This is a 1965-66 Topps NHL Hockey Card #50 Alvin Brian (Ab) McDonald
of the Detroit Red Wings,
KSA Graded 2 GOOD.
Ab McDonald
was a
Canadian
professional
ice hockey
forward
. Born in
Winnipeg
,
Manitoba
, McDonald began his professional hockey career with the
Montreal Canadiens
of the
National Hockey League
(NHL) in
1958
. He later played for the
Chicago Black Hawks
,
Detroit Red Wings
,
Boston Bruins
,
Pittsburgh Penguins
, and
St. Louis Blues
. He won four straight
Stanley Cups
: three with Montreal followed by another with Chicago. He was the first team captain of the Penguins and
Winnipeg Jets
organizations, and scored the first goal for the Jets in the
World Hockey Association
(WHA). He ended his career after 147 games for Winnipeg, retiring after the
1973–74 season
.
Awards and achievements
:
MJHL
Second All-Star Team (1953)
Turnbull Cup
MJHL
Championships (1953 and 1954)
MJHL
Scoring Champion (1954)
NHL
All-Star Game (1958, 1959, 1961, 1969 and 1970)
Stanley Cup
Championships (1958, 1959, 1960 and 1961)
Inducted into the
Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
in 1996
"Honoured Member" of the
Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
.
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