Al Hamilton

Al Hamilton
Date of birth	August 20, 1946
place of birth	Flin Flon , Manitoba , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1963-1966	Edmonton Oil Kings
1966-1970	New York Rangers
1970-1972	Buffalo Sabers
1972-1973	Alberta Oilers
1973-1980	Edmonton Oilers

Allan Guy Hamilton (born August 20, 1946 in Flin Flon , Manitoba ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the New York Rangers and Buffalo Sabers in the National Hockey League and Alberta / Edmonton from 1965 to 1980 Oilers has played in the World Hockey Association and the NHL.

Career

Hamilton played from 1963 in the Central Alberta Hockey League with the Edmonton Oil Kings , with whom he reached the final round of the Memorial Cup three times in a row . In the third attempt, the title was finally won.

He made his debut in the NHL in the 1965/66 season when he played four games for the New York Rangers . Mostly he was also used in various farm teams in the following years . He played most of the missions for the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League . After he finally in season 1969-70 had made the breakthrough that brought him Buffalo Sabers in the NHL expansion draft 1970 . There he played in the following two seasons.

When the World Hockey Association was founded in 1972 , it meant increased demand for players and higher salaries. This also benefited Hamilton, who joined the Alberta Oilers . A year later the team was renamed Edmonton Oilers . Hamilton was the mainstay in the defensive area. He was one of the best defenders in the league and was nominated for the 1974 Summit Series , in which a Canadian selection of players from the WHA played against the selection of the Soviet Union. When the WHA was dissolved and the Oilers were included in the National Hockey League for the 1979/80 season , Hamilton remained in the squad. Handicapped by an eye injury from the previous year, he made 31 regular season appearances in the NHL and also played once in the playoffs before ending his career.

For his leadership skills in the first eight seasons of the Oilers, his jersey with the number 3 was hung under the hall roof in Edmonton and this number has not been awarded since then. There was no ceremony back then like the one that is common today. This was made up for in April 2001.

Achievements and Awards

• 1966 Memorial Cup win with the Edmonton Oil Kings
• 1967 CPHL Second All-Star Team
• 1974 WHA Second All-Star Team
• 1978 WHA First All-Star Team
• 1992 inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	7th	257	10	78	88	228
NHL playoffs	3	7th	0	0	0	2
WHA regular season	7th	455	53	258	311	492
WHA playoffs	5	27	5	11	16	31

Web links

• Al Hamilton at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Al Hamilton at hockeydb.com (English)