Position: D ▪ Shoots: Left
Height: 5-11 ▪ Weight: 170 lbs.
Born: January 28, 1946 in Cudworth, Saskatchewan
Died: September 2, 2004
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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 |
| 1968-69 | 23 | CBH | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 20.0 | ||
| 1969-70 | 24 | CBH | NHL | 24 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0.0 | ||
| 1970-71 | 25 | CBH | NHL | 57 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 41 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 2.9 | ||
| 1971-72 | 26 | CGS | NHL | 69 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | -27 | 156 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 82 | 7.3 | ||
| 1972-73 | 27 | CLC | WHA | 73 | 5 | 43 | 48 | 15 | 169 | 4 | 0 | 1 | |||||||||
| 1973-74 | 28 | CLC | WHA | 78 | 13 | 31 | 44 | 16 | 165 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||
| 1974-75 | 29 | CLC | WHA | 49 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 103 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 87 | 8.0 | ||||||
| 1975-76 | 30 | CLC | WHA | 70 | 6 | 44 | 50 | 16 | 16 | 101 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 165 | 3.6 | |||||
| 1976-77 | 31 | SDM | WHA | 81 | 13 | 37 | 50 | 17 | -4 | 103 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 206 | 6.3 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | 32 | EDO | WHA | 80 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 16 | -9 | 100 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 169 | 5.3 | ||||||
| 1978-79 | 33 | EDO | WHA | 80 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 15 | 37 | 119 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 133 | 6.0 | ||||||
| 1979-80 | 34 | MNS | NHL | 63 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 25 | 84 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 1 | 82 | 3.7 | ||
| 1980-81 | 35 | MNS | NHL | 61 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 79 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 62 | 1.6 | ||
| 1981-82 | 36 | HAR | NHL | 66 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | -11 | 134 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 44 | 2.3 | ||
| Career | NHL | 343 | 13 | 72 | 85 | 27 | 5 | 528 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 65 | 3 | 4 | 323 | 4.0 | ||||
| Career | WHA | 511 | 61 | 248 | 309 | 103 | 51 | 860 | 43 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 760 | 5.7 | |||||||
| Per Game | Adjusted | Plus/Minus | Point Shares | |||||||||||||||||||
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| Season | Age | Tm | Lg | GP | G | A | PTS | GC | PIM | S | G | A | PTS | GC | TGF | PGF | TGA | PGA | +/- | OPS | DPS | PS |
| 1968-69 | 23 | CBH | NHL | 3 | 0.33 | 0.00 | 0.33 | 0.18 | 2.67 | 1.67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 1969-70 | 24 | CBH | NHL | 24 | 0.00 | 0.17 | 0.17 | 0.05 | 1.08 | 0.54 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 11 | -0.1 | 2.2 | 2.1 |
| 1970-71 | 25 | CBH | NHL | 57 | 0.02 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.07 | 0.72 | 0.61 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 28 | 0 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 0.1 | 3.1 | 3.1 |
| 1971-72 | 26 | CGS | NHL | 69 | 0.09 | 0.30 | 0.39 | 0.13 | 2.26 | 1.19 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 9 | 81 | 3 | 127 | 22 | -27 | 1.5 | 2.1 | 3.7 |
| 1972-73 | 27 | CLC | WHA | 73 | 0.07 | 0.59 | 0.66 | 0.20 | 2.32 | |||||||||||||
| 1973-74 | 28 | CLC | WHA | 78 | 0.17 | 0.40 | 0.56 | 0.21 | 2.12 | |||||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 29 | CLC | WHA | 49 | 0.14 | 0.29 | 0.43 | 0.16 | 2.10 | 1.78 | 11 | |||||||||||
| 1975-76 | 30 | CLC | WHA | 70 | 0.09 | 0.63 | 0.71 | 0.23 | 1.44 | 2.36 | 16 | |||||||||||
| 1976-77 | 31 | SDM | WHA | 81 | 0.16 | 0.46 | 0.62 | 0.21 | 1.27 | 2.54 | -4 | |||||||||||
| 1977-78 | 32 | EDO | WHA | 80 | 0.11 | 0.50 | 0.61 | 0.20 | 1.25 | 2.11 | -9 | |||||||||||
| 1978-79 | 33 | EDO | WHA | 80 | 0.10 | 0.49 | 0.59 | 0.19 | 1.49 | 1.66 | 37 | |||||||||||
| 1979-80 | 34 | MNS | NHL | 63 | 0.05 | 0.24 | 0.29 | 0.09 | 1.33 | 1.30 | 2 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 72 | 1 | 56 | 10 | 25 | 0.3 | 4.9 | 5.3 |
| 1980-81 | 35 | MNS | NHL | 61 | 0.02 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.05 | 1.30 | 1.02 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 2 | 63 | 20 | 4 | -0.5 | 4.1 | 3.6 |
| 1981-82 | 36 | HAR | NHL | 66 | 0.02 | 0.17 | 0.18 | 0.05 | 2.03 | 0.67 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 62 | 6 | 90 | 23 | -11 | -0.5 | 3.4 | 2.9 |
| Career | NHL | 343 | 0.04 | 0.21 | 0.25 | 0.08 | 1.54 | 0.94 | 12 | 64 | 76 | 24 | 314 | 13 | 382 | 86 | 5 | 1.0 | 19.9 | 20.9 | ||
| Career | WHA | 511 | 0.12 | 0.49 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 1.68 | 2.11 | 51 | |||||||||||||
| 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 | |
| 1969-70 | 24 | CBH | NHL | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1970-71 | 25 | CBH | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1972-73 | 27 | CLC | WHA | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
| 1973-74 | 28 | CLC | WHA | 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 29 | CLC | WHA | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1976-77 | 31 | SDM | WHA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -12 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1977-78 | 32 | EDO | WHA | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 11 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1978-79 | 33 | EDO | WHA | 13 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 23 | 0 | |||||||||
| 1979-80 | 34 | MNS | NHL | 14 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||
| 1980-81 | 35 | MNS | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Career | NHL | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 44 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | ||||||||
