Yvon Labre: 1977-78 O-Pee-Chee 31

1977-78 O-Pee-Chee 31 Yvon Labre Hockey Card (Front)

1977-78 O-Pee-Chee 31 Yvon Labre Hockey Card (Back)

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Card Notes

Is Capitals’ career leader in games played and is second on club’s list in lifetime assists. Began playing hockey at age 6. Yvon scored Capital’s first goal ever.

En Français

Premier pour les matches joués durant sa carrière et deuxième pour les assistances chez les Capitals. Il commença à jouer au hockey à l’âge de 6 ans. Yvon marqua le premier but des Capitals./l

Details

Yvon Labre would play just 22 games for the Washington Capitals in 1977-78 and never really put in another full NHL season again. He would continue on with the Capitals until 1980-81, serving as captain for a few years and having his jersey number 7 retired by the team.

Labre did score the first goal in Washington Capitals franchise history. In the team’s first game, played at home on October 15, 1974, Yvon scored the lone goal in a 1-1 tie with the Los Angeles Kings. At 4:35 of the second period, he put one past Rogie Vachon, assisted by Dave Kryskow and Bill Lesuk to put the Caps up 1-0. Dan Maloney, with help from Terry Harper, tied the score later in the period.

It was just Labre’s third of 14 total goals scored in the NHL. Amazingly, two of the three goals he scored during the 1976-77 NHL season were on the penalty kill. On January 11, 1977 in a 3-2 loss to the Boston Bruins, he scored shorthanded on Gerry Cheevers in a 3-2 loss.

On March 29, 1977 in a 6-1 win over the Detroit Red Wings, Yvon scored on Jim Rutherford at 1:12 of the second period, assisted by goaltender Bernie Wolfe with Bob Paradise in the box, to make the score 3-0.

Originally a prospect of the Pittsburgh Penguins after playing major junior for the Toronto Marlboros, Yvon Labre played 371 regular season games in the National Hockey League between 1970-71 and 1980-81 with the Penguins and Capitals. Like Guy Charron, another player who spent much of his career with the Capitals in the early days of the franchise, Labre did not appear in a Stanley Cup playoff game.

Yvon Labre NHL Career Stats

Regular Season

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970-71	Pittsburgh Penguins	21	1	1	2	19
1973-74	Pittsburgh Penguins	16	1	2	3	13
1974-75	Washington Capitals	76	4	23	27	182
1975-76	Washington Capitals	80	2	20	22	146
1976-77	Washington Capitals	62	3	11	14	169
1977-78	Washington Capitals	22	0	8	8	41
1978-79	Washington Capitals	51	1	13	14	80
1979-80	Washington Capitals	18	0	5	5	38
1980-81	Washington Capitals	25	2	4	6	100
	Totals	371	14	87	101	788

Playoffs

Year	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1970-71	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1973-74	Pittsburgh Penguins	0	0	0	0	0
1974-75	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1975-76	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1976-77	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1978-79	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1979-80	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
1980-81	Washington Capitals	0	0	0	0	0
	Totals	0	0	0	0	0