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Greg Joly

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Greg Joly
Joly in 1979.
Born (1954-05-30) May 30, 1954 (age 70)
Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Washington Capitals
Detroit Red Wings
NHL draft 1st overall, 1974
Washington Capitals
WHA draft 31st overall, 1974
Phoenix Roadrunners
Playing career 1974–1986

Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings. He won the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings.

Joly was drafted first overall in the 1974 NHL amateur draft by the Washington Capitals from the Regina Pats. Washington's general manager, Milt Schmidt, referred to Joly at the time as "the next Bobby Orr",[1] but over his nine seasons playing with Washington (1974–76) and the Detroit Red Wings (1976–83), Joly spent parts of seven seasons on the American Hockey League (AHL) farm teams of those two organizations. After playing 365 National Hockey League (NHL) games over the course of those nine seasons, Joly played his final three years of professional hockey in the AHL.[1] He is considered to have been a draft bust.[2][3][4] Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium.[5]

Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Career statistics

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    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1971–72 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 6 38 44 41 15 0 3 3 10
1972–73 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 14 54 68 94 4 0 3 3 4
1973–74 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 21 71 92 103 16 7 13 20 8
1973–74 Regina Pats M-Cup — — — — — 3 2 3 5 4
1974–75 Washington Capitals NHL 44 1 7 8 44 — — — — —
1975–76 Richmond Robins AHL 3 3 2 5 4 — — — — —
1975–76 Washington Capitals NHL 54 8 17 25 28 — — — — —
1976–77 Springfield Indians AHL 22 0 8 8 16 — — — — —
1976–77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 53 1 11 12 14 — — — — —
1977–78 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 7 20 27 73 5 0 0 0 8
1978–79 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20 0 4 4 6 — — — — —
1979–80 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 8 3 3 6 10 — — — — —
1979–80 Detroit Red Wings NHL 59 3 10 13 45 — — — — —
1980–81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 62 3 34 37 158 17 4 12 16 38
1980–81 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 0 2 2 10 — — — — —
1981–82 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 36 3 22 25 59 — — — — —
1981–82 Detroit Red Wings NHL 37 1 5 6 30 — — — — —
1982–83 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 71 8 40 48 118 6 1 0 1 0
1982–83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1983–84 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 78 10 33 43 133 7 0 1 1 19
1984–85 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 76 9 40 49 111 — — — — —
1985–86 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 65 0 22 22 68 16 0 4 4 38
NHL totals 365 21 76 97 250 5 0 0 0 8
AHL totals 421 39 204 243 677 46 5 17 22 95

Awards

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  • WCHL All-Star Team – 1973 & 1974

References

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  1. ^ a b White, Russ (25 December 1983). "Gregg Joly: Accolades, but Few Regrets". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. ^ Proteau, Adam (10 September 2010). "Who is the biggest draft bust of all-time? - TheHockeyNews". The Hockey News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. ^ Lozo, Dave (23 March 2016). "From the Bust Era to the Golden Age: A Historical Look at the No. 1 Overall Pick". Sports. Vice News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. ^ Muir, Alan (22 June 2015). "Worst NHL draft pick ever made by each Eastern Conference team". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. ^ Wimmer, Robert (2000). Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Arcadia Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 9780738507873. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
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Preceded by NHL first overall draft pick
1974 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
None
 Washington Capitals first round draft pick
1974 		Succeeded by
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