Frank Mahovlich
Frank "the Big M" Mahovlich was born on January 10, 1938 in Timmins, Ontario. He played with the St. Michaels team in the Ontario
Hockey Association (OHA) and was property of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Nicknamed "the Big M" due to his big size - 6'1" and 205 pounds -
Mahovlich made the jump to the NHL in 1957. In that first season with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the left winger scored 36 points
and won the Calder Trophy as the best rookie that year. After a few sub-par seasons, Frank finally began living up to the high
expectations in 1960-61 by scoring 48 regular season goals.
The next couple of years saw Frank Mahovlich score over 30 goals per season but his strained relationship with coach Punch Imlach and
the fans was a constant distraction. He sufferred from depression and maybe even a nervous breakdown in 1967, missing a month of
the regular season. Yet he helped the Maple Leafs win 4 Stanley Cup championships in the 1960s, including their victory in 1967.
In 1968 he was traded to Red Wings along with Pete Stemkowski, Garry Unger and Carl Brewer, for Paul Henderson, Norm Ullman and
Floyd Smith. He spent a couple of years in Motown, playing with his younger brother Peter Mahovlich before moving on to the Montreal
Canandiens. He won two more Stanley Cups in Montreal before spending a couple of years in the World Hockey Association (WHA) and
retired from hockey in 1978. Frank Mahovlich was indcuted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981 and was appointed to the Canadian
Senate in 1998.
Frank Mahovlich's Career Statistics
Year Team GP G A Pts Pim 1956-57 Toronto Maple Leafs 3 1 0 1 2 1957-58 Toronto Maple Leafs 67 20 16 36 67 1958-59 Toronto Maple Leafs 63 22 27 49 94 1959-60 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 18 21 39 61 1960-61 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 48 36 84 131 1961-62 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 33 38 71 87 1962-63 Toronto Maple Leafs 67 36 37 73 56 1963-64 Toronto Maple Leafs 70 26 29 55 66 1964-65 Toronto Maple Leafs 59 23 28 51 76 1965-66 Toronto Maple Leafs 68 32 24 56 68 1966-67 Toronto Maple Leafs 63 18 28 46 44 1967-68 Toronto Maple Leafs 50 19 17 36 30 1967-68 Detroit Red Wings 13 7 9 16 2 1968-69 Detroit Red Wings 76 49 29 78 38 1969-70 Detroit Red Wings 74 38 32 70 59 1970-71 Detroit Red Wings 35 14 18 32 30 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens 38 17 24 41 11 1971-72 Montreal Canadiens 76 43 53 96 36 1972-73 Montreal Canadiens 78 38 55 93 51 1973-74 Montreal Canadiens 71 31 49 80 47 Career Totals 1181 533 570 1103 1056
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