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| 1966 NHL DRAFT PICK |
 | Rick
Ley
Selected in third round
No.
16 overall by Toronto Maple Leafs
Born
November 2, 1948
 | Position:
Defense
Height: 5-9 Weight: 190
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Niagara Falls (OHA)
Birthplace:
Orillia, Ontario (Canada)
Hometown: Orillia, Ontario |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year | Team | League | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1964-65 | Niagara
Falls | OHA | 50 | 0 | 11 | 11 | 58 | | 1965-66 | Niagara
Falls | OHA | 46 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 180 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial
Cup: 1965 (Niagara Falls) |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: October 13, 1968 (Toronto at
Detroit)
Numbers: 26, 2 (Toronto); 2 (Hartford) (number retired)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status:
Retired September 9, 1981 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1968-1981 | Toronto,
Hartford | 310 | 12 | 72 | 84 | 528 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1969-1972 | Toronto | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Hartford Most Valuable Defenseman: 1979-80
Hartford
Captain: 1979-1981
Hartford Whalers Hall of Fame: Inducted
1989
Retired Number: Hartford retired Ley's
No. 2 on December 26, 1982.
Coaching Career: Hartford head coach
in 1989-90 and 1990-91. ... Vancouver head coach in 1994-95 and 1995-96
until he was fired on March 29, 1996. ... Hartford assistant
coach in 1981-82 and 1982-83. ... Vancouver assistant coach from 1991-92
through 1993-94. ... Named Toronto assistant coach on Aug. 4, 1998 and
remained in that position through 2001-02 season. .... Served as Toronto head
coach for Game 3 of 2002 NHL Eastern Conference final series while head coach
Pat Quinn was hospitalized with irregular heartbeat.
Scouting Career: Hartford pro scout
in 1982-83. ... Vancouver pro scout in 1996-97 and 1997-98. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Niagara Falls (OHA); Tulsa
(CHL); New England (WHA). WHA Summit Series: 1974. WHA-Dynamo Series: 1979
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Memorial Cup:
1968 (Niagara Falls)
WHA Championship: 1973 (New England)
IHL Turner Cup: 1986 (Muskegon) (as coach)
OHA
All-Star First Team: 1967-68 (Niagara Falls)
Niagara Falls
Captain: 1967-68
WHA
Draft Pick: 1972 (by New England)
WHA All-Star First
Team: 1978-79 (New England)
WHA All-Star Second Team:
1977-78 (New England)
WHA All-Star Third Team:
1972-73 (New England)
WHA Murphy Trophy (Top Defenseman): 1978-79 (New
England)
WHA All-Star Game: 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1978, 1979
New
England Captain: 1975-1979
New England Three-Star Winner:
1974-75
New England Most Valuable Defenseman: 1977-78, 1978-79
Coaching
Career: Named head coach of Binghamton (AHL) on Jan. 4, 1983 and served
until end of 1983-84 season. .... Head coach of Muskegon (IHL) from 1984-85
through 1987-88. ... Named Milwaukee (IHL) head coach on July 28, 1988, and
remained in that position through 1988-89 season.
Miscellaneous: Only original New
England Whalers WHA player to continuously play with the Whalers and then
also be original member of the Hartford Whalers when team entered NHL. ...
Coached Muskegon to IHL regular-season championship in 1987-88.
Personal:
Brother-in-law of former NHL player Don Lever. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| WHA/EXPANSION: Toronto lost Ley when he
jumped to the WHA in 1972. However, when Hartford entered the NHL in 1979,
the Maple Leafs were able to reclaim Ley's rights. Toronto left him
unprotected for the 1979 expansion draft, and Hartford got Ley back on June
13, 1979. |
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SNAPSHOT '66 | | Total Selected: |
24 | | Forwards: |
13 | | Defense: |
8 | | Goaltenders: |
2 | | Position n/a: |
1 | | Major Junior: |
17 |
| College Players: |
0 |
| Canadian: |
24 | | Euro-Canadian: |
0 |
| American: |
0 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
14 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
3 | | Hall of Fame: |
1 |
| All-Star Game: |
3 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
1 |
| Olympians: |
0
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| Picks Traded: |
0 |
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