Steve Shutt: 1976-77 O-Pee-Chee 59

1976-77 O-Pee-Chee 59 Steve Shutt Hockey Card (Front)

1976-77 O-Pee-Chee 59 Steve Shutt Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Steve is a hard-driving winger who can also play center ice if needed. He has a definite feel around the net, and most observers feel he will hit the 50-goal plateau this year.

En Français

Steve est un ailier travaillant qui peut aussi jouer au centre au besoin. Il est à l’aise autour du filet et beaucoup d’experts croient qu’il réussira 50 buts cette année.

Details

Good call by the “observers”. Steve Shutt not only hit the 50 goal plateau in 1976-77 but kept going until he had 60. Evenly distributed, despite the high goal count, he had just two hat tricks. On November 6, 1976, Steve had three in an 11-3 blowout of the Chicago Blackhawks at the Forum in Montreal. He lacked an assist and was denied the Gordie Howe Hat Trick despite dropping the gloves with Chicago’s Darcy Rota.

Shutt became the first member of the Habs to score 60 goals in a season. The following year, Guy Lafleur equaled the mark. To date, the duo are the only players in franchise history to reach the mark. Despite being known as a goal scorer, this was the only time Steve would reach 50 or more in a season.

Of those 60 goals, 52 were scored even strength and nine were game winners. He led the NHL in both those categories. In the post season, three of his eight goals were game winners. On April 23, 1977 at the Montreal Forum against the New York Islanders in game one of their semi-final series, the visitors held a 3-2 lead going into the third period, However, in the first 4:07 of the third, Guy Lafleur and Shutt scored to give the Habs the win.

Between 1972-73 and 1984-85, Steve Shutt appeared in 930 regular season and 99 playoff games in the National Hockey League. All but his final 59 games were played with Montreal. He finished out his NHL career with the Los Angeles Kings. He was a First Team All-Star once and was selected to the Second Team twice. Shutt helped the Habs to five Stanley Cup championships and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1993.

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Steve Shutt NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972-73	Montreal Canadiens	50	8	8	16	24
1973-74	Montreal Canadiens	70	15	20	35	17
1974-75	Montreal Canadiens	77	30	35	65	40
1975-76	Montreal Canadiens	80	45	34	79	47
1976-77	Montreal Canadiens	80	60	45	105	28
1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	80	49	37	86	24
1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	72	37	40	77	31
1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	77	47	42	89	34
1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	77	35	38	73	51
1981-82	Montreal Canadiens	57	31	24	55	40
1982-83	Montreal Canadiens	78	35	22	57	26
1983-84	Montreal Canadiens	63	14	23	37	29
1984-85	Montreal Canadiens	10	2	0	2	9
1984-85	Los Angeles Kings	59	16	25	41	10
	Totals	930	424	393	817	410

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1972-73	Montreal Canadiens	1	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Montreal Canadiens	6	5	3	8	9
1974-75	Montreal Canadiens	9	1	6	7	4
1975-76	Montreal Canadiens	13	7	8	15	2
1976-77	Montreal Canadiens	14	8	10	18	2
1977-78	Montreal Canadiens	15	9	8	17	20
1978-79	Montreal Canadiens	11	4	7	11	6
1979-80	Montreal Canadiens	10	6	3	9	6
1980-81	Montreal Canadiens	3	2	1	3	4
1981-82	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1982-83	Montreal Canadiens	3	1	0	1	0
1983-84	Montreal Canadiens	11	7	2	9	8
1984-85	Montreal Canadiens	0	0	0	0	0
1984-85	Los Angeles Kings	3	0	0	0	4
	Totals	99	50	48	98	65