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George Lyle

Position: LW
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 205 lbs.
Born: November 24, 1953 in North Vancouver, British Columbia

Drafted by the Detroit Red Wings in the 8th round (123rd overall) of the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft.

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NHL/WHA Standard

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 23 NEW WHA 75 39 33 72 31 30 62 27 12 0 2 229 17.0
1977-78 24 NEW WHA 68 30 24 54 23 12 74 27 3 0 161 18.6
1978-79 25 NEW WHA 59 17 18 35 14 16 54 16 1 0 113 15.0
1979-80 26 DET NHL 27 7 4 11 5 -2 2 7 0 0 2 41 17.1
1980-81 27 DET NHL 31 10 14 24 10 0 28 7 3 0 0 49 20.4
1981-82 28 TOT NHL 25 3 14 17 5 -5 13 2 1 0 0 42 7.1
1981-82 28 DET NHL 11 1 2 3 1 -2 4 1 0 0 0 9 11.1
1981-82 28 HAR NHL 14 2 12 14 4 -3 9 1 1 0 0 33 6.1
1982-83 29 HAR NHL 16 4 6 10 4 5 8 3 0 1 0 33 12.1
Career NHL 99 24 38 62 24 -2 51 19 4 1 2 165 14.5
Career WHA 202 86 75 161 68 58 190 70 16 0 2 503 17.1

NHL/WHA Miscellaneous

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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
1976-77 23 NEW WHA 75 0.52 0.44 0.96 0.41 0.83 3.05 30
1977-78 24 NEW WHA 68 0.44 0.35 0.79 0.34 1.09 2.37 12
1978-79 25 NEW WHA 59 0.29 0.31 0.59 0.24 0.92 1.92 16
1979-80 26 DET NHL 27 0.26 0.15 0.41 0.19 0.07 1.52 6 3 9 4 20 1 21 0 -2 0.3 0.3 0.6
1980-81 27 DET NHL 31 0.32 0.45 0.77 0.31 0.90 1.58 8 11 19 7 35 10 28 3 0 1.2 0.5 1.7
1981-82 28 TOT NHL 25 0.12 0.56 0.68 0.22 0.52 1.68 2 10 12 4 25 10 20 0 -5 0.3 0.3 0.6
1981-82 28 DET NHL 11 0.09 0.18 0.27 0.10 0.36 0.82 1 1 2 1 4 1 5 0 -2 -0.2 0.1 -0.1
1981-82 28 HAR NHL 14 0.14 0.86 1.00 0.31 0.64 2.36 1 9 10 3 21 9 15 0 -3 0.5 0.2 0.7
1982-83 29 HAR NHL 16 0.25 0.38 0.63 0.24 0.50 2.06 3 5 8 3 18 2 11 0 5 0.4 0.4 0.8
Career NHL 99 0.24 0.38 0.63 0.24 0.52 1.67 19 29 48 18 98 23 80 3 -2 2.2 1.5 3.7
Career WHA 202 0.43 0.37 0.80 0.34 0.94 2.49 58

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Tm Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1976-77 23 NEW WHA 5 1 0 1 -4 4 1
1977-78 24 NEW WHA 12 2 1 3 5 13 0
1978-79 25 NEW WHA 9 3 5 8 3 25 1
Career WHA 26 6 6 12 4 42 2

Other Standard

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1972-73 19 Calumet Cooper Islanders USHL 33 23 16 39 42
1973-74 20 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 19 9 13 22 20
1974-75 21 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 38 37 19 56 76
1975-76 22 Michigan Tech Huskies WCHA 43 47 41 88 42
1978-79 25 Springfield Indians AHL 4 2 4 6 6
1979-80 26 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 33 23 9 32 40
1980-81 27 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 40 20 16 36 84
1982-83 29 Binghamton Whalers AHL 56 19 24 43 63
Career 4 Seasons AHL 133 64 53 117 193
Career 1 Season USHL 33 23 16 39 42
Career 3 Seasons WCHA 100 93 73 166 138

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS GC +/- PIM EV PP SH GW S S% TOI ATOI
1980-81 27 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 18 9 9 18 34
1982-83 29 Binghamton Whalers AHL 4 1 2 3 8
Career 2 Seasons AHL 22 10 11 21 42

Similarity Scores

Explanation ▪ Players with careers of similar quality and shape (thru 2010-11)
Thru 4 Years Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4
George Lyle 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Len Lunde 89.5 1.6 0.8 0.5 0.4
Gene Carr 84.5 1.9 0.9 0.9 0.5
Mike Hudson 83.8 1.3 0.8 0.8 0.6
Gilles Thibaudeau 82.9 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.3
Paul DiPietro 82.6 2.0 1.1 0.5 0.4
Cal O'Reilly 82.0 1.7 0.7 0.7
Mark Hunter 77.4 1.8 1.3 0.9 0.6
Dave Archibald 75.4 1.5 1.1 0.5 0.4
Patrick Kaleta 75.1 1.8 0.6 0.4 0.2
Evgeny Artyukhin 74.8 1.6 0.9 0.9
Career Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst)
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
George Lyle 1.7 0.8 0.6 0.6
Steve Patrick 89.1 1.6 0.9 0.7 0.6 0.1 -0.2
Jason Ward 85.5 1.7 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0
Mark Mowers 84.6 1.6 0.7 0.7 0.3 0.2 0.0 0.0
Don Metz 82.7 1.2 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.0 -0.1 -0.1
Cal O'Reilly 82.0 1.7 0.7 0.7
Chris Conner 79.3 1.5 0.7 0.4 0.4 0.1
Gilles Thibaudeau 78.6 1.8 0.9 0.6 0.3 0.2
Joakim Lindstrom 76.5 1.7 0.7 0.0 0.0
Evgeny Artyukhin 74.8 1.6 0.9 0.9
Jaroslav Svejkovsky 74.0 1.5 1.2 0.4 0.3

Appearances on Leaderboards, Awards, and Honors

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Awards

1976-77 WHA Lou Kaplan Trophy

Goals

Career WHA 86 (86)

Transactions

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July, 1976: Signed as a free agent by New England (WHA), July 1976.

June 9, 1979: Reclaimed by Detroit from Hartford prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.

November 13, 1981: Claimed on waivers by Hartford from Detroit, November 13, 1981.

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