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Lanny McDonald
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1992
Born (1953-02-16) February 16, 1953 (age 71)
Hanna, AB, CAN
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Colorado Rockies
Calgary Flames
National team  Canada
NHL draft 4th overall, 1973
Toronto Maple Leafs
WHA draft 10th overall, 1973
Cleveland Crusaders
Playing career 1973–1989

Lanny King McDonald (born February 16, 1953) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Colorado Rockies and Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League (NHL). He played over 1,100 games during a 16-year NHL career in which he scored 500 goals and over 1,000 points. His total of 66 goals in 1982–83 remains the Flames' franchise record.

McDonald was selected by the Maple Leafs as the fourth overall pick in the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft and established himself as an offensive forward with three consecutive 40-goal seasons in Toronto in the mid 1970s. His trade to the Rockies in 1979 resulted in Toronto fans protesting against the deal in front of Maple Leaf Gardens. He played parts of three seasons in Denver before he was sent to Calgary in 1981 where he played the remainder of his career. He won the Stanley Cup in 1989, captaining the Flames to the championship in his final season.

He was among the most popular players in Flames history and was well known throughout the league for his bushy red moustache and support of the Special Olympics. McDonald won the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for dedication and sportsmanship in 1983 and in 1988 was named the inaugural winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy for his leadership and humanitarian presence. He represented Team Canada on two occasions, winning inaugural Canada Cup in 1976. McDonald was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame in 1993. The Calgary Flames retired his number 9 following his retirement.

Early life

McDonald was born February 16, 1953, in Hanna, Alberta.[1] He is the youngest of four children after brother Lynn and sisters Donna and Dixie.[2] His father, Lorne, tended the family farm near the hamlet of Craigmyle, 35 kilometres (22 mi) outside Hanna.[3] The young Lanny viewed his father as his hero, often following Lorne around helping with whatever chores he could. Lanny credits his father for teaching him the value of honesty and hard work.[4] His mother, Phyllis, was a full-time teacher who was frequently involved with community events.[2]

Learning to skate at the age of five, McDonald immediately developed a passion for hockey. He served as a stick boy for his father's community team and grew up listening to radio broadcasts of Hockey Night in Canada.[5] McDonald shared his father's passion for the Toronto Maple Leafs; he was given his middle name, King, after Maple Leafs' star King Clancy.[6] He began playing organized hockey at the age of six, following his brother. Despite both having full time commitments, their parents drove them both to Hanna for their practices and games. McDonald recounted that half of his time in youth hockey was spent in Hanna, and the other half in the car.[7] He completed his high school diploma while playing in Lethbridge, choosing to remain with his junior A team in 1970–71 rather than join the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League so that he could complete his diploma.[8]

Playing career

Junior

McDonald began his junior career in 1969 with the Lethbridge Sugar Kings of the Alberta Junior Hockey League (AJHL). He appeared in 34 games for the Sugar Kings as a 16-year-old, scoring two goals. The following season, 1970–71, he emerged as a leading scorer, recording 37 goals and 82 points in 45 games.[9] He was named to the AJHL's Second All-Star team,[3] and voted its most valuable player.[8] Additionally, McDonald appeared in six Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) games with the Calgary Centennials.[9]

The Medicine Hat Tigers acquired McDonald's rights in a trade during the 1970–71 WCHL season.[8] He joined the team the following year, finishing eighth in league scoring with 114 points, including 50 goals.[10] He improved to 62 goals and 139 points in 1972–73 to finish third overall in league scoring. He was named to the WCHL All-Star Team at forward.[3] McDonald added an additional 37 points in the playoffs as the Tigers won the league championship.[11]

