1964-65 Topps 3 Terry Harper Hockey Card (Front)
1964-65 Topps 3 Terry Harper Hockey Card (Back)
Card Notes
Rangy rookie with an aggressive flair, Terry provided backbone on defense. He is heads-up youngster, stiff checker, and his 149 minutes in penalties suggests he backs away from no one. Terry was picked as 2nd all-star in Eastern Pro League.
En Français
Une recrue agressive, Terry aida ses co-équipiers de la défense. Il est solide et fait une dure mise en échec. Il fût choisi sur la deuxième équipe des joueurs-étoiles dans la ligue Professionnelle de l’Est avant de se joindre aux Canadiens tard en 1962-63.
Details
The details on the back undervalue Terry Harper’s rookie year in 1963-64 with the Montreal Canadiens. The stay-at-home blue liner was third in voting for the Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year. He finished behind teammates Jacques Laperriere and John Ferguson while getting more votes than Gary Dornhoefer and Bob McCord, both from the Boston Bruins.
His 149 penalty minutes in that 1963-64 season were a career high. Harper finished second in the NHL for PIM, just a single minor penalty behind leader Vic Hadfield of the New York Rangers.
Not known for his offense, Terry topped out with an eight goal season in 1975-76 with the Detroit Red Wings. In fact, playing over 1,000 regular season games in the NHL, Harper scored just 35 goals.
His all-star season in the EPHL came in 1962-63 with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens. He also played with the Quebec Aces in the AHL that year and got his first taste of NHL action after the Habs called him up at the end of the year. He played 15 games during the regular season for the NHL club and five more games in the playoffs.
Between 1962-63 and 1980-81, Terry Harper appeared in 1,066 regular season and 112 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Canadiens, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Colorado Rockies. With the Habs, he was part of five Stanley Cup championship teams.