1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 31 Wayne Stephenson Hockey Card (Front)
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee 31 Wayne Stephenson Hockey Card (Back)
1973-74 O-Pee-Chee NHL Checklist
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Wayne won 18 games for the Blues last season as a rookie. Previously, he played just two games in the NHL. The Blues signed Wayne out of the amateur ranks midway through the 1971-72 season, and turned him pro with Kansas City of the Central League.
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Previous to being signed by the St. Louis Blues during the 1971-72 season, Wayne Stephenson was with the Canadian National Team program. He competed for Canada at the 1967 and 1969 World Championships and at the 1968 Olympic Games.
Canada took bronze at the 1967 Worlds, held in Vienna, Austria. In 1969, Canada dropped to fourth place. The tournament was held in Stockholm, Sweden. The Soviet Union won gold in both 1967 and 1969. At the 1968 Winter Olympics, held in Grenoble, France, Wayne helped his country to a bronze. The Soviet Union again was the gold medal winner.
Stephenson played 328 regular season and 26 playoff games in the National Hockey League between 1971-72 and 1980-81. St. Louis traded Wayne to the Philadelphia Flyers before the start of the 1974-75 season and he had the honour of backing up Bernie Parent for Philly’s second consecutive run to a Stanley Cup championship. He also spent two years with the Washington Capitals at the end of his NHL career.