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6-0 |
Weight:
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225 |
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L |
Position:
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HHOF:
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1981 | ||||||
Like many of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Frank spent his early hockey days with the St. Michael's Majors. For four years, Frank improved his game until the 1956-57 season when he set the new scoring record with 52 goals in a season. This was more than a goal a game. He won the Red Tilson Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the OHA. That same year Mahovlich was called up to the Leafs for 3 games, netting one goal. In his first full season with the Leafs Mahovlich beat out Bobby Hull for the Calder Cup as the Rookie of the Year. Production wise, Mahovlich's career was a series of ups and downs, but no one could mistake the "Big M" streaking down the left wing. In 1957-58 the Big M had 20 goals and 16 assists and the following year upped that to 22 goals and 27 points. In 1959-60 his production slipped to 18 goals and 21 assists but in 1960-61 looked like Mahovlich was getting set to break Maurice Richard's record of 50 goals. In his first 41 games he recorded 36 goals and at that rate he would surly have set a new NHL record. But he fell just 2 goals short of setting the record scoring 48, which was a new Leaf record and remained intact until Rick Vaive netted 54 in 1981-82. Mahovlich led the Leafs in scoring from 1960-61 until 1965-66 and led the team in points during that same period except for 1963-64. Frank was one of the main reasons that the Leafs won Stanley Cups in 1962, '63, '64 and '67. Coach and general manager Punch Imlach did not see eye to eye with Frank and on March 3, 1968 he was traded to Detroit. The change seemed to do Mahovlich good because in his first year he scored 49 goals. Mahovlich played with on a line with Gordie Howe and Alex Delvecchio and helped Howe become the 3rd player to record 100 points in a season. On January 13, 1971 Frank was traded to the Montreal Canadiens where he joined his brother Peter. Again, the change seemed to do Frank good and during his 3 full seasons with the Canadiens he had his highest NHL point production, notching 96, 93, and 80 points respectively. Frank played on the Canadian Team for the first Summit Series in 1972 and later in 1974-75 he once more represented Canada in the Summit Series. The WHA lured Frank away in the 1974-75 season which saw Frank return to Toronto, this time not as a Maple Leaf, but as a Toronto Toro of the WHA. He recorded 38 and 34 goals in his first two seasons with the Toros. In 1976-77 when the Toro's moved to Birmingham to become the Birmingham Bulls, Mahovlich went with them and in two seasons there his goal production dropped dramatically. Mahovlich retired at the end of the 1977-78 season and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981. Mahovlich has since been part of the political scene and in 1998 he was appointed to the Canadian Senate by Prime Minister, Jean Cretian. |
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