At the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft, McDonald was considered to be among the top junior prospects. The Vancouver Canucks had the third overall selection and were interested in drafting him, but opted against it when McDonald made it clear he would likely go to the World Hockey Association (WHA) rather than Vancouver. Instead, he went to the Toronto Maple Leafs with the fourth overall pick.[12] Additionally, he was taken 10th overall by the Cleveland Crusaders in the 1973 WHA Amateur Draft.[13] McDonald chose to play in the NHL, signing a contract with the Maple Leafs that was considered to be among the richest in the league, worth between $175,000 and $200,000 per season.[12] The deal came as a result of the battle the NHL and WHA were waging over young talent, and McDonald found that some of the older players in Toronto resented him for the contract he signed.[14]

Toronto Maple Leafs

McDonald made his NHL debut with the Leafs on October 10, 1973, against the Buffalo Sabres. He assisted on two goals in the game, but also suffered a concussion and required several stitches after landing on his head following a check by Rick Martin. Following the custom of most NHL players at the time, he played the game without wearing a helmet. It was the only time in his career he did so, as he felt that his injury contributed to his early struggles in the NHL.[15] McDonald scored his first NHL goal on October 17 against Michel Larocque of the Montreal Canadiens,[16] but finished the season with only 14 goals and 30 points in 1973–74.[9] His continued inability to score early in the 1974–75 season nearly resulted in a trade. Atlanta Flames general manager Cliff Fletcher sought to take advantage of the Maple Leafs' early disappointment in McDonald and agreed in principle to a trade for the young forward in exchange for Curt Bennett.[17] However, McDonald scored three goals in his following two games leading Toronto to back out of the deal.[18] McDonald finished the season with a modest improvement over his rookie campaign: 17 goals and 44 points.[9]

"Playing for my country in '76 was a tremendous honour. I got a phone call from someone claiming to be Alan Eagleson asking me if I wanted to try out for Team Canada in preparation for the first Canada Cup in 1976. At first, I thought it was Darryl (Sittler) playing a practical joke on me. It took Eagle some convincing before I realized I really was being invited to Team Canada's training camp."

—McDonald describes how he reacted to earning an invitation to try out for the national team at the 1976 Canada Cup.[19]

The patience the Maple Leafs had shown McDonald in his first two seasons was rewarded in 1975–76 when he broke out with 37 goals and 56 assists.[6] Following the season, he earned an invite to the Canadian national team's summer camp in advance of the 1976 Canada Cup.[20] McDonald was named to the roster, appearing in five of Team Canada's seven games. He recorded two assists in the tournament, one of which came on Darryl Sittler's overtime goal that clinched the inaugural Canada Cup championship.[19]

A 43-goal season in 1976–77 earned McDonald several accolades. He was named to the Wales Conference team at the 1977 All-Star Game where he scored two goals in a 4–3 victory over the Campbell Conference. He was also named a Second Team All-Star at right wing following the season.[21] It was the first of three consecutive 40-goal seasons for McDonald,[9] and he finished in the top ten in NHL scoring in both 1977–78 and 1978–79.[6] He appeared in his second All-Star Game in 1978 and played for the NHL All-Stars in the 1979 Challenge Cup against the Soviet national team.[3]

The highlight of McDonald's career in Toronto came in the 1978 Stanley Cup playoffs against the New York Islanders. The Maple Leafs were considered underdogs in the series against an Islanders team that was considered among the best in the league. Toronto overcame a 2–0 series deficit to force a seventh and deciding game. Playing with both a broken wrist and broken nose suffered during the series,[22] McDonald scored the overtime winning goal that eliminated the Islanders and allowed the Maple Leafs to advance to the league semi-finals for the first time in 11 years.[23]

Colorado Rockies

Punch Imlach was named the general manager in Toronto prior to the 1979–80 season and immediately clashed with team captain Darryl Sittler.[24] Imlach wanted to move Sittler to another team, but the player refused to waive his no trade clause. Imlach responded by trading teammates friendly to Sittler instead.[6] On December 28, 1979, Imlach dealt McDonald to the Colorado Rockies, along with Joel Quenneville, in exchange for Wilf Paiement and Pat Hickey. The deal came as a surprise even to Toronto's head coach.[25]

