Miscellaneous

• Played for Sorel (QJHL) in 1969 Memorial Cup tournament.
  
  
• Played two games for St. Catharines (OHA) in 1969-70, recording one assist and nine penalty minutes.
  
  
• OHA rights traded by St. Catharines to Peterborough in exchange for Bill Ellis on Nov. 20, 1969. Trade came after a dispute resulting from OHA's Oct. 9, 1969, decision to raid WCHL for a handful of players, including Irwin, as a retaliation for the WCHL declaring itself independent of the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association. Other OHA teams complained that St. Catharines had too many Western players on its roster. At time the trade was being made, OHA ruled the excess Western players ineligible and returned Irwin to WCHL.
  
  
• Served as Estevan (WCHL) captain in 1970-71.
  
  
• Led WCHL with 261 penalty minutes for Estevan in 1970-71.
  
  
• Missed most of 1972-73 season with broken ankle, an injury suffered while playing for Richmond (AHL).
  
  
• Signed WHA contract with Houston in June 1974.
  
  
• Sent by Philadelphia to N.Y. Islanders on May 18, 1973, to complete the March 5, 1973, trade in which N.Y. Islanders traded Terry Crisp to Philadelphia for Jean Potvin and future considerations.
  
  
• Missed part of 1974-75 season with groin injury, suffered when he tripped on a stick at the end of a fight with Ken Baird in a game WHA between Houston and Edmonton.
  
  
• Played on 1974-75 Houston team that won WHA regular-season title.
  
  
• Won WHA AVCO World Trophy with Houston in 1975.
  
  
• Played on 1975-76 Houston team that won WHA regular-season title.
  
  
• Missed part of 1976-77 season with groin injury.
  
  
• Played on 1976-77 Houston team that won WHA regular-season title.
  
  
• Traded by Houston (WHA) to Indianapolis (WHA) in exchange for future considerations (unspecified draft choice) on Feb. 21, 1978.
  
  
• Was one of Wayne Gretzky's first pro teammates with Indianapolis (WHA) at start of 1978-79 season and played in Gretzky's first professional game on Oct. 14, 1978, vs. Winnipeg.
  
  
• Was member of Indianapolis (WHA) when team that folded on Dec. 15, 1978.
  
  
• Was playing in PHL with San Diego when league folded after 1978-79 regular season.

Additional Facts

Full Name: Glen Mac Irwin
Nickname: "Waldo"

Post-Draft Teams: Richmond (AHL); San Diego, Seattle (WHL); Flint (IHL); Fort Worth (CHL); Houston (WHA); Oklahoma City (CHL); Binghamton (AHL); Indianapolis (WHA); San Diego (PHL); Houston (CHL)

Career Beyond Hockey: Returned to Houston after his retirement.

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