{"product_id":"1975-o-pee-chee-257-jean-hamel-psa-8-nm-mt-detroit-red-wings-defense-hockey","title":"1975 O-Pee-Chee #257 Jean Hamel PSA 8 NM-MT Detroit Red Wings Defense Hockey","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e1975 O-Pee-Chee #257 Jean Hamel, Detroit Red Wings. Graded PSA 8 NM-MT. Certification number 12225242. The card is from the 1975-76 O-Pee-Chee hockey set. The photos show the exact card and holder you will receive, so please review them closely for condition and centering.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eThe back lists him on defense, born June 6, 1952 in Asbestos, Quebec, home Asbestos, 5'11\" and 185 pounds, acquired in a trade with St. Louis, four years pro. It notes he was second on the Red Wings in penalty minutes the previous season with 136 and had been a second-team All-Star in his final year of junior. His NHL totals through 1974-75 are listed as 180 games, 8 goals, 30 assists, 38 points and 206 penalty minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eJoseph Jean Pierre Hamel played junior hockey with the Drummondville Voltigeurs of the Quebec Major Junior League. St. Louis drafted him 41st overall in the 1972 Amateur Draft. After a short stint with the Blues he went to Detroit with Chris Evans and Bryan Watson in a trade for Ted Harris, Bill Collins and Garnet Bailey, and he spent the next seven and a half seasons as a regular on the Detroit blue line.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eHamel signed with the Quebec Nordiques as a free agent in 1981, playing two seasons in his home province, and was claimed on waivers by the Montreal Canadiens in October 1983. His playing career ended in 1984 after two serious eye injuries, the first sustained in the April 20 playoff brawl between Montreal and Quebec known as the Good Friday Massacre and the second in a preseason game that October. He finished with 699 games, 26 goals, 95 assists and 121 points over 12 NHL seasons.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eMontreal hired him as an assistant coach with their farm club in Sherbrooke, where he later became head coach in 1989-90, and he went on to coach his old junior team in Drummondville from 1990 to 1994. His younger brother Gilles Hamel played ten NHL seasons with Buffalo, Winnipeg and Los Angeles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003eShips same business day on orders placed before 6:00 AM EST. Message us to save with combined shipping.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"B\u0026R Collectibles","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67464107393069,"sku":"EB-318788424812","price":79.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0674\/8160\/0045\/files\/57_e16e957f-7570-43a9-b4b1-4b98c40025ee.png?v=1788295507","url":"https:\/\/brcollectibles.co\/products\/1975-o-pee-chee-257-jean-hamel-psa-8-nm-mt-detroit-red-wings-defense-hockey","provider":"B\u0026R Collectibles","version":"1.0","type":"link"}