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Andy Hebenton: Complete Collection of a True Ironman

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He’s not in the Hockey Hall of Fame and his 1957-58 Topps rookie card doesn’t fetch hundreds of dollars. In the NHL world, outside of New York, he isn’t well known. Yet, Andy Hebenton is a hockey legend and a true ironman of the sport.

Hebenton played in the National Hockey League for nine seasons from 1955-56 to 1963-64. His first eight were with the Rangers and his final NHL season was spent with the Boston Bruins. Over those nine seasons, Andy never missed a single regular season game. This feat alone still counts as the fifth longest games played streak in league history.


What makes him even greater is the fact that, starting in 1952-53 with the Victoria Cougars of the WHL and ending with the Portland Buckaroos of the WHL in 1973-74, Hebenton played ever single one of his team’s regular season games. The streak of consecutive professional hockey games played sits somewhere around 1,563. In contrast, the NHL record belongs to Doug Jarvis at 988 games.

Andy won one major award during his National Hockey League days – the Lady Byng Trophy in 1956-57, just his second year in the league. In the WHL, he won the Byng equivalent, the Fred J. Hume Cup, five times.

Hebenton wasn’t just a nice guy that played every game. He could provide some pretty decent offense. In 1954-55, his last year in the WHL before his nine year stay in the NHL, Andy finished second in the league with 46 goals and was seventh with 80 points. In his rookie season with the Rangers, Andy led the team with 24 goals. The total tied him for eighth in the league. The Calder Trophy went to a goaltender that season, Glenn Hall of the Detroit Red Wings.

Andy’s best offensive output in the NHL came during the 1958-59 season when his 33 goals tied him for fourth in the league and his 62 points placed him tied for eighth. Two years later, his 26 goals would perch him just on the edge of the top 10. In the year in between, he played in his only NHL All-Star Game.

Playoff success eluded Hebenton in the NHL but in the WHL it came hard and fast. In the ten seasons between 1964-65 and 1973-74, Andy was on three Championship (Lester Patrick Cup) teams and five finalists. All but one of those years was with the Portland Buckaroos. In 1965-66, he was a member of the Victoria Maple Leafs team that won the championship.

What follows is the complete collection of NHL hockey cards featuring Andy Hebenton.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1957-58 topps rookie hockey card

1957-58 Topps #58 – The Andy Hebenton rookie card.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1958-59 hockey card

1958-59 Topps #46.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1959-60 hockey card

1959-60 Topps #16.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1960-61 hockey card

1960-61 Topps #42.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1961-62 hockey card

1961-62 Topps #55.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1962-63 hockey card

1962-63 Topps #54.

andy hebenton new york rangers 1963-64 hockey card

1963-64 Topps #15.

 

Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM
1949-50 Montreal Royals QSHL 5 2 0 2 0
1949-50 Cincinnati Mohawks AHL 44 8 7 15 0
1950-51 Victoria Cougars PCHL 56 16 16 32 12
1951-52 Victoria Cougars PCHL 66 31 25 56 81
1952-53 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 27 24 51 46
1953-54 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 21 24 45 29
1954-55 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 46 34 80 20
1955-56 New York Rangers NHL 70 24 14 38 8
1956-57 New York Rangers NHL 70 21 23 44 10
1957-58 New York Rangers NHL 70 21 24 45 17
1958-59 New York Rangers NHL 70 33 29 62 8
1959-60 New York Rangers NHL 70 19 27 46 4
1960-61 New York Rangers NHL 70 26 28 54 10
1961-62 New York Rangers NHL 70 18 24 42 10
1962-63 New York Rangers NHL 70 15 22 37 8
1963-64 Boston Bruins NHL 70 12 11 23 8
1964-65 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 34 40 74 16
1965-66 Victoria Maple Leafs WHL 72 31 45 76 12
1966-67 Victoria Maple Leafs WHL 72 24 36 60 19
1967-68 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 16 29 45 10
1968-69 Portland Buckaroos WHL 74 26 51 77 26
1969-70 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 36 42 78 9
1970-71 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 29 52 81 10
1971-72 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 30 34 64 12
1972-73 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 30 36 66 26
1973-74 Portland Buckaroos WHL 78 28 44 72 16
1974-75 Seattle Totems CHL 4 0 0 0 0
NHL Totals 630 189 202 391 83

 

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