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Mel Bridgman

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-0    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: April 28, 1955 in Trenton, Ontario

Drafted by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1st round (1st overall) of the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft.

* Sweater numbers are available 1951-1970, 1972-1994, and 1999-2008.
10
Philadelphia Flyers
1976-1982		 26
Calgary Flames
1982-1983		 18
New Jersey Devils
1984-1987		 15
Detroit Red Wings
1987-1988		 28
Vancouver Canucks
1989

NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 23 27 50 0.63 20 0.25 64 10 34 2 22 86 17 5 1 2 166 2.08 13.9
1976-77 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 70 19 38 57 0.81 21 0.30 77 10 39 7 35 120 15 4 0 2 136 1.94 14.0
1977-78 22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 16 32 48 0.63 18 0.24 71 11 51 17 26 203 12 3 1 2 154 2.03 10.4
1978-79 23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 76 24 35 59 0.78 23 0.30 77 12 65 14 14 184 24 0 0 3 157 2.07 15.3
1979-80 24 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 74 16 31 47 0.64 18 0.24 60 9 61 23 13 136 12 2 2 2 145 1.96 11.0
1980-81 25 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 14 37 51 0.66 18 0.24 73 10 68 33 28 195 13 1 0 3 138 1.79 10.1
1981-82 26 2 Teams NHL 72 33 54 87 1.21 32 0.45 137 50 98 27 16 141 22 9 2 4 163 2.26 20.2
1981-82 26 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 9 7 5 12 1.33 5 0.55 14 4 18 8 0 47 4 3 0 1 22 2.44 31.8
1981-82 26 Calgary Flames NHL 63 26 49 75 1.19 27 0.43 123 46 80 19 16 94 18 6 2 3 141 2.24 18.4
1982-83 27 Calgary Flames NHL 79 19 31 50 0.63 19 0.25 93 38 68 12 -1 103 10 9 0 1 131 1.66 14.5
1983-84 28 New Jersey Devils NHL 79 23 38 61 0.77 23 0.30 93 27 130 37 -27 121 13 9 1 0 127 1.61 18.1
1984-85 29 New Jersey Devils NHL 80 22 39 61 0.76 23 0.29 92 29 117 38 -16 105 14 5 3 3 143 1.79 15.4
1985-86 30 New Jersey Devils NHL 78 23 40 63 0.81 23 0.30 91 25 110 43 -1 80 17 5 1 1 136 1.74 16.9
1986-87 31 2 Teams NHL 64 10 33 43 0.67 15 0.24 64 11 82 22 -7 99 7 1 2 2 86 1.34 11.6
1986-87 31 New Jersey Devils NHL 51 8 31 39 0.76 14 0.27 56 11 68 15 -8 80 6 1 1 1 73 1.43 11.0
1986-87 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 2 2 4 0.31 2 0.12 8 0 14 7 1 19 1 0 1 1 13 1.00 15.4
1987-88 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 57 6 11 17 0.30 6 0.11 26 1 25 4 4 42 6 0 0 1 40 0.70 15.0
1988-89 33 Vancouver Canucks NHL 15 4 3 7 0.47 3 0.19 10 5 11 2 -4 10 2 2 0 0 17 1.13 23.5
Career NHL 977 252 449 701 0.72 264 0.27 1028 248 959 281 102 1625 184 55 13 26 1739 1.78 14.5

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1975-76 20 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 16 6 8 14 0.88 31 6 0 0 2
1976-77 21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 7 1 0 1 0.14 8 0 0 1 0
1977-78 22 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 1 7 8 0.67 36 1 0 0 1
1978-79 23 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 8 1 2 3 0.38 17 1 0 0 0
1979-80 24 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 19 2 9 11 0.58 70 2 0 0 0
1980-81 25 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 2 4 6 0.50 39 2 0 0 0
1981-82 26 Calgary Flames NHL 3 2 0 2 0.67 14 2 0 0 0
1982-83 27 Calgary Flames NHL 9 3 4 7 0.78 33 1 2 0 0
1986-87 31 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 5 2 7 0.44 6 28 4 0 1 1 22 1.38 22.7
1987-88 32 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 4 1 5 0.31 2 12 4 0 0 0 8 0.50 50.0
1988-89 33 Vancouver Canucks NHL 7 1 2 3 0.43 -1 10 0 1 0 0 3 0.43 33.3
Career NHL 125 28 39 67 0.54 7 298 23 3 2 4 33 0.85 30.3

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1971-72 16 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 4 0 0 0 0.00 0
1972-73 17 Nanaimo Clippers BCJHL 49 37 50 87 1.78 31
1972-73 17 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 4 1 1 2 0.50 0
1973-74 18 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 62 26 39 65 1.05 149
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 66 66 91 157 2.38 175
1974-75 19 Canada WJC-A 5 4 1 5 1.00 9
1987-88 32 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 2 1 2 3 1.50 0
Career AHL 2 1 2 3 1.50 0
Career BCJHL 49 37 50 87 1.78 31
Career WCJHL 136 93 131 224 1.65 324
Career WJC-A 5 4 1 5 1.00 9

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1974-75 19 Victoria Cougars WCJHL 12 12 6 18 1.50 34
Career WCJHL 12 12 6 18 1.50 34

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1975-76 NHL 80 (1)
 1984-85 NHL 80 (1)

Penalties in Minutes

1977-78 NHL 203 (7)
Career NHL 1625 (94)

Short-Handed Goals

1979-80 NHL 2 (9)

Transactions

Glossary / Transaction information may be incomplete.

November 11, 1981: Traded to Calgary by Philadelphia for Brad Marsh, November 11, 1981.

June 20, 1983: Traded to New Jersey by Calgary with Phil Russell for Steve Tambellini and Joel Quenneville, June 20, 1983.

March 9, 1987: Traded to Detroit by New Jersey for Chris Cichocki and Detroit's 3rd round choice (later traded to Buffalo - Buffalo selected Andrew MacVicar) in 1987 Entry Draft, March 9, 1987.

October 4, 1988: Signed as a free agent by Vancouver, October 4, 1988.