McDonald was devastated by the trade, particularly because he and his wife were expecting their second child and had just purchased a new house. In his 1987 autobiography, he argued that Imlach made the trade out of spite.[24] McDonald had also come into conflict with Imlach while serving as the team's representative of the National Hockey League Players Association (NHLPA) when Imlach refused to honour an increase in the per diem paid to each player.[26] The trade outraged fans in Toronto, where McDonald was among the team's most popular players. While fans picketed outside Maple Leaf Gardens in protest, McDonald told the media that he felt fortunate to have been traded away from the unsettled situation the Leafs were in and blamed Imlach for the team's failures on the ice.[27] Sittler resigned as the team's captain following the trade.[28]

Arriving in Colorado, McDonald found himself at the centre of another power struggle. Sympathetic to the fact that his wife was less than two weeks away from giving birth, head coach Don Cherry gave McDonald permission to leave the team freely on off-days to return to his wife in Toronto. But he did so without gaining the approval of general manager Ray Miron. The two disagreed frequently and Cherry was fired following the season.[29] On the ice, McDonald scored 35 goals with the Rockies and finished with a total of 40 between the two teams that season.[9]

Rumours circulated following the season that Maple Leafs owner Harold Ballard had told the media that he was attempting to reacquire McDonald.[30] The Rockies disputed that any such negotiations had taken place and Ballard quickly apologized for the news story after Colorado threatened to file tampering charges against the Maple Leafs' owner.[31] McDonald served as the Rockies' captain, and scored 35 goals and 81 points in 1980–81, his only full season with the team.[6]

Calgary Flames

Stating that his team needed to add character and leadership, Cliff Fletcher finally completed a trade for McDonald seven years after his first attempt. McDonald was acquired by the Calgary Flames, along with a draft pick, in exchange for Bob MacMillan and Don Lever on November 25, 1981.[32] The deal occurred one day after the Rockies lost to the Flames by a 9–2 score. Once the team's plane landed in Winnipeg, McDonald was informed of the trade and told to return to Calgary.[33] Angered at first, he viewed the deal as an insult, that the worst team in the NHL had rejected him.[34]

McDonald also felt the pressure of having to replace two popular ex-Flames in MacMillan and Lever while also working to overcome a separated shoulder he suffered earlier in the year with the Rockies.[35] He made his debut with the Flames the following night, a 7–1 victory over the Los Angeles Kings, after which McDonald remarked that he hadn't had so much fun playing the game in a long time.[36] He was given a loud ovation by the fans who immediately embraced him as a home-town hero,[37] even though it took him seven games before he scored his first goal as a member of the Flames.[38] He finished the season with 34 goals as a member of the Flames, and combined with the 6 scored in Colorado, finished with his fifth 40-goal campaign in six years.[9]

A man stands in a full hockey uniform. It is red with white and yellow trim and a large, white, stylized "C" logo. He is wearing a red toque and has a large moustache.
McDonald participated in the alumni game at the 2011 Heritage Classic.

The 1982–83 season was dominated by McDonald's battle with Wayne Gretzky of the Edmonton Oilers for the league goal scoring title.[39] Amidst the best offensive season of his career, McDonald scored a hat trick against Pittsburgh to give him 47 goals at the mid-season break for the 1983 All-Star Game, a total that tied his career high.[40] He was named to the starting lineup for the All-Star Game and was the league's leading goal scorer at that point, two ahead of Gretzky.[41] Gretzky won the scoring race with 71 goals, while McDonald finished with 66. At that time, only Gretzky, Mike Bossy and Phil Esposito had ever scored more goals in one season.[42] McDonald was named to the Second All-Star Team for the second time in his career and was voted the winner of the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, given to the player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship and dedication to hockey".[43]

