1972 Topps hockey card of former Montreal Canadien Guy Lafleur. In the 1970s the Canadiens, under coach Scott Bowman, enjoyed a return to their “Flying Frenchmen” glory years and won multiple Stanley Cups, and Lafleur was their poster boy. He was one of the last players to play without a helmet, and the sight of him flying down the ice with his long hair flowing behind him was a common one. He played on 5 Cup winners in Montreal, won the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP twice, 3 Art Ross Trophies as the league’s leading scorer, and the 1977 Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP. “The Flower” was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988.
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