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Club 1974:
New England Whalers
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Rick Ley
# 2, Team CANADA 1974
Club: New England Whalers
Position: D Shoots:
Left
Height: 5-09 Weight: 190
Born: 11/2/1948 in Orillia, Ontario
Rick (Rickey) Ley along with Brad Selwood, and Jim Dorey, was member of the Toronto Maple Leafs "Kiddie Korp" defense of the late 1960's and early 1970's. Ley, was a strong, pugnacious defenseman who made life miserable for opposing forwards in the
Toronto zone. Never much of an offense player, Rickey was rock solid in his own zone.
In 1972 Ley, along with Selwood
and Dorey jumped from the Maple Leafs to the New England Whalers of the brand new WHA. In that first ever WHA season of
1972-73 Ley was a key component of the Whalers championship team. Later in 1978-79 he would be voted the WHA's finest
defenseman and his number was retired by the Whalers franchise.
He was named to Team Canada 74 by Billy Harris. Before the series Harris spoke to Ley and impressed upon him the need to play a more disciplined brand of hockey and above all avoid any fights. Rickey had the reputation of being a very able, and willing fighter. With the severe penalties for fighting present in International rules, Harris knew Ley would have to control himself. Ley except for one unfortunate lapse of
judgment at the end of Game 6 where he attacked Valery Kharlamov and beat him brutally, followed Harris's instructions and
played very solid, capable defense throughout most of the Summit.
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Career Statistics
| Competitions |
GP |
G |
A |
PTS |
PIM |
| NHL Reg. Season |
310 |
12 |
72 |
84 |
528 |
| NHL Playoffs |
478 |
35 |
210 |
245 |
716 |
| WHA Reg. Season |
478 |
35 |
210 |
245 |
716 |
| WHA Playoffs |
73 |
7 |
33 |
40 |
122 |
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CAREER HIGHLIGTS:
- Played in the professional hockey leagues: 1968-81
- Pro hockey clubs:
NHL: Toronto, Hartford; WHA: New England
- AVCO Trophy (1): 1973
- WHA awards:
Dennis A. Murphy Trophy (Best Defenseman) 1979
WHA All Star (1st Team) 1979
WHA All Star (3rd Team) 1973
PERFORMANCE IN THE 1974 SUMMIT
Statistics
| GP |
Goals |
Assists |
Points |
PIM |
| 7 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
4 |
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Scoring History| Game | Period | Time | Scoring | Notes | | Game 8 | 3 | 12:42 | Assist | |
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Penalties History| Game | Period | Time | Description | | Game 4 | 2 | 05:07 | roughing | | Game 5 | 1 | 06:52 | roughing | | Game 6 | 3 | 08:00 | game misconduct | | Game 8 | 2 | 02:18 | interference |
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