Following the trade of Phil Russell in the summer of 1983, the Flames named McDonald and Doug Risebrough co-captains for the 1983–84 season[44], they would be joined by Jim Peplinski, the following season. McDonald missed 15 games due to injuries which reduced his scoring to 33 goals and 66 points, but he played in his fourth All-Star Game.[45] He scored the first Flames goal in the Olympic Saddledome, on the building's opening night of October 15, 1983.[46]

McDonald was the 21st player in NHL history to score 400 career goals, reaching the mark in a 7–4 loss in Los Angeles on December 21, 1983.[47] It was thought he had scored the milestone goal in his previous game, against the Winnipeg Jets, but after reviewing a replay of the goal himself, McDonald asked the league to credit it to teammate Eddy Beers who had deflected his shot.[48] McDonald's injury problems worsened in 1984–85 as he missed the start of the season with pulled muscles[49] and was limited to just 43 games.[9]

As the 1985–86 season approached, McDonald was met with questions on whehter he was reaching the point where age and injuries meant he could no longer be an effective NHL player.[50] Hoping to prove himself, he set a goal of playing all 80 games for the Flames.[51] He achieved his goal, scoring 28 goals and 71 points in the process.[9] And he did so despite dislocating his thumb in the pre-season and suffering minor knee and hip injuries during the course of the year. He later said it was a matter of pride to him not to miss a game.[17] In the playoffs, McDonald was witness to one of the most infamous moments in NHL history. Tied at two in the seventh game of the Smythe Division final against Edmonton, McDonald chased Oilers' rookie Steve Smith around the Edmonton net. Smith attempted to pass the puck forward, but inadvertently hit the back of goaltender Grant Fuhr's skate, deflecting the puck into his own net.[52]

It turned out to be the winning goal for Calgary who eliminated Edmonton to clinch the Smythe Division championship.[53] The victory over their provincial rivals also touched off a wild celebration amongst the fans, of which over 20,000 greeted McDonald and the Flames with wild cheering when their plane landed at Calgary International Airport.[54] After eliminating the St. Louis Blues, McDonald reached the Stanley Cup Final for the first time. The series ended in disappointment: He watched from the bench as a furious attempt at tying the final game fell short and the Canadiens defeated the Flames in five games to win the Stanley Cup.[55]

Two separate knee injuries limited McDonald in 1986–87.[56] His total of 14 goals in 58 games was his fewest since his rookie season.[9] He reached a milestone in the Flames' final game of the season, appearing in the 1,000th game of his career.[56] He reached two additional major milestones late in the 1988–89 season. On March 7, 1989, McDonald scored the 1,000th point of his career in a 9–5 victory against the Winnipeg Jets.[21] Two weeks later, on March 21, he scored the 500th goal of his career on a wraparound from behind the net against Mark Fitzpatrick of the of the New York Islanders.[57]

In the 1989 Stanley Cup playoffs, the Flames defeated the Vancouver Canucks, Los Angeles Kings and Chicago Blackhawks to set up a Stanley Cup final rematch with the Montreal Canadiens.[58] McDonald was scratched from the Flames' lineup for the third, fourth and fifth games, but with Calgary leading the series three wins to two, head coach Terry Crisp felt that if the Flames were to win the championship, McDonald deserved to be in the game.[59] Crisp's decision paid dividends, as midway through the sixth game, McDonald stepped out of the penalty box to join Håkan Loob and Joe Nieuwendyk in a three-on-one rush toward the Montreal goal. Loob passed the puck up to Nieuwendyk, who saw a streaking McDonald coming up the right side of the ice. McDonald received the pass then shot the puck over Montreal goaltender Patrick Roy's glove to give the Flames a 2–1 lead.[59] Doug Gilmour added two goals, and the Flames won the game 4–2 to win the franchise's first Stanley Cup championship.[60]

