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| 1973 NHL DRAFT PICK |
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Bruce Greig
Selected in
eighth round
No. 114 overall by California Golden Seals
Born
May 9, 1953
 | Position: Left Wing
Height: 6-3 Weight:
215
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| BEFORE THE DRAFT |
Last Team:
Vancouver (WCHL)
Birthplace: High River, Alberta (Canada)
Hometown:
Nanton, Alberta |
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| PRE-DRAFT
STATISTICS | | Year |
Team | League |
GP | G |
A | TP |
PIM | | 1971-72 |
Drumheller | AJHL |
5 |
1 | 0 |
1 | 6 | | |
Medicine Hat | WCHL |
17 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
11 | | 1972-73 |
Vancouver | WCHL |
24 | 3 |
3 | 6 |
79 |
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| NHL CAREER |
Debut: April 5,
1974 (Atlanta at California)
Numbers: ?? (California)
Stanley Cup: Never won.
Playing Status: Retired 1984 |
| CAREER NHL STATISTICS | | Years | Teams | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | | 1974-1975 |
California | 9 | 0 |
1 | 1 | 46 |
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NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
Miscellaneous: Missed most of 1973-74 season
with mononucleosis, diagnosed September 1973. ... Missed most of 1974
California training camp in contract dispute. ... Missed most of 1974-75
season with torn knee ligaments, an injury suffered Sept. 24, 1974, during
California's training camp. ... Attended Edmonton's training camp in 1979. |
| NON-NHL CAREER |
Post-Draft Teams: Salt Lake (WHL); Salt Lake
(CHL); Flint (IHL); Calgary (WHA); Greensboro, Tidewater (SHL); Cincinnati,
Indianapolis (WHA); San Diego (PHL); Dayton, Toledo (IHL); Salem (EHL); Dallas
(CHL); Salem, Virginia, Carolina, Pinebridge, Mohawk Valley (ACHL)
NON-NHL
AWARDS AND HONORS
WHA Draft Pick: 1973 (by Cleveland,
No. 111 overall in Round 9)
1981-82: Played on ACHL regular-season
champion (Salem).
1982-83: Played 11 games for Carolina team that
won ACHL regular-season and playoff titles, but was not with team during
postseason.
Miscellaneous: Played on Tidewater (SHL) team that
folded on Jan. 7, 1977. ... Played on Indianapolis (WHA) team that folded on
Dec. 15, 1978, and was one of Wayne Gretzky's first professional teammates
with that team. ... Was playing for San Diego when PHL folded after 1978-79
regular-season. ... Claimed by Edmonton in June 1979 WHA Dispersal Draft but
never played for parent team once it entered NHL. ... Became active in sport
of powerlifting after retirement and opened Greig's Back Alley Gym, in Okotoks,
Alberta. ... Became president of Canadian Powerlifting Council. ... Set
Canadian and world powerlifting squat records in the Masters division.
Personal: Older brother of former
NHL player Mark Greig. ... Husband of Canadian bodybuilder and powerlifter
Wendy Greig. |
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SNAPSHOT '73 | | Total Selected: |
168 | | Forwards: |
103 | | Defense: |
53 | | Goaltenders: |
12 | | Major Junior: |
131 | | College Players: |
28 |
| Canadian: |
151 |
| Euro-Canadian: |
3 | | USA Citizens: |
14 | | U.S.-Born: |
14 |
| European: |
0 |
| Reached NHL: |
70 |
| Won Stanley Cup: |
8 | | Hall of Fame: |
3 |
| All-Star Game: |
13 |
| Year-end All-Star: |
3 |
| Olympians: |
4 |
| Picks Traded: |
35 |
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