1974-75 O-Pee-Chee 268 Rick Dudley Hockey Card (Front)
1974-75 O-Pee-Chee 268 Rick Dudley Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Strapping, aggressive type of forward who doesn’t score a lot of goals but makes a valued contribution to the Buffalo cause. He was one of the leaders of the Cincinnati Swords team that won the American Hockey League’s playoff championship in 1972-73 and he also led the AHL in penalty minutes during the playoffs that season. Injuries to his knee and foot slowed Rick’s rise to the NHL as he bounced around the AHL, CHL and IHL before making Buffalo.
En Français
Rick est un avant agressif qui ne compte pas souvent, mais qui fait quand même du bon travail. En 1973, il aida les Swords de Cincinnati à décrocher le championnat des éliminatoires de la Ligue Américaine; il fut aussi le joueur le plus puni durant cette série. A cause de blessures à un genou et à un pied, Rick passa un certain temps dans les Ligues Américaine, Centrale et Internationale avant de faire le saut dans la Ligue Nationale.
Details
Rick Dudley, the guy who doesn’t score a lot goals, put up a career high 31 in 1974-75 with the Buffalo Sabres. The following year, he jumped to the WHA. In his first three seasons with the Cincinnati Stingers, he scored no less than 30 in a season, scoring more than 40 in his first two campaigns with the club.
His year with the AHL’s Cincinnati Swords in 1972-73 was impressive. Dudley scored 40 and assisted on 44 for 84 points over just 64 regular season games. He tied teammate Bill Inglis for fifth in the league for goal scoring, 12 behind leader Yvon Lambert. In overall scoring, he tied for eighth with Danny Schock, 20 points behind leader Lambert.
In the post season, Dudley led the Swords with 22 points over 15 games. His 56 penalty minutes led all AHL players in the playoffs. Cincinnati finished with the best record during the regular season and lost just three games in the playoffs, beating the Nova Scotia Voyageurs in the final to capture the Calder Cup championship.
Between 1972-73 and 1980-81, Rick Dudley played 309 regular season and 25 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Winnipeg Jets. Between 1975-76 and 1978-79, he played 270 regular season and four playoff games in the WHA, all with the Cincinnati Stingers.