Bobby Orr 1967-68 Topps 92

The 1967-68 Topps 92 hockey card is the second featuring Bobby Orr, following his 1966-67 Topps rookie card. This is one of three cards showing Orr in the set, one honours him for winning the Calder Trophy as the National Hockey League's rookie of the year and the other shows him as a Second Team All-Star. He was joined on the Second Team blue line by Tim Horton of the Toronto Maple Leafs while Harry Howell of the New York Rangers and Pierre Pilote of the Chicago Blackhawks took First Team honours.

Bobby Orr - 1966-67

The back of the card shows his stats from the 1966-67 NHL season. Over 61 games in his rookie season, Bobby scored 13 and assisted on 28 for 41 points. His 102 penalty minutes placed him sixth in the league.

As per the back of the 1967-68 Topps 92 hockey card:

Bobby came from Junior 'A' to the Bruins last year with more publicity than any rookie in the NHL had ever received. Bobby responded by being named NHL 'rookie of the year', and in spite of his young age (19 years) he has already taken over as 'leader' of the Boston team.

Bobby Orr – 1967-68

In 1967-68, Orr played just 46 games during the regular season, hampered by his first of many knee operations. Still, he scored eleven and assisted on 20 for 31 points. Despite missing so many games, Bobby won the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman for the first of eight consecutive times.

He was with the Bruins as they qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs for the first time since 1958-59. Orr played in all four games as Boston was swept in the opening round by the Montreal Canadiens. It was the first playoff series for the Bruins since losing 4-3 to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the first round of the 1958-59 playoffs. In that series, Milt Schmidt's Bruins actually outscored the Maple Leafs 21-20.

As for the 1967-68 Habs, they moved on the Stanley Cup finals and swept the expansion St. Louis Blues in four games for the championship.