Position: LW ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0 ▪ Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: May 14, 1938 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario
As Coach: 4 Yrs, 60-86-38, 158 Pts (Full Record)
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| Scoring Stats | Goals | Assists | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | EV | SH | PP | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1962-63 | 24 | BOS | NHL | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 1967-68 | 29 | PHI | NHL | 67 | 9 | 20 | 29 | 10 | -2 | 23 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 157 | 5.7 | ||
| 1968-69 | 30 | PHI | NHL | 48 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | -13 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 94 | 7.4 | ||
| 1969-70 | 31 | NYR | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.0 | ||
| 1970-71 | 32 | NYR | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1972-73 | 34 | TOT | NHL | 60 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | -33 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 10.8 | ||
| 1972-73 | 34 | NYI | NHL | 56 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 6 | -33 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 65 | 10.8 | ||
| 1972-73 | 34 | MNS | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 1973-74 | 35 | NEW | WHA | 75 | 20 | 39 | 59 | 21 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||||||||
| 1974-75 | 36 | NEW | WHA | 50 | 18 | 32 | 50 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 78 | 23.1 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | 37 | NEW | WHA | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | -5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 13.3 | |||||
| Career | NHL | 185 | 23 | 44 | 67 | 24 | -48 | 87 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 34 | 0 | 5 | 317 | 7.3 | ||||
| Career | WHA | 146 | 40 | 74 | 114 | 42 | 4 | 34 | 29 | 11 | 0 | 4 | 93 | 21.5 | |||||||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | PIM | S | G | A | PTS | GC | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1962-63 | 24 | BOS | NHL | 6 | 0.00 | 0.83 | 0.83 | 0.23 | 0.67 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.5 | ||||||
| 1967-68 | 29 | PHI | NHL | 67 | 0.13 | 0.30 | 0.43 | 0.15 | 0.34 | 2.34 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 11 | 43 | 8 | 37 | 0 | -2 | 0.5 | 1.1 | 1.6 |
| 1968-69 | 30 | PHI | NHL | 48 | 0.15 | 0.19 | 0.33 | 0.13 | 0.75 | 1.96 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 20 | 0 | 33 | 0 | -13 | -0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 |
| 1969-70 | 31 | NYR | NHL | 3 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 1970-71 | 32 | NYR | NHL | 1 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 1972-73 | 34 | TOT | NHL | 60 | 0.12 | 0.17 | 0.28 | 0.11 | 0.40 | 1.08 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 58 | 0 | -33 | -0.7 | 0.2 | -0.4 |
| 1972-73 | 34 | NYI | NHL | 56 | 0.13 | 0.18 | 0.30 | 0.12 | 0.36 | 1.16 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 6 | 29 | 4 | 58 | 0 | -33 | -0.5 | 0.2 | -0.3 |
| 1972-73 | 34 | MNS | NHL | 4 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.00 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 |
| 1973-74 | 35 | NEW | WHA | 75 | 0.27 | 0.52 | 0.79 | 0.29 | 0.24 | |||||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 36 | NEW | WHA | 50 | 0.36 | 0.64 | 1.00 | 0.37 | 0.20 | 1.56 | 9 | |||||||||||
| 1975-76 | 37 | NEW | WHA | 21 | 0.10 | 0.14 | 0.24 | 0.09 | 0.29 | 0.71 | -5 | |||||||||||
| Career | NHL | 185 | 0.12 | 0.24 | 0.36 | 0.13 | 0.47 | 1.77 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 25 | 92 | 12 | 128 | 0 | -48 | -0.1 | 2.1 | 2.0 | ||
| Career | WHA | 146 | 0.27 | 0.51 | 0.78 | 0.29 | 0.23 | 1.31 | 4 | |||||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | |||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI | |
| 1967-68 | 29 | PHI | NHL | 7 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1968-69 | 30 | PHI | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1969-70 | 31 | NYR | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1973-74 | 35 | NEW | WHA | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 36 | NEW | WHA | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | NHL | 12 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | WHA | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | ||||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1956-57 | 18 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA-Jr. | 52 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 1957-58 | 19 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA-Jr. | 52 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 37 | ||||||||||
| 1958-59 | 20 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 50 | 15 | 16 | 31 | 14 | ||||||||||
| 1959-60 | 21 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 41 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1959-60 | 21 | Providence Reds | AHL | 16 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1960-61 | 22 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 59 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 27 | ||||||||||
| 1961-62 | 23 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 51 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 30 | ||||||||||
| 1962-63 | 24 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 67 | 42 | 54 | 96 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1963-64 | 25 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 63 | 19 | 19 | 38 | 39 | ||||||||||
| 1964-65 | 26 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 70 | 19 | 42 | 61 | 34 | ||||||||||
