Career
Nevin scored 21 goals as a rookie with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1960–61, and finished second in the Calder Memorial Trophy voting to teammate Dave Keon. He shared a line with Red Kelly and Frank Mahovlich helping the Maple Leafs win the Stanley Cup in 1962 and 1963. In 1964 Nevin was traded to the New York Rangers alongside four other players in exchange for Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney. He served the Rangers for seven years until he was traded to the Minnesota North Stars for Bobby Rousseau. He also played for the Los Angeles Kings where he recorded a personal best 72 point season and led the Kings to a franchise record 105 points. Following his time with the Kings, Nevin would head to the Edmonton Oilers of the WHA. He retired following thirteen games with the Oilers after breaking his collarbone. Nevin played 1128 career NHL games, recording 307 goals and 419 assists for 726 points.
Read more about this topic: Bob Nevin
Famous quotes containing the word career:
“John Brown’s career for the last six weeks of his life was meteor-like, flashing through the darkness in which we live. I know of nothing so miraculous in our history.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“I restore myself when I’m alone. A career is born in public—talent in privacy.”
—Marilyn Monroe (1926–1962)
“Work-family conflicts—the trade-offs of your money or your life, your job or your child—would not be forced upon women with such sanguine disregard if men experienced the same career stalls caused by the-buck-stops-here responsibility for children.”
—Letty Cottin Pogrebin (20th century)