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| Murray Wilson | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Wilson in 1976 card | |||
| Born |
November 7, 1951 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Montreal Canadiens Los Angeles Kings | ||
| NHL draft |
11th overall, 1971 Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1971–1979 | ||
Murray Charles Wilson (born November 7, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward. He played in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and Los Angeles Kings between 1972 and 1979. With the Canadiens he won the Stanley Cup four times.
Playing career
[edit]Wilson started his National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens in 1971. Wilson was drafted 11th overall in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. He would spend 7 years in Montreal before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings. He won one Calder Cup in the AHL and the Stanley Cup four times with the Canadiens.
He is the brother of former San Jose Sharks GM Doug Wilson.
His name is incorrectly spelled on the Stanley Cup for the 1973, 1976, and 1977 Montreal Canadiens. It appears as "Murry Wilson" missing an a. The name was correctly spelled in 1978 as Murray Wilson.
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1967–68 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 24 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 46 | 24 | 26 | 50 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 52 | 22 | 24 | 46 | 53 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Ottawa 67's | OHA | 44 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 65 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 30 | 15 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 17 | ||
| 1972–73 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 52 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 16 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | ||
| 1973–74 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 72 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 26 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 73 | 24 | 18 | 42 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1975–76 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 59 | 11 | 24 | 35 | 36 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | ||
| 1976–77 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 60 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 14 | ||
| 1977–78 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 58 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 14 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| NHL totals | 386 | 94 | 95 | 189 | 162 | 68 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 49 | ||||
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Canadian ice hockey forwards
- Ice hockey people from Toronto
- Los Angeles Kings players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Montreal Canadiens draft picks
- Montreal Canadiens players
- Montreal Canadiens announcers
- NHL first-round draft picks
- Ottawa 67's players
- Stanley Cup champions
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey centre, 1950s birth stubs