| 1965-66 | 27 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 72 | 36 | 42 | 78 | 51 | ||||||||||
| 1966-67 | 28 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 20 | 37 | 57 | 24 | ||||||||||
| 1968-69 | 30 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 12 | 6 | 13 | 19 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1969-70 | 31 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 68 | 27 | 44 | 71 | 40 | ||||||||||
| 1970-71 | 32 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 62 | 25 | 44 | 69 | 22 | ||||||||||
| 1971-72 | 33 | Providence Reds | AHL | 76 | 34 | 65 | 99 | 12 | ||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 36 | Cape Cod Codders | NAPro | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1975-76 | 37 | Cape Cod Codders | NAPro | 8 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 9 Seasons | AHL | 509 | 187 | 307 | 494 | 240 | |||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | EPHL | 177 | 69 | 109 | 178 | 79 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | NAPro | 10 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | OHA-Jr. | 104 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 54 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | WHL | 91 | 23 | 23 | 46 | 22 | |||||||||||
| Scoring Stats | Goals | Ice Time | ||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Team | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | +/- | PIM | EV | PP | SH | GW | S | S% | TOI | ATOI |
| 1956-57 | 18 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA-Jr. | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1957-58 | 19 | Hamilton Tiger Cubs | OHA-Jr. | 15 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||||||||||
| 1959-60 | 21 | Victoria Cougars | WHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||||||||||
| 1960-61 | 22 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1961-62 | 23 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 11 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | ||||||||||
| 1962-63 | 24 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 5 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1963-64 | 25 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 9 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1964-65 | 26 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1965-66 | 27 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 4 | ||||||||||
| 1966-67 | 28 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | ||||||||||
| 1969-70 | 31 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1971-72 | 33 | Providence Reds | AHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 6 Seasons | AHL | 51 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 31 | |||||||||||
| Career | 3 Seasons | EPHL | 21 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 5 | |||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | OHA-Jr. | 19 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WHL | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Thru 6 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | |
| Don Blackburn | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | |
| Craig Darby | 79.3 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.3 |
| Matt Ellis | 77.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| Steve Tuttle | 75.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | |||
| Don Metz | 73.9 | 1.2 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Cody McCormick | 71.4 | 1.6 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Mark Lamb | 71.3 | 1.7 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 |
| Terry Gray | 69.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Robert Petrovicky | 68.6 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.0 | -0.5 |
| Mark Kumpel | 67.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.5 |
| Nevin Markwart | 66.3 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Don Blackburn | 1.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.4 | ||
| Matt Ellis | 77.6 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
| Steve Tuttle | 75.8 | 1.5 | 0.6 | 0.5 | ||||
| Terry Gray | 69.2 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.1 | -0.1 | ||
| Mark Kumpel | 67.4 | 1.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.5 | |
| Petr Tenkrat | 64.8 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 0.4 | ||||
| Andre Savage | 63.5 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 0.0 | |||
| Dustin Jeffrey | 62.1 | 1.8 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
| Patrick Rissmiller | 61.6 | 1.5 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -0.1 | -0.1 | |
| Oscar Moller | 60.8 | 1.5 | 0.4 | 0.2 | ||||
| Colin Fraser | 60.6 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.4 |
June 4, 1963: Claimed by Montreal from Boston (Kingston-EPHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 4, 1963.
June 15, 1966: Claimed by Toronto from Montreal in Intra-League Draft, June 15, 1966.
June 6, 1967: Claimed by Philadelphia from Toronto in Expansion Draft, June 6, 1967.
June 6, 1969: Traded to NY Rangers by Philadelphia with Leon Rochefort for Reggie Fleming, June 6, 1969.
September 30, 1970: Loaned to Rochester (AHL) by NY Rangers, September 30, 1970.
February 12, 1972: Selected by NY Raiders (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.
June 6, 1972: Claimed by NY Islanders from NY Rangers in Intra-League Draft, June 6, 1972.
March 1, 1973: Traded to Minnesota by NY Islanders for cash, March 1, 1973.
September, 1973: WHA rights traded to New England (WHA) by NY Raiders (WHA) for future considerations, September 1973.
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