Management career

McDonald announced his retirement as a player on August 28, 1989, stating in a press conference that he made the determination before the 1988–89 season began that it would be his last.[1] He also revealed that he had received an offer from another, unnamed, team to play in 1989–90 but felt that it was the right time to end his career.[61] The Flames made McDonald their Vice President in Charge of Corporate and Community Affairs.[1] He chose the corporate role partly due to a fascination with the business world, and partly to remain close to his family as a role in hockey operations would have necessitated greater travel.[62] His interest in business grew following his trade to Calgary as he was featured in numerous commercials and endorsements throughout southern Alberta.[63] He had also previously served as a vice president of the NHLPA.[64]

McDonald was part of the committee tasked with hiring a new general manager in June 2000, and speculation within the media was that after several years in corporate, he hoped to land a role as a vice president within hockey operations.[65] He received no such role, and two months after the hiring of Craig Button as executive vice president and general manager of the Flames, McDonald announced he was leaving the organization. While team sources claimed he was upset at not gaining a new role when Button was hired, McDonald denied the claims. He stated that after "nineteen great years here in one organization", he felt it was the right time to retire.[66] He retained a small role in the organization, serving as a board member of the Saddledome Foundation.[67]

He returned to the Flames a year later as the team's new president, Ken King, named him an executive adviser to hockey operations. Prior to his return, McDonald served as the general manager of Team Canada for the 2001 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships.[68] He returned to the World Championship team again in 2002 as general manager, and in 2004 as as director of player personnel.[69]

Playing style

A white, rectangular banner with red and yellow trim at the top and bottom. It reads "1981 – 1989 McDONALD 9"
McDonald was the first player in Flames history to have his number retired by the team.

McDonald was known primarily as an offensive player with a hard shot.[3] His wrist shot was considered to be effective,[70] and his scoring exploits in junior earned him the nickname "Machine-Gun Lanny".[16] Red Kelly, McDonald's coach in his first NHL seasons, recalled that he was impressed with his young player's skill handling the puck and defended McDonald against critics who wanted him moved out of Toronto due to his early struggles.[71] In his NHL career, McDonald led his team in goal scoring six times: 1976–77, 1977–78 and 1978–79 with Toronto,[72] 1980–81 with Colorado,[73] and 1981–82 and 1982–83 in Calgary.[74] He was also a physical player, willing to play a hard-hitting style in the corners.[3]

As age and injuries took their toll, McDonald's role with the Flames changed. His playing time decreased in his later years as he was no longer counted on to be the team's prime offensive threat.[75] He was often a healthy scratch in his final season, expected to provide a boost to the team when he drew into the lineup.[76] He was counted on to provide a veteran presence and to act as a mentor for the team's younger players.[57]

Legacy

The arrival of the Flames in Calgary for the 1980–81 NHL season found a team in transition. Many players, used to the warm weather and relaxed atmosphere of Atlanta, were unable or unwilling to adapt to the higher expectations fans in Calgary placed on them. David Poile, then Flames assistant general manager, stated that the team had an identity crisis as a result.[77] It was in this atmosphere that General Manager Cliff Fletcher made the trade for McDonald on November 25, 1981, claiming that McDonald added two characteristics the Flames lacked: character and leadership.[32]

McDonald's arrival in Calgary was considered a turning point for the organization, one where his personality, demeanor and on-ice play came to define the Flames in the 1980s.[78] Poile argued that it signaled the true beginning of the team in its new market: "The trade for Lanny McDonald was the start of the Calgary Flames franchise. It gave us that Calgary identity, that Western Canadian flavor."[77] Columnist and co-author of McDonald's autobiography, Steve Simmons, agreed. He added that the personal and professional disappointments McDonald endured in Toronto and Colorado resulted in his gaining a greater appreciation of both the game and himself.[78] McDonald was extremely popular with his teammates and the fans wherever he played,[79] as well as with the media – he was named Colorado's athlete of the year in 1980 by the state's sportswriters.[70]

