Ron Ward
Appearance
Ron Ward | |||
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Born |
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada | September 12, 1944||
Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Canucks New York Raiders Vancouver Blazers Los Angeles Sharks Cleveland Crusaders Calgary Cowboys Minnesota Fighting Saints Winnipeg Jets | ||
Playing career | 1970–1977 |
Ronald Leon "Magic" Ward (born September 12, 1944) was a National Hockey League player from 1970-1972 who played center for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks. He then switched to the fledgling World Hockey Association, playing for the New York Raiders in the 1972–73 season. This would be his most productive season, as he amassed 21 goals and 67 assists for 88 points.[1] Throughout the rest of his WHA career he went on to play for the Vancouver Blazers, Los Angeles Sharks, Cleveland Crusaders, Calgary Cowboys, Minnesota Fighting Saints, and ending with the Winnipeg Jets in 1976–77.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1963–64 | Cornwall Colts | OHA-B | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1964–65 | Conrnwall Cols | OHA-B | 36 | 29 | 31 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1965–66 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 69 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 37 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | ||
1966–67 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 42 | 12 | 15 | 27 | 46 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1967–68 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1967–68 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 67 | 31 | 54 | 85 | 30 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 8 | ||
1968–69 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 73 | 35 | 43 | 78 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Phoenix Roadrunners | WHL | 22 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1969–70 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 22 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 69 | 23 | 16 | 39 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 71 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | New York Raiders | WHA | 77 | 21 | 67 | 88 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Vancouver Blazers | WHA | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Los Angeles Sharks | WHA | 40 | 14 | 19 | 33 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 23 | 19 | 7 | 26 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | ||
1974–75 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 73 | 30 | 32 | 62 | 18 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
1975–76 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 75 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 24 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1976–77 | Minnesota Fighting Saints | WHA | 41 | 15 | 21 | 36 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Winnipeg Jets | WHA | 14 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Calgary Cowboys | WHA | 9 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
WHA totals | 359 | 140 | 210 | 350 | 103 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | ||||
NHL totals | 89 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
References
- ^ "Ron Ward at HockeyDB". Retrieved 2010-01-07.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Categories:
- 1944 births
- Living people
- Calgary Cowboys players
- Canadian ice hockey coaches
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Cleveland Crusaders players
- Drummondville Voltigeurs coaches
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Los Angeles Sharks players
- Minnesota Fighting Saints players
- New York Raiders players
- Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) players
- Rochester Americans players
- Sportspeople from Cornwall, Ontario
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
- Vancouver Blazers players
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1940s births stubs