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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1939|4|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|8|28|1939|4|3}}
| death_place = [[Collingwood, Ontario|Collingwood]], [[Ontario]], [[Canada]]
| Family members in Hockey = [[ Steve Sly (Brother) Barrie Flyers, Kevin Sly (Son) Collingwood Blues, Warren Sly (Nephew) NCAA, Ryan Sly (Nephew) OHL.]]
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 185
| position = [[Defenceman|Defence]]
| shoots = Right
| played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]<br>[[Minnesota North Stars]]<br>[[Vancouver Canucks]]
| ntl_team = Canada
| career_start = 1960
| career_end = 1978
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{{MedalCountry | {{flagicon|Canada|1957}} Canada }}
{{MedalSport | Men's [[Ice hockey at the Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver| [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Squaw Valley]] |[[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|Ice hockey]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1960 Winter Olympics|1960 Squaw Valley]] | }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Ice Hockey World Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold | [[1961 Men's World Ice Hockey Championships|1961 Switzerland]] | }}
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'''Darryl "Slip" Sly''' (April 3, 1939 – August 28, 2007) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player who played 79 games in the [[National Hockey League]] with the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Minnesota North Stars]]. He also played parts of 11 seasons with the minor league [[Rochester Americans]] ([[American Hockey league|AHL]]), and seven seasons with the [[Barrie Flyers (1966–1979)|Barrie Flyers]] ([[OHA Senior A Hockey League|OHA]]). Internationally Sly played for [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]] at the [[1960 Winter Olympics]], where he won a silver medal, and the [[1961 Ice Hockey World Championships|1961 World Championship]], where he won gold.


Don Cherry referenced Darryl Sly on the 01 Mar 14 edition of [[Coach's Corner]] saying, "just like me and Darryl Sly used to" regarding playing a staggered D as opposed to side by side when a forward is coming in one-on-two. On the 7 June 14 edition of Coach's Corner, Cherry stated that Sly "carried me for six years" when talking about the importance of defensive pairings staying together over their careers.
'''Darryl "Slip" Sly''' (April 3, 1939 – August 28, 2007) was a [[Canada|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] player who played 79 games in the [[National Hockey League]]. He was born in [[Collingwood, Ontario]], he played with the [[Vancouver Canucks]], [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] and [[Minnesota North Stars]]. He also played parts of 11 seasons with the minor league [[Rochester Americans]] ([[American Hockey league|AHL]]), and 7 seasons with the [[Barrie Flyers (1966–1979)|Barrie Flyers]] ([[OHA Senior A Hockey League|OHA]]), and was a member of Canada's silver medal winning hockey team in the [[1960 Winter Olympics]].


He died on 28 August 2007 at the age of 68.<ref>[http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2007/08/darryl-sly-dead-at-age-68.html Darryl Sly dead at age 68]</ref>
Canadian legend Don Cherry referenced Darryl Sly on the 01 Mar 14 edition of Coach's Corner saying, "just like me and Darryl Sly used to" regarding playing a staggered D as opposed to side by side when a forward is coming in one-on-two. On the 07 June 14 edition of Coach's Corner, Cherry stated that Sly "carried me for six years" when talking about the importance of defensive pairings staying together over their careers.

