NHL1970–1979Hall of Fame · 1983

Ken Dryden

Dryden on the wall — for the Canadiens fan who knows the pose.

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Career snapshot

Career: 1970–1979 · Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, 1983

Accolades

★ 6× Stanley Cup Champion with Montreal (1971, 1973, 1976-1979)

★ Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, 1983

★ 1971 Conn Smythe Trophy — before he was officially a rookie

★ 1972 Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the Year (year after his Conn Smythe)

★ 5× Vezina Trophy as NHL's top goaltender

★ 1972 Summit Series Game 1 starter for Team Canada

★ .922 career playoff save percentage — elite in any era

★ Retired at 31 to practice law — author of 'The Game,' the canonical hockey memoir

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The card collector's view

Dryden's rookie card is the 1971-72 O-Pee-Chee #45 — the headline card of the 1971-72 OPC set and a vintage Canadiens cornerstone, with high-grade examples driving headline auction prices. The 1971-72 Topps #45 is the US-market parallel. O-Pee-Chee and Topps releases from 1972-79 capture his entire eight-year Canadiens dynasty career. Modern Upper Deck retrospective and Parkhurst Champions sets offer signed memorabilia for the Dryden collection.

About Ken Dryden at FreshDCards

Ken Dryden is the Cornell-educated lawyer who walked into the Montreal Forum at age 23 and went 6-0 in the 1971 playoffs en route to the Conn Smythe — before he was technically an NHL rookie. He won the Calder the next season. Then six Stanley Cups in eight seasons (1971, 1973, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979), the last four straight. Five Vezina Trophies. He retired at 31 to practice law and write 'The Game,' which is probably the best hockey book ever written. He later served as President of the Toronto Maple Leafs and as a Member of Parliament.