Renowned for his leadership ability, McDonald cultivated the respect of the the team's younger players. He came into the NHL at a time when the battle with the rival WHA for talent led to rookies signing for far more money than the previous generation of players commanded. Consequently, McDonald faced the resentment of several of Toronto's veteran players and resolved to show greater respect to those that followed him.[80] His efforts left a lasting impression on his teammates,[81] among them was Tiger Williams who called McDonald "a great ambassador" for the NHL.[82]

The Flames made McDonald the first player in franchise history to have his jersey retired when they raised his number 9 to the rafters of the Olympic Saddledome in a ceremony on March 17, 1990.[83] Two years later, McDonald became the first former Flame to gain induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, as part of its 1992 class.[84] One year later he was inducted into the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame.[85] His image endured well into retirement; in 2008, he was the only athlete named in a list of Alberta's ten greatest citizens complied by the Calgary Herald.[33][86]

Personal life

Two hockey players lean forward, facing each other, as three people standing on a carpet have each just dropped a puck to the ice.
McDonald and his grandson help conduct the ceremonial faceoff at the Heritage Classic.

McDonald met his wife Ardell while playing junior hockey for the Medicine Hat Tigers.[87] They were married in 1975,[88] and have four children: daughters Andra and Leah, and sons Barrett and Graham.[89] The family settled in Calgary after McDonald's trade to the Flames. They also maintain a summer home in Montana,[90] where the family has invested in restaurants and a craft brewery in the community of Lakeside. Co-owned by Andra, the brewery considers McDonald its inspiration, and produces "Old 'Stache Porter" in his honour.[91][92]

His giant, walrus-style moustache is McDonald's most defining physical characteristic and helped him become an iconic figure in the sport.[21] He developed it in 1974, spending the summer seeing what kind of beard he could grow. Knowing that the Maple Leafs did not allow players to maintain beards at the time, he settled on what he described as a "normal moustache" once he returned to Toronto. Some time later, he was inspired by baseball player Sparky Lyle's moustache and chose to grow one in a similar style.[93] It became a symbol for the Flames as some fans took to wearing fake red moustaches during playoff runs.[94] Razor manufacturers offered endorsements if he would shave it, which he refused.[95]

"Lanny brings with him a high profile for the Special Olympics. He's helped us develop sponsors. He attends all our major events. He works with the athletes, communicating with them as if they were his equal, and they are. They just love him."

—Al Brolin, president of Canadian Special Olympics in 1987[96]

Among his charitable and humanitarian efforts, McDonald is best known for his participation with the Special Olympics.[33] He first became involved with the organization in 1974 when the Maple Leafs asked him to represent the team at the Special Olympics Summer Games.[97] The event began a decades long association for McDonald.[98] He was the honourary coach of the 1986 Special Olympics Summer Games in Calgary,[99] and served as a head coach for the Canadian Special Olympics floor hockey team. In 1988, McDonald's contributions to the Special Olympics as a coach and co-chairman of the organization's fundraising efforts, as well as his work with the Alberta Children's Miracle Network Hospitals, were recognized by the NHL as he was named the inaugural recipient of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy. The award is given to the hockey player who best exemplifies leadership on the ice with humanitarian contributions off of it.[100] McDonald was previously honoured by the Flames as the first winner of the Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award in 1987, an award he won again in 1989.[101]