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
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! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
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| [[1956–57 OHA season|1956–57]]
| [[Toronto St. Michael's Majors|St. Michael's Majors]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHA]]
| 46 || 7 || 7 || 14 || 35
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1957–58 OHA season|1957–58]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA
| 52 || 19 || 20 || 39 || 64
| 9 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 12
|-
| [[1958–59 OHA season|1958–59]]
| St. Michael's Majors
| OHA
| 48 || 8 || 16 || 24 || 58
| 15 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 42
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1958–59
| [[Kitchener Greenshirts]]
| [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|OHA-Sr]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1959–60
| Kitchener Greenshirts
| OHA-Sr
| 47 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 63
| 8 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 14
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1960–61
| [[Galt Terriers (ice hockey)|Galt Terriers]]
| OHA-Sr
| 12 || 5 || 9 || 14 || 12
| 15 || 7 || 8 || 15 || 24
|-
| [[1960–61 WIHL season|1960–61]]
| [[Trail Smoke Eaters (senior)|Trail Smoke Eaters]]
| [[Western International Hockey League|WIHL]]
| 13 || 7 || 12 || 19 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1960–61 AHL season|1960–61]]
| [[Rochester Americans]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1960–61
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canadian National Team]]
| Intl
| 18 || 12 || 6 || 18 || 46
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1961–62 AHL season|1961–62]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 70 || 8 || 16 || 24 || 50
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1962–63 AHL season|1962–63]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 70 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 52
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 7
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1963–64 AHL season|1963–64]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 72 || 16 || 16 || 32 || 41
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|-
| [[1964–65 AHL season|1964–65]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 72 || 3 || 18 || 21 || 56
| 10 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1965–66 NHL season|1965–66]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1965–66 AHL season|1965–66]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 67 || 5 || 15 || 20 || 49
| 12 || 2 || 2 || 4 || 12
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1966–67 AHL season|1966–67]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 72 || 8 || 25 || 33 || 56
| 13 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 14
|-
| [[1967–68 NHL season|1967–68]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 17 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1967–68 AHL season|1967–68]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 52 || 3 || 22 || 25 || 36
| 11 || 1 || 6 || 7 || 12
|-
| [[1968–69 WHL season|1968–69]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks (WHL)|Vancouver Canucks]]
| [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|WHL]]
| 74 || 6 || 16 || 22 || 45
| 8 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1969–70 NHL season|1969–70]]
| [[Minnesota North Stars]]
| NHL
| 29 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1969–70 CHL season|1969–70]]
| [[Iowa Stars (1969–70)|Iowa Stars]]
| [[Central Professional Hockey League|CHL]]
| 10 || 0 || 8 || 8 || 2
| 11 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 8
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1970–71 NHL season|1970–71]]
| [[Vancouver Canucks]]
| NHL
| 31 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 10
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1970–71 AHL season|1970–71]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 37 || 3 || 4 || 7 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1971–72
| [[Barrie Flyers (1966–79)|Barrie Flyers]]
| [[OHA Senior A Hockey League|OHA-Sr]]
| 33 || 7 || 17 || 24 || 32
| 16 || 1 || 10 || 11 || 16
|-
| 1972–73
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 41 || 3 || 19 || 22 || 42
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1972–73 AHL season|1972–73]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 1 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1973–74
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 31 || 3 || 12 || 15 || 15
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1973–74 AHL season|1973–74]]
| Rochester Americans
| AHL
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1974–75
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 40 || 4 || 10 || 14 || 28
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 44 || 4 || 16 || 20 || 24
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1976–77
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 34 || 1 || 10 || 11 || 26
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78
| Barrie Flyers
| OHA-Sr
| 38 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 16
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|AHL totals
! 516 !! 51 !! 132 !! 183 !! 370
! 52 !! 5 !! 10 !! 15 !! 53
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"|NHL totals
! 79 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 20
! — !! — !! — !! — !! —
|}

===International===
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|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Year
! Team
! Event
! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| [[Ice hockey at the 1960 Winter Olympics|1960]]
| [[Canada men's national ice hockey team|Canada]]
| [[Ice hockey at the Olympics|Oly]]
| 7 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 9
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1961 Ice Hockey World Championships|1961]]
| Canada
| [[Ice hockey world championships|WC]]
| 7 || 4 || 2 || 6 || 6
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="4"|Senior totals
! 14 !! 5 !! 3 !! 8 !! 15
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
*{{hockeydb|5013}}
*{{icehockeystats}}
*[http://www.losthockey.com/obit_main.cfm?letter=s Obituary at LostHockey.com]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927001350/http://losthockey.com/obit_main.cfm?letter=s Obituary at LostHockey.com]


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| NAME = Sly, Darryl
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| SHORT DESCRIPTION = Canadian ice hockey player
| DATE OF BIRTH = April 3, 1939
| PLACE OF BIRTH =
| DATE OF DEATH = August 28, 2007
| PLACE OF DEATH =
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Latest revision as of 23:58, 22 April 2024

