Terry O’Reilly: 1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 254

1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 254 Terry O’Reilly Hockey Card (Front)

1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 254 Terry O’Reilly Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Intense desire earned this smiling Irishman a place on the Bruins roster. Terry had only one professional season under his belt before coming to the Bruins in 1971-72. Boston won the Stanley Cup in Terry’s first year with the club. A sparkplug forward, Terry works hard on his skating style during the off season. Hustling style is popular with fans.

En Français

Cet Irlandais au sourire facile s’est mérité une place chez les Bruins par sa volonté de réussir. Il avait seulement un an d’expérience comme professionnel avant d’être accepté par Boston en 1971-72. Terry pratique son patinage entre les saisons. Son style intensif est populaire auprès des spectateurs.

Details

Terry O’Reilly was a first round pick by the Boston Bruins at the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft, 14th overall. At the time, he was coming off a three year junior career with the Oshawa Generals. His only year of non-NHL pro hockey came in 1971-72 with the Boston Braves of the American Hockey League.

O’Reilly helped the Braves to a tie for first place overall in the AHL with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs. Boston was swept in the second round of the playoffs by the same Voyageurs. In between the pipes for the Braves was future NHL star Dan Bouchard.

In 1973-74, the California Golden Seals would be Terry’s lucky charm. In Boston’s five games against the Seals, O’Reilly totaled ten points on three goals and seven assists. He had the game winner on December 16, 1973 when he scored his fourth of the year, assisted by Darryl Edestrand and Derek Sanderson to make the score 4-1 in a 5-3 win. He also assisted on Sanderson’s second of the campaign for a two point game.

A few weeks later, in a 8-1 road win over the Golden Seals, O’Reilly had four assists, three on Chris Oddleifson goals and one the opening marker by Gregg Sheppard. Oddleifson would put up a four goal game.

Terry would go on to play 891 regular season and 108 playoff games in the National Hockey League between 1971-72 and 1984-85. His entire NHL career was spent with the Boston Bruins. He moved on to a coaching role with the club after retiring as a player. He led the team to the Stanley Cup final in 1987-88, losing out to the Edmonton Oilers.

Terry O’Reilly NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971-72	Boston Bruins	1	1	0	1	0
1972-73	Boston Bruins	72	5	22	27	109
1973-74	Boston Bruins	76	11	24	35	94
1974-75	Boston Bruins	68	15	20	35	146
1975-76	Boston Bruins	80	23	27	50	150
1976-77	Boston Bruins	79	14	41	55	147
1977-78	Boston Bruins	77	29	61	90	211
1978-79	Boston Bruins	80	26	51	77	205
1979-80	Boston Bruins	71	19	42	61	265
1980-81	Boston Bruins	77	8	35	43	223
1981-82	Boston Bruins	70	22	30	52	213
1982-83	Boston Bruins	19	6	14	20	40
1983-84	Boston Bruins	58	12	18	30	124
1984-85	Boston Bruins	63	13	17	30	168
	Totals	891	204	402	606	2095

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971-72	Boston Bruins	0	0	0	0	0
1972-73	Boston Bruins	5	0	0	0	2
1973-74	Boston Bruins	16	2	5	7	38
1974-75	Boston Bruins	3	0	0	0	17
1975-76	Boston Bruins	12	3	1	4	25
1976-77	Boston Bruins	14	5	6	11	28
1977-78	Boston Bruins	15	5	10	15	40
1978-79	Boston Bruins	11	0	6	6	25
1979-80	Boston Bruins	10	3	6	9	69
1980-81	Boston Bruins	3	1	2	3	12
1981-82	Boston Bruins	11	5	4	9	56
1982-83	Boston Bruins	0	0	0	0	0
1983-84	Boston Bruins	3	0	0	0	14
1984-85	Boston Bruins	5	1	2	3	9
	Totals	108	25	42	67	335