Rick van Gog
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| Rick van Gog | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
April 3, 1956 Aurora, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Played for |
GIJS Groningen HYS Den Haag Diö GoIF Rotterdam Panda's | ||
| National team |
 Netherlands | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1977–1987 | ||
Richard van Gog (born April 3, 1957) is a former professional ice hockey player. A Canadian of Dutch descent, he played in the Netherlands mostly for GIJS Groningen and also spent the 1983-84 season with Diö GoIF in Sweden. He was also a member of the Netherlands national ice hockey team.
A defenceman, Van Gog played a season in the OHA with the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds. He joined Groningen in 1977 and remained with the club to 1987. His best offensive season was 1979-80 when he scored 50 points in 34 games.
Van Gog played for the Netherlands at the 1980 Winter Olympics, scoring a goal and three assists in five games. He again played all games of the Netherlands at the 1981 World Ice Hockey Championships, the only time the country has appeared in Pool A or its current equivalent. Van Gog, who was known as "Elbows" in the Dutch league, is infamously remembered for having leveled Canadian superstar Guy Lafleur with a hard hit and elbow in their game with Team Canada.[1][2] In Pool B in 1987, he went scoreless in two games.
References
Further reading
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Dutch Olympic Committee
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- 1957 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Canadian people of Dutch descent
- Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
- GIJS Groningen players
- HYS The Hague players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players of the Netherlands
- Rotterdam Panda's players
- Sportspeople from Aurora, Ontario
- Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds players
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