Darryl Sly
Born (1939-04-03)April 3, 1939
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Died August 28, 2007(2007-08-28) (aged 68)
Collingwood, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Minnesota North Stars
Vancouver Canucks
National team  Canada
Playing career 1960–1978
Olympic medal record
Representing Canada Canada
Men's ice hockey
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1960 Squaw Valley
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 1961 Switzerland

Darryl "Slip" Sly (April 3, 1939 – August 28, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 79 games in the National Hockey League with the Vancouver Canucks, Toronto Maple Leafs and Minnesota North Stars. He also played parts of 11 seasons with the minor league Rochester Americans (AHL), and seven seasons with the Barrie Flyers (OHA). Internationally Sly played for Canada at the 1960 Winter Olympics, where he won a silver medal, and the 1961 World Championship, where he won gold.

Don Cherry referenced Darryl Sly on the 01 Mar 14 edition of Coach's Corner saying, "just like me and Darryl Sly used to" regarding playing a staggered D as opposed to side by side when a forward is coming in one-on-two. On the 7 June 14 edition of Coach's Corner, Cherry stated that Sly "carried me for six years" when talking about the importance of defensive pairings staying together over their careers.

He died on 28 August 2007 at the age of 68.[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
1956–57 St. Michael's Majors OHA 46 7 7 14 35 1 0 0 0 4
1957–58 St. Michael's Majors OHA 52 19 20 39 64 9 2 4 6 12
1958–59 St. Michael's Majors OHA 48 8 16 24 58 15 0 3 3 42
1958–59 Kitchener Greenshirts OHA-Sr 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1959–60 Kitchener Greenshirts OHA-Sr 47 4 8 12 63 8 1 1 2 14
1960–61 Galt Terriers OHA-Sr 12 5 9 14 12 15 7 8 15 24
1960–61 Trail Smoke Eaters WIHL 13 7 12 19 — — — — — —
1960–61 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1960–61 Canadian National Team Intl 18 12 6 18 46 — — — — —
1961–62 Rochester Americans AHL 70 8 16 24 50 2 0 0 0 0
1962–63 Rochester Americans AHL 70 4 14 18 52 2 0 0 0 7
1963–64 Rochester Americans AHL 72 16 16 32 41 2 0 0 0 0
1964–65 Rochester Americans AHL 72 3 18 21 56 10 1 2 3 8
1965–66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1965–66 Rochester Americans AHL 67 5 15 20 49 12 2 2 4 12
1966–67 Rochester Americans AHL 72 8 25 33 56 13 1 0 1 14
1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 17 0 0 0 4 — — — — —
1967–68 Rochester Americans AHL 52 3 22 25 36 11 1 6 7 12
1968–69 Vancouver Canucks WHL 74 6 16 22 45 8 0 1 1 8
1969–70 Minnesota North Stars NHL 29 1 0 1 6 — — — — —
1969–70 Iowa Stars CHL 10 0 8 8 2 11 1 8 9 8
1970–71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 31 0 2 2 10 — — — — —
1970–71 Rochester Americans AHL 37 3 4 7 28 — — — — —
1971–72 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 33 7 17 24 32 16 1 10 11 16
1972–73 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 41 3 19 22 42 — — — — —
1972–73 Rochester Americans AHL 1 1 2 3 0 — — — — —
1973–74 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 31 3 12 15 15 — — — — —
1973–74 Rochester Americans AHL 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — —
1974–75 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 40 4 10 14 28 — — — — —
1975–76 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 44 4 16 20 24 — — — — —
1976–77 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 34 1 10 11 26 — — — — —
1977–78 Barrie Flyers OHA-Sr 38 0 5 5 16 — — — — —
AHL totals 516 51 132 183 370 52 5 10 15 53
NHL totals 79 1 2 3 20 — — — — —

International[edit]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1960 Canada Oly 7 1 1 2 9
1961 Canada WC 7 4 2 6 6
Senior totals 14 5 3 8 15

References[edit]

  1. ^ Darryl Sly dead at age 68

External links[edit]

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