1969-70 O-Pee-Chee 4 Serge Savard Hockey Card (Front)
1969-70 O-Pee-Chee 4 Serge Savard Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Audio Version:
Won Conn Smythe Trophy as top Stanley Cup Playoff performer last season. Serge literally became a star overnight. As a youngster, nobody wanted him. Has lots of speed and is a fine stickhandler.
En Français
Il a gagné le trophée Conn Smythe à titre de meilleur joueur dans les séris pour la coupe Stanley, la saison dernière. Il est devenu célèbre du jour au lendemain; plus jeune, personne ne voulait de lui au hockey. Il patine très vite et tient bien son bâton.
Details
Despite playing a full season with the Montreal Canadiens in 1967-68, this 1969-70 O-Pee-Chee hockey card is the first ever issued for Serge Savard. Not an ERROR by OPC but definitely a oversight.
The second year blue liner contributed ten points in 14 playoff games as Montreal captured the Stanley Cup championship in 1968-69, earning him the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. In the final series against the St. Louis Blues Serge assisted on Dick Duff‘s winning goal in game two and scored the winner in game three. The Habs swept the series in four games.
Despite his great playing career, Savard never got much consideration for the Norris Trophy. He was fourth in voting in 1978-79 and fifth in both 1975-76 and 1976-77. It was an era of some pretty great blue liners and the likes of Larry Robinson and Guy Lapointe from his own team often overshadowed him.
Between 1966-67 and 1982-83, Serge Savard appeared in 1,040 regular season and 130 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets. The 1978-79 Second Team All-Star played five of eight games for Canada at the 1972 Summit Series against the Soviet Union. The eight time Stanley Cup champion was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986.