Bill Reed
| Bill Reed | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
May 25, 1954 | ||
| Height | 5 ft 11 in (180 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Played for |
Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades Calgary Cowboys | ||
| NHL draft |
72nd overall, 1974 Boston Bruins | ||
| WHA draft |
4th overall, 1974 Michigan Stags | ||
| Playing career | 1974–1981 | ||
William Ernest Reed[1] (born May 25, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the fourth round, 72nd overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1974 NHL entry draft.[1]
Reed never played in the NHL, but did play 40 games in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Calgary Cowboys during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 WHA seasons.[2]
As a youth, he played in the 1966 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Faustina minor ice hockey team from.[3]
Reed appeared as an extra in the movie Slap Shot. During the opening sequence Reed (wearing jersey #2) collides with a teammate wearing the #14 allowing the Charlestown Chiefs to score. The player Reed runs into was his real life Johnstown Jets teammate, Vern Campigatto.[1]
Career statistics
[edit]Regular season and playoffs
[edit]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1971–72 | Ohio State University | CCHA | –– | 5 | 7 | 12 | 26 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1972–73 | Soo Greyhounds | OHA | 50 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 98 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1973–74 | Soo Greyhounds | OHA | 63 | 13 | 43 | 56 | 240 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1974–75 | Syracuse Blazers | NAHL | 32 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 40 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1974–75 | Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades | WHA | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1975–76 | Calgary Cowboys | WHA | 29 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 14 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1975–76 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 18 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1975–76 | Johnstown Jets | NAHL | 28 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 47 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1977–78 | San Diego Mariners | PHL | 22 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 31 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1977–78 | Drumheller Miners | ASHL | 7 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | –– | –– | –– | –– | –– | ||
| 1978–79 | Welland Steelers | OHASr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1980–81 | Dundas Merchants | OHASr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1981–82 | Dundas Merchants | OHASr | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| WHA totals | 40 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 "1974 NHL DRAFT PICK: Bill Reed". Hockey Draft Central.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Bill Reed's profile". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
- ↑ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- Living people
- Baltimore Blades players
- Boston Bruins draft picks
- Calgary Cowboys players
- Ice hockey people from Toronto
- Michigan Stags draft picks
- Michigan Stags players
- San Diego Mariners (PHL) players
- Springfield Indians players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s birth stubs