Rod Gilbert: 1967-68 Topps 90

1967-68 Topps 90 Rod Gilbert Hockey Card (Front)

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1967-68 Topps 90 Rod Gilbert Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Rod has had back trouble ever since he entered the NHL, playing with a special steel braced “corset”. Had a major operation on his back during the summer of 1966 and it appeared successful as Rod came back last season to play his best hockey for Rangers.

En Français

Rodrigue a eu de la difficulté avec son dos depuis son entrée dans la LHN. Il a subi une opèration majeure au dos en 1966 et il semble qu’elle ait reussi, car Rod connut une de ses meilleures saisons l’an passé.

Details

It seems the back surgery was a success. Rod Gilbert never had “perfect attendance” over the remainder of the career but was never sidelined for any extended amount of time. For the eleven year span starting with 1966-67, Rod failed to reach at least 25 goals just once. He had five seasons with over 30 goals and topped out with 43 in 1971-72.

Gilbert ended his career with seven hat tricks and remains tied for second all-time in the category with Mika Zibanejad, two behind Bill Cook. Two of those seven hat tricks came during the 1966-67 NHL season.

On October 22, 1966 in just New York’s second game of the season, Rod scored three and assisted on a Wayne Hillman goal as the Rangers came back from a 3-0 deficit to tie the Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. Johnny Bower was in the Toronto nets.

It was another four point night on March 29, 1967 in a 10-5 drubbing of the Detroit Red Wings at Madison Square Garden. The three goals turned out to be his last of the 1966-67 season. In the same game, teammate Don Marshall also had a four point night on a hat trick and one assist.

Between 1960-61 and 1977-78, Rod Gilbert played 1,065 regular season and 79 playoff games in the National Hockey League, all with the New York Rangers. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982.

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Rod Gilbert NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1960-61	New York Rangers	1	0	1	1	2
1961-62	New York Rangers	1	0	0	0	0
1962-63	New York Rangers	70	11	20	31	20
1963-64	New York Rangers	70	24	40	64	62
1964-65	New York Rangers	70	25	36	61	52
1965-66	New York Rangers	34	10	15	25	20
1966-67	New York Rangers	64	28	18	46	12
1967-68	New York Rangers	73	29	48	77	12
1968-69	New York Rangers	66	28	49	77	22
1969-70	New York Rangers	72	16	37	53	22
1970-71	New York Rangers	78	30	31	61	65
1971-72	New York Rangers	73	43	54	97	64
1972-73	New York Rangers	76	25	59	84	25
1973-74	New York Rangers	75	36	41	77	20
1974-75	New York Rangers	76	36	61	97	22
1975-76	New York Rangers	70	36	50	86	32
1976-77	New York Rangers	77	27	48	75	50
1977-78	New York Rangers	19	2	7	9	6
	Totals	1065	406	615	1021	508

Stanley Cup Playoffs

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1960-61	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1961-62	New York Rangers	4	2	3	5	4
1962-63	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1963-64	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1964-65	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1965-66	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1966-67	New York Rangers	4	2	2	4	6
1967-68	New York Rangers	6	5	0	5	4
1968-69	New York Rangers	4	1	0	1	2
1969-70	New York Rangers	6	4	5	9	0
1970-71	New York Rangers	13	4	6	10	8
1971-72	New York Rangers	16	7	8	15	11
1972-73	New York Rangers	10	5	1	6	2
1973-74	New York Rangers	13	3	5	8	4
1974-75	New York Rangers	3	1	3	4	2
1975-76	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1976-77	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	79	34	33	67	43