Vic Hadfield: 1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 171

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 171 Vic Hadfield Hockey Card (Front)

1968-69 O-Pee-Chee 171 Vic Hadfield Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Hard-hitting body checks and an equally hard slap shot have made lots of fans for Vic Hadfield. Severe shoulder injury last season hampered him. Once led NHL in penalties but has mellowed in recent years.

En Français

Vic Hadfield s’est gagné de nombreux admirateurs avec ses dures mises en échec et son lancer claqué puissant. Il subit une sérieuse blessure à l’épaule la saison passée. Il fut déjà en tête de la LNH pour les punitions, mais il s’est amendé durant les dernières années.

Details

Vic Hadfield came back from his shoulder injury in 1968-69 to put up his best numbers in the NHL, to that date. Hadfield scored 26 goals and assisted on 40 more for 66 points. Included was a four point performance against his future team, the Pittsburgh Penguins, on February 2, 1969 at Madison Square Garden.

Hadfield scored the final goal of the game in a 7-3 win over the Penguins, putting one past Pittsburgh goalie Les Binkley at 10:09 of the third period. Previously in the match, Vic assisted on goals by Jean Ratelle, Rod Gilbert and Arnie Brown.

His “mellowness” would disappear for the 1971-72 NHL season. To go along with his 50 goals and 106 points, he also had a career high 142 penalty minutes. Despite the high number, he was left out of the league’s top ten, one PIM behind tenth place Carol Vadnais.

Between 1961-62 and 1976-77, Vic Hadfield played 1,002 regular season and 74 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins. He was the sixth different player to reach the 50 goal plateau in the NHL and the first in New York Rangers history.

Vic Hadfield NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961-62	New York Rangers	44	3	1	4	22
1962-63	New York Rangers	36	5	6	11	32
1963-64	New York Rangers	69	14	11	25	151
1964-65	New York Rangers	70	18	20	38	102
1965-66	New York Rangers	67	16	19	35	112
1966-67	New York Rangers	69	13	20	33	80
1967-68	New York Rangers	59	20	19	39	45
1968-69	New York Rangers	73	26	40	66	108
1969-70	New York Rangers	71	20	34	54	69
1970-71	New York Rangers	63	22	22	44	38
1971-72	New York Rangers	78	50	56	106	142
1972-73	New York Rangers	63	28	34	62	60
1973-74	New York Rangers	77	27	28	55	75
1974-75	Pittsburgh Penguins	78	31	42	73	72
1975-76	Pittsburgh Penguins	76	30	35	65	46
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	9	0	2	2	0
	Totals	1002	323	389	712	1154

Playoffs

Season	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961-62	New York Rangers	4	0	0	0	2
1962-63	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1963-64	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1964-65	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1965-66	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1966-67	New York Rangers	4	1	0	1	17
1967-68	New York Rangers	6	1	2	3	6
1968-69	New York Rangers	4	2	1	3	2
1969-70	New York Rangers	0	0	0	0	0
1970-71	New York Rangers	13	8	5	13	46
1971-72	New York Rangers	16	7	9	16	22
1972-73	New York Rangers	9	2	2	4	11
1973-74	New York Rangers	6	1	0	1	0
1974-75	Pittsburgh Penguins	9	4	2	6	0
1975-76	Pittsburgh Penguins	3	1	0	1	11
1976-77	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	74	27	21	48	117