McDonald's autobiography, Lanny, co-written by Steve Simmons, was published in 1987. A Canadian best-seller, it was an unexpected success for publisher McGraw-Hill.[102] The book sold 10,000 copies in its first couple months of publication, for which the publisher made a donation of $10,000 to Special Olympics.[96] In 2008, he was given an honourary doctorate from the University of Calgary.[103]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1969–70 Lethbridge Sugar Kings AJHL 34 2 9 11 19
1970–71 Lethbridge Sugar Kings AJHL 45 37 45 82 56
1970–71 Calgary Centennials WCHL 6 0 2 2 6 — — — — —
1971–72 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 68 50 64 114 54 — — — — —
1972–73 Medicine Hat Tigers WCHL 68 62 77 139 84 — — — — —
1973–74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 14 16 30 43 — — — — —
1974–75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 17 27 44 86 7 0 0 0 2
1975–76 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 37 56 93 70 10 4 4 8 4
1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 46 44 90 77 9 10 7 17 6
1977–78 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 47 40 87 54 13 3 4 7 10
1978–79 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 43 42 85 32 6 3 2 5 0
1979–80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 35 15 15 30 10 — — — — —
1979–80 Colorado Rockies NHL 46 25 20 45 43 — — — — —
1980–81 Colorado Rockies NHL 80 35 46 81 56 — — — — —
1981–82 Colorado Rockies NHL 16 6 9 15 20 — — — — —
1981–82 Calgary Flames NHL 55 34 33 67 37 3 0 1 1 6
1982–83 Calgary Flames NHL 80 66 32 98 90 7 3 4 7 19
1983–84 Calgary Flames NHL 65 33 33 66 64 11 6 7 13 6
1984–85 Calgary Flames NHL 43 19 18 37 36 1 0 0 0 0
1985–86 Calgary Flames NHL 80 28 43 71 44 22 11 7 18 30
1986–87 Calgary Flames NHL 58 14 12 26 54 5 0 0 0 2
1987–88 Calgary Flames NHL 60 10 13 23 57 9 3 1 4 6
1988–89 Calgary Flames NHL 51 11 7 18 26 14 1 3 4 29
NHL totals 1111 500 506 1006 899 117 44 40 84 120

International play

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM Team result
1976 Canada CC 5 0 2 2 0 Champions
1979 NHL All-Stars Exhib 3 0 0 0 2 Lost series
1981 Canada WC 8 3 0 3 4 Fourth place
Totals 16 3 2 5 6

Awards and honours

Award Year
Junior
AJHL Most Valuable Player 1970–71 [8]
AJHL Second All-Star Team 1970–71 [3]
WCHL First All-Star Team 1972–73 [3]
National Hockey League
Second Team All-Star 1976–77
1982–83 		[21]
Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy 1982–83 [104]
King Clancy Memorial Trophy 1987–88 [104]
Budweiser NHL Man of the Year Award 1988–89 [77]
Colorado Rockies
Colorado State Athlete of the Year 1980 [70]
Calgary Flames team awards
Molson Cup 1982–83 [105]
Ralph T. Scurfield Humanitarian Award 1986–87
1988–89 		[101]

See also

References

Footnotes
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General
  • Duhatschek, Eric; Simmons, Steve (1986), On Fire: The Dramatic Rise of the Calgary Flames, Polestar Book Publishers, ISBN 0-919591-15-9
  • Duplacey, James; Zweig, Eric (2010), Official Guide to the Players of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Firefly Books, ISBN 1-55407-662-5
  • Flett, Cory; Watts, Jessie, eds. (2009), 2009–10 WHL Guide, Western Hockey League
  • Hanlon, Peter; Kelso, Sean, eds. (2007), 2007–08 Calgary Flames Media Guide, Calgary: Calgary Flames Hockey Club
  • McDonald, Lanny; Simmons, Steve (1987), Lanny, McGraw-Hill, ISBN 0-07-549501-5
  • Mummery, Bob (1989), Countdown to the Stanley Cup: An Illustrated History of the Calgary Flames, Polestar Book Publishers, ISBN 0-919591-48-5
  • Park, Pat, ed. (2011), 2011–12 Toronto Maple Leafs Media Guide, Toronto: Toronto Maple Leafs Hockey Club
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Preceded by Toronto Maple Leafs first round draft pick
1973 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bill Masterton Trophy winner
1983 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
none
 Winner of the King Clancy Memorial Trophy
1988 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Colorado Rockies captain
1981 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Calgary Flames captain
1983–89
with Doug Risebrough (1983-87)
and Jim Peplinski (1984-89) 		Succeeded by
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