1959-60 Topps 14 Vic Stasiuk Hockey Card (Front)
1959-60 Topps 14 Vic Stasiuk Hockey Card (Back)
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Card Notes
Big fellow who can play either wing, Vic has averaged better than twenty goals in four seasons with Bruins. Picked up after Red Wings soured on him. Originally in Chicago’s farm system, Vic’s an honest worker who never lets up.
En Français
Il peut jouer à l’aile droite et à l’aile gauche. Il a compté au moins 20 buts dans chacune des quatre dernières saisons. Il a fait ses débuts dans la NHL avec Chicago.
Details
1959-60 would turn out to be the best year offensively for Vic Stasiuk and his last full season with the Boston Bruins. His 29 goals placed him seventh in the NHL, ten behind co-leaders Bobby Hull and Bronco Horvath and just a single marker behind a fifth place tie between Henri Richard and Bernie Geoffrion. His 68 points placed him ninth in race for the Art Ross Trophy.
Stasiuk got his start with the Chicago Blackhawks, playing 37 games over two seasons before ending up with the Detroit Red Wings. He scored his first of 183 NHL career goals with the Hawks in 1949-50, his lone goal over his 17 games in 1949-50.
On March 26, 1950 at Detroit Olympia, Vic scored the last goal of the game, breaking a 4-4 tie. It was the game winner in a 5-4 win for Chicago. The goal was scored on Harry Lumley, assisted by Gus Bodnar and Bill Gadsby.
Vic came to the Bruins from the Red Wings via a blockbuster trade on June 3, 1955. Going to Boston with him were Marcel Bonin, Terry Sawchuk and Lorne Davis. In the other direction, Real Chevrefils, Warren Godfrey, Ed Sandford, Gilles Boisvert and Norm Corcoran went to Detroit. He would later be traded back to the Wings and ended his NHL career with the club.
Between 1949-50 and 1962-63, Vic Stasiuk played 745 regular season and 69 playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins. He was Stanley Cup champion with the Wings in 1951-52 and 1954-55.