| Career | WHA | 43 | 5 | 18 | 23 | -18 | 107 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 1966-67 | 21 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 89 | ||||||||||
| 1966-67 | 21 | Vancouver Canucks | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1967-68 | 22 | Dallas Black Hawks | CPHL | 70 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 73 | ||||||||||
| 1968-69 | 23 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 69 | 7 | 39 | 46 | 118 | ||||||||||
| 1969-70 | 24 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 48 | 3 | 21 | 24 | 88 | ||||||||||
| 1974-75 | 29 | Canada | Summit-74 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | ||||||||||
| 1980-81 | 35 | Minnesota North Stars | DN-Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||||||||||
| Career | 2 Seasons | CHL | 117 | 10 | 60 | 70 | 206 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | CPHL | 70 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 73 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | DN-Cup | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | IHL | 70 | 3 | 18 | 21 | 89 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | Summit-74 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |
| 1965-66 | 20 | New Westminster Royals | M-Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | ||||||||||
| 1966-67 | 21 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | ||||||||||
| 1967-68 | 22 | Dallas Black Hawks | CPHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| 1968-69 | 23 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 17 | ||||||||||
| 1968-69 | 23 | Portland Buckaroos | WHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | CHL | 11 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 17 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | CPHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | IHL | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | M-Cup | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | |||||||||||
| Career | 1 Season | WHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||||||
| Thru 7 Years | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |
| Paul Shmyr | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 | |
| Bob Armstrong | 93.1 | 4.7 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 2.5 | 2.2 | 0.1 |
| Karlis Skrastins | 92.9 | 5.0 | 3.6 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 0.1 |
| Bert Marshall | 92.6 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.1 | 0.8 |
| Henrik Tallinder | 92.2 | 5.3 | 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.0 |
| Art Wiebe | 91.4 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 | 2.0 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
| Bret Hedican | 91.0 | 5.2 | 4.3 | 3.1 | 2.5 | 2.3 | 2.1 | 0.3 |
| Sean O'Donnell | 91.0 | 4.7 | 4.0 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 0.4 |
| David Tanabe | 90.7 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 |
| Ralph Bowman | 89.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 |
| Anton Volchenkov | 89.7 | 5.4 | 4.3 | 3.6 | 3.2 | 2.6 | 2.3 | 0.7 |
| Career | Adjusted Point Shares (Best to Worst) | ||||||||||
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| Player | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | |
| Paul Shmyr | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.1 | 0.2 | ||||
| Ralph Bowman | 89.7 | 3.7 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.8 | 1.2 | 0.6 | |||
| Bud MacPherson | 89.1 | 4.2 | 4.0 | 3.5 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 0.2 | |||
| Greg Zanon | 88.7 | 4.4 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.0 | ||
| David Tanabe | 88.3 | 5.3 | 3.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.4 | 1.5 | 1.1 | 0.7 | ||
| Marc Reaume | 88.1 | 5.2 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.2 | 1.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | |
| Shane O'Brien | 88.0 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.4 | 0.8 | |||
| Cale Hulse | 87.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 |
| Barry Wilkins | 86.4 | 6.1 | 4.7 | 3.5 | 3.2 | 2.7 | 1.6 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | |
| Lee Fogolin | 86.0 | 5.0 | 3.8 | 2.8 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.5 | 0.2 | -0.4 | ||
| Glen Featherstone | 85.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | 3.1 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.3 | |
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Awards
1975-76 WHA Dennis A. Murphy Trophy |
Honors
1972-73 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st)1973-74 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st) 1975-76 WHA WHA All-Star Team (1st) 1978-79 WHA WHA All-Star Team (2nd) |
Games Played 1976-77 WHA 81 (2) 1977-78 WHA 80 (3) 1978-79 WHA 80 (1) Career WHA 511 (3) |
Assists |
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Points |
Goals Created |
Penalties in Minutes 1972-73 WHA 169 (6) 1973-74 WHA 165 (8) Career WHA 860 (4) |
Total Goals On-Ice Against |
August 17, 1967: Traded to Chicago by NY Rangers for Camille Henry, August 17, 1967.
October 18, 1971: Traded to California by Chicago with Gilles Marotte for Gerry Desjardins, October 18, 1971.
February 12, 1972: Selected by Miami-Philadelphia (WHA) in 1972 WHA General Player Draft, February 12, 1972.
September, 1972: WHA rights traded to Cleveland (WHA) by Philadelphia (WHA) for future considerations, September 1972.
September, 1976: Traded to San Diego (WHA) by Minnesota (WHA) with Gerry Pinder for Ray Adduono, Bob Wall and cash, September 1976.
August, 1977: Signed as a free agent by Edmonton (WHA) after San Diego (WHA) franchise folded, August 1977.
June 15, 1978: Claimed by Minnesota in Cleveland-Minnesota Dispersal Draft, June 15, 1978.
June 9, 1979: Reclaimed by Minnesota from Edmonton prior to Expansion Draft, June 9, 1979.
October, 1981: Signed as a free agent by Hartford, October 1981.
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