
1977-78 O-Pee-Chee 312 Rick Bourbonnais Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Selected from the Ottawa 67’s in the fourth round of the 1975 amateur draft, he’s a fine stickhandler with a strong and accurate shot from the point. Was credited with 3 points for Ottawa in 7 games during the 1975 OHA playoffs for the 67’s. Rick’s first amateur club was the Kitchener Rangers.
En Français
Choisi à la quatrième ronde du repêchage des amateurs en 1975. Très habile avec son bâton. Lander précis et puissant de la pointe. Produisit 3 points en 7 matches pour Ottawa durant les éliminatoires de l’AHO en 1975. Sa première équipe amateur fut les Rangers de Kitchener.
Details
A bit of a magical ERROR on the front of this 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee Rick Bourbonnais hockey card, to say the least. This was the only hockey card featuring Rick during his playing days. Problem is, it’s not him on the front (not even the guy in the background trying to pick up his stick). It’s Bernie Federko, a year prior to his rookie card. The guy scrambling for his stick is Bob Plager.
His seven playoff games with the Brian Kilrea coached Ottawa 67’s in 1974-75 were in the opening round against the Sudbury Wolves. At the time, the league did not have overtime in the playoffs. The series went the full seven games with Sudbury winning with three wins to Ottawa’s two. Games six and seven ending in ties. That 67’s time had massive offense from Tim Young (163 pts) and Peter Lee (126 pts) with a producer on the blue line named Doug Wilson (87 pts).
Bourbonnais came over to the 67’s from the Kitchener Rangers prior to his final year of major junior. He’d been with the Rangers for the previous two campaigns where he was a 30 goal scorer in 1973-74.
Rick was the 63rd overall pick at the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft. He saw his first NHL action with the Blues in 1975-76, appearing in seven regular season games. He spent most of the season in the AHL with the Providence Reds. He would play just 64 more games in the NHL over the next two seasons, all with St. Louis, before moving on to a career in Europe.