1965-66 Topps 42 Roger Crozier Hockey Card (Front)
1965-66 Topps 42 Roger Crozier Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Smallish goalie hit the jackpot as rookie last season. Hard-working, acrobatic, he got mid-season Miami break and came back strong. Succeeded Terry Sawchuk.
En Français
Le plus petit des gardiens de buts, il tût choisi comme récrue la saison derniere. Aprês un répos a Miami, ce travailleur, est revenu en pleine forme. Il succède a Terry Sawchuk.
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With Terry Sawchuk off to the Toronto Maple Leafs for the 1964-65 NHL season, rookie netminder Roger Crozier was thrust into Detroit’s number one role. Crozier played all 70 games for the Red Wings, posting a 2.42 goals against average and six shutouts. Not only did he win the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year by a wide margin over Ron Ellis, he also finished fourth in voting for the Hart Trophy behind winner Bobby Hull, as well as Norm Ullman and Gordie Howe.
Crozier didn’t slow down in 1965-66. He put up a 2.78 GAA with seven shutouts over 64 games. He played in all 12 playoff games with Detroit falling to the Montreal Canadiens in the final. Despite losing, Roger was the recipient of the Conn Smythe Trophy. Unfortunately for Roger, he would only play ten more games in the post season over the next eleven years of his NHL career.
On the back of this 1965-66 Topps hockey card, the trivia question is: “Who did Hawks acquire in deal for Crozier?” The answer to this is Howie Young in a June 5, 1963 trade that also saw Ron Ingram go to Detroit. Ingram played a total of 114 games in the NHL between 1956-57 and 1964-65. The career minor leaguer did get into 50 games with the Red Wings in 1963-64 before ending up with the New York Rangers.
Between 1963-64 and 1976-77, Roger Crozier appeared in 518 regular season and 32 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Red Wings, Buffalo Sabres and Washington Capitals.