Lot #68: "Phil Esposito" McFarlane Legends Series 2 NHL Boston Bruins

 Phil Esposito (born February 20, 1942, Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, Canada) is a Canadian-born U.S. professional ice hockey centre (196381) in the National Hockey League (NHL), who was a leading scorer in his day.Esposito played hockey from his youth onward, and after a season (196263) on a Chicago Black Hawk (later Blackhawk) farm team he played as a regular on the parent team from the next season, becoming a regular in the 196465 season. He was traded in 1967 to the Boston Bruins, with whom he won two Stanley Cup championships and scored more than 50 goals in five different seasons. In 1975 Esposito was traded to the New York Rangers before retiring in 1981.Esposito was the first hockey player to score more than 100 points (goals plus assists) in a season (196869). In the 196869 season he scored a record-setting 49 goals and 77 assists (126 points) and increased the record in the 197071 season to 152 points, a record that stood until the 198182 season, when it was broken by the Edmonton Oilers Wayne Gretzky. At the time of his retirement, Espositos 1,590 points were second only to Gordie Howes total. He won the NHL Art Ross Trophy as top scorer of the league five times (1969, 197174), and he twice won (1969, 1974) the Hart Memorial Trophy as the leagues most valuable player.