Bill Root (ice hockey)
| Bill Root | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 6, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1979–1991 | ||
William John Root (born September 6, 1959) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. As a youth, he played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Sportspeople from Toronto
- Montreal Canadiens players
- Niagara Falls Flyers players
- Newmarket Saints players
- Nova Scotia Voyageurs players
- Philadelphia Flyers players
- St. Catharines Saints players
- St. Louis Blues players
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s births stubs