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1965-66 Topps Gerry Cheevers Rookie Card

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gerry cheevers 1965-66 topps rookie hockey cardThe Phil Esposito rookie card and Gordie’s Howe’s 600 goal card lead the way for value in the 1965-66 Topps hockey card set. The next step down the ladder in the 128 card set is the rookie card of Gerry Cheevers. The Gerry Cheevers rookie card appears as number 31 in the set and is valued at $200, half that of the Esposito and Howe cards. The set consists of 128 cards and a complete set is valued at $2700.

Cheevers played his first NHL games in 1961-62 as a member of the Toronto Maple Leafs. He appeared in just two games for the NHL club during a nomadic season that saw him play for the Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds of the EPHL along with the Pittsburgh Hornets and Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.

He got his first start with the Boston Bruins in 1965-66, playing seven games. The numbers were dismal on the weak Bruins with no wins and a 6.00 GAA. By 1967-68, the Bruins were fast improving with Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito in the lineup. Cheevers was now the team’s starting goaltender and would be for the next five years. The Bruins won the Stanley Cup in 1969-70 and 1971-72.


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Despite the success, Gerry was one of the many to jump to the fledgling World Hockey Association, signing with the Cleveland Crusaders for the 1972-73 season. Cheevers played played three and half seasons with Cleveland before returning to the Bruins midway through the 1975-76 season. He stands tied for the second most WHA career shutouts with 14.


Cheevers retired as a player from the Bruins after the 1979-80 season. His career numbers were impressive with a .639 regular season winning percentage in the NHL, along with 26 shutouts. Still, Cheevers was denied a Vezina Trophy or First Team All-Star selection. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985.

Gerry was a champion long before his two Stanley Cups with the Bruins. In 1960-61, his fifth in the Ontario Hockey Association with the Toronto St. Michael’s Majors, Cheevers and Dave Dryden teamed up in net to lead the team to a Memorial Cup victory. Success came again in 1964-65, this time in the AHL.

Cheevers played every one of the Rochester Americans 72 regular season games during the 1964-65 AHL season. His 48 wins that season still stand as an AHL record. He was awarded the Harry Holmes Memorial Award as the goaltender with the lowest goals against average (2.68). The Amerks took out the Hershey Bears 4-1 in the finals to win their first Calder Cup. In 1987, Cheevers, along with Don Cherry and Gerry Ehman, was part of the first inductee class of the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame.

Gerry Cheevers Stats

Season Team Lge GP A PIM Min GA EN SO GAA
1959-60 Toronto St. Michael’s OHA 36 0 0 111 0 5 3.08
1960-61 Toronto St. Michael’s OHA 30 1 0 94 0 2 3.13
1961-62 SSM Thunderbirds EPHL 29 0 0
1961-62 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 0 0 0
1961-62 Rochester Americans AHL 24 0 0 84 3 1 3.50
1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 120 6 1 0 3.00
1962-63 Rochester Americans AHL 19 0 2 75 0 1 3.95
1962-63 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 51 1 10
1963-64 Rochester Americans AHL 66 1 6 187 1 3 2.84
1964-65 Rochester Americans AHL 72 1 26 4359 195 3 5 2.68
1965-66 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 29 0 8 73 0 3 2.49
1965-66 Boston Bruins NHL 7 0 0 340 34 0 0 6.00
1966-67 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 25 0 4 71 0 1 2.80
1966-67 Boston Bruins NHL 22 0 12 1298 72 0 1 3.33
1967-68 Boston Bruins NHL 47 2 8 2646 125 3 3 2.83
1968-69 Boston Bruins NHL 52 0 14 3112 145 1 3 2.80
1969-70 Boston Bruins NHL 41 0 4 2384 108 0 4 2.72
1970-71 Boston Bruins NHL 40 0 4 2400 109 0 3 2.73
1971-72 Boston Bruins NHL 41 2 25 2420 101 0 2 2.50
1972-73 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 52 1 30 3144 149 2 5 2.83
1973-74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 59 0 30 3562 180 4 4 3.03
1974-75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 52 1 59 3076 167 2 4 3.26
1975-76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 28 0 15 1570 95 1 1 3.58
1975-76 Boston Bruins NHL 15 0 2 900 41 1 1 2.73
1976-77 Boston Bruins NHL 45 4 46 2700 137 0 3 3.04
1977-78 Boston Bruins NHL 21 1 14 1086 48 1 1 2.65
1978-79 Boston Bruins NHL 43 2 23 2509 132 1 1 3.16
1979-80 Boston Bruins NHL 42 0 62 2479 116 3 4 2.81

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