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| 1970 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Reggie Leach
Selected in first round
No.
3 overall by Boston Bruins
Born April 23, 1950
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Right Wing
Height: 6-0 Weight: 180
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Flin Flon (WCHL)
Birthplace: Riverton, Manitoba (Canada)
Hometown:
Riverton, Manitoba |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1967-68 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
59 |
87 | 44 |
131 | 208 | | 1968-69 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
22 | 36 |
10 | 46 |
49 | | 1969-70 |
Flin Flon | WCHL |
57 | 65 |
46 | 111 |
168 |
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PRE-DRAFT AWARDS AND HONORS
WCHL MVP: 1969-70
WCHL All-Star First Team: 1967-68, 1968-69,
1969-70
WCHL Brownridge Trophy (Top Scorer): 1969-70
WCHL Goals Leader: 1967-68,
1969-70
WCHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1969 (13 goals), 1970 (16 goals)
Flin Flon Captain: 1969-70
Miscellaneous: Missed most of
1968-69 season with shoulder injury. ... Held WCHL record of 87 goals in
season until broken in 1973-74. |
| NHL CAREER |
Debut: January 23,
1971 (Chicago at Boston)
Numbers: 27 (Boston); 7
(California); 5, 27 (Philadelphia); 27 (Detroit)
Stanley Cup: 1975.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1983 |
BOS, CAL, PHI, DET | 934 |
381 | 285 | 666 |
387 |
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| CAREER NHL PLAYOFF STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1971-1981 |
Boston, Philadelphia | 94 |
47 | 22 | 69 |
22 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Conn Smythe Trophy: 1976 (Philadelphia)
All-Star Second Team: 1975-76 (Philadelphia)
All-Star Game:
1976, 1980
All-Star Game MVP: 1980
NHL Records: Most goals in a playoff game (5, tie), most
goals in a playoff year (19, tie) and longest playoff goal-scoring streak (10
games) (all set in 1976)
Philadelphia Flyers Hall of Fame: Inducted
1992
Philadelphia Records: Most goals in season
(61)
50-Goal Seasons: 1975-76 (61 goals), 1979-80 (50 goals)
Stanley Cup Finals (Lost): 1976, 1980 (Philadelphia)
NHL Goals Leader: 1975-76 (61 goals)
NHL Playoffs Points Leader:
1976 (24 points)
NHL Playoffs Goals Leader: 1976 (19 goals)
Philadelphia Goals Leader: 1974-75 (45), 1975-76 (61), 1978-79 (34, tie),
1979-80 (50)
Philadelphia Playoffs Points Leader: 1976 (24)
Philadelphia Playoffs
Goals Leader: 1976 (19), 1979 (5)
Miscellaneous: His combined 1975-76 total of 80 regular-season and
playoff goals was a record that stood until 1981. ... Tied NHL record with five goals in
playoff game against Boston on May 6, 1976. ... Played on Philadelphia team that set NHL record with 35-game
unbeaten streak from Oct. 14, 1979, to Jan. 6, 1980. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Oklahoma City (CHL);
Montana (CHL)
Canada Cup: 1976 (first place)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1972 (by Alberta)
Miscellaneous: Nicknamed "The Rifle" and "The Chief." ... Worked in automobile sales and
insurance industry after hockey and eventually opened his own landscaping
company. ... Part Cree Indian, he does work for First Nations of Canada and
also lectures young people about the dangers of drug and alcohol abuse. Leach
has been very candid about his own struggles with alcoholism during his
playing days.
Personal: Father of former NHL player Jamie Leach. |
| HOW HE GOT AWAY |
| TRADE: Boston traded Leach, Rick Smith and
Bob Stewart to California for Carol Vadnais and Don O'Donoghue on Feb. 23,
1972. |
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SNAPSHOT '70 | | Total Selected: |
115 | | Forwards: |
66 | | Defense: |
36 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Position n/a: |
1 | | Major Junior: |
87 |
| College Players: |
18 |
| Canadian: |
109 | | Euro-Canadian: |
0 | | USA Citizens: |
6 |
| U.S.-Born: |
6 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
60 | | Won Stanley Cup: |
7 |
| Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
11 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
4 |
| Olympians: |
2 |
| Picks Traded: |
13 |
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