Al Secord

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Al Secord
Date of birth March 3, 1958
place of birth Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 93 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st lap, 16th position
Boston Bruins
Career stations
1975-1988 Hamilton / St. Catharines Fincups
1978-1980 Boston Bruins
1980-1987 Chicago Black Hawks
1987-1989 Toronto Maple Leafs
1989 Philadelphia Flyers
1989-1990 Chicago Blackhawks
1994-1996 Chicago Wolves

Alan William "Al" Secord (born March 3, 1958 in Sudbury , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 868 games for the Boston Bruins , Chicago Black Hawks , Chicago Black Hawks , and others between 1975 and 1990 and 1994 and 1996 . Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers played in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of left winger . Secord, who took part twice in the NHL All-Star Game , celebrated his greatest career success at international level wearing the jersey of the Canadian U20 national team by winning the silver medal at the Junior World Championship in 1977

Career

Secord got through the Wexford Warriors from the Metro Junior A Hockey League in 1975 to the Ontario Major Junior Hockey League (OMJHL). There he was active until 1978 for the Hamilton Fincups , which traded under the name St. Catharines Fincups for one year after moving in the 1976/77 season . With the fincups, the striker won the double from the J. Ross Robertson Cup of the OMJHL and the Memorial Cup of the Canadian Hockey League (CHL) in his rookie season . Following his third OMJHL year, Secord was selected in the first round in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft in 16th overall position by the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL).

For the 1978/79 season , the attacker made the leap into the NHL and was a regular for the Bruins for the next two and a half years. Nevertheless, Boston's management was not satisfied with the development of their former first round election. After only three assists in 18 missions at the beginning of the 1980/81 season they transferred him to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for Mike O'Connell . In the jersey of the Black Hawks, the talented Power Forward developed well. In the remainder of the season he increased his points count with 22 points from 41 games. As a result, Secord integrated better and better into the Chicago team. In a storm series with Denis Savard and Steve Larmer collected 75 and 86 scorer points in the following two playing years , in addition he completed one season with 54 goals. He also represented his team in both years in the NHL All-Star Game . This was followed by two seasons marked by injuries, so that in the 1983/84 season he only played 14 games due to a torn muscle and only 51 games the following year due to a torn muscle. It was not until the 1985/86 season that he found his way back to his old form with 76 points.

After a total of six and a half years in the jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks, Secord was transferred to the Toronto Maple Leafs with Ed Olczyk in the late summer of 1987 . Chicago secured the services of Rick Vaive , Steve Thomas and Bob McGill in return . In his Canadian homeland, the offensive player only found a new sporting home for one and a half years, since he was given to the Philadelphia Flyers in February 1989 in exchange for a five-round vote in the 1989 NHL Entry Draft . For the Flyers he played 34 games by the end of the season, 14 of them in the playoffs. He then returned in the summer of 1989 as a free agent to the Chicago Blackhawks, where he declared his career ended at the age of 32 after the 1989/90 season .

After his resignation, Secord paused a total of four years before he returned to the ice hockey stage in the fall of 1994 and made his comeback with the Chicago Wolves in the International Hockey League (IHL). The now 36-year-old completed two seasons in the Wolves jersey and was on the ice in 118 games for the team from his adopted country. He then used his pilot training , which he had started in the summer of 1985, and was hired by American Airlines .

International

On an international level, Secord represented his home country Canada with the U20 national team at the 1977 Junior World Cup in Czechoslovakia and with the senior national team at the 1987 World Cup in the Austrian capital Vienna . The striker won the silver medal with the U20 selection in 1977. He contributed four scorer points in seven tournament games to win the medal . At the 1987 World Cup, the Canadians missed winning a medal with fourth place.

In addition, he was part of the Canadian reserve squad at the Canada Cup 1984 and remained without a mission.

Achievements and Awards

International

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1974/75 Wexford Warriors MetJHL 41 5 13 18th 104 - - - - -
1975/76 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 63 9 13 22nd 117 12 0 2 2 24
1976 Hamilton Fincups Memorial Cup - - - - - 3 0 0 0 5
1976/77 St. Catharines Fincups OMJHL 57 32 34 66 343 14th 4th 3 7th 46
1977/78 Hamilton Fincups OMJHL 59 28 22nd 50 185 20th 8th 11 19th 71
1978/79 Boston Bruins NHL 71 16 7th 23 125 4th 0 0 0 4th
1978/79 Rochester Americans AHL 4th 4th 2 6th 40 - - - - -
1979/80 Boston Bruins NHL 77 23 16 39 170 10 0 3 3 65
1980/81 Boston Bruins NHL 18th 0 3 3 42 - - - - -
1980/81 Springfield Indians AHL 8th 3 5 8th 21st - - - - -
1980/81 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 41 13 9 22nd 145 3 4th 0 4th 14th
1981/82 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 44 31 75 303 15th 2 5 7th 61
1982/83 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 54 32 86 180 12 4th 7th 11 66
1983/84 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 14th 4th 4th 8th 77 5 3 4th 7th 28
1984/85 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 51 15th 11 26th 193 15th 7th 9 16 42
1985/86 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 80 40 36 76 201 2 0 2 2 26th
1986/87 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 77 29 29 58 196 4th 0 0 0 21st
1987/88 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 15th 27 42 221 6th 1 0 1 16
1988/89 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 40 5 10 15th 71 - - - - -
1988/89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 20th 1 0 1 38 14th 0 4th 4th 31
1989/90 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 43 14th 7th 21st 131 12 0 0 0 8th
1990/91 without a contract not played after resignation
1991/92 without a contract not played after resignation
1992/93 without a contract not played after resignation
1993/94 without a contract not played after resignation
1994/95 Chicago Wolves IHL 59 13 20th 33 195 3 1 1 2 19th
1995/96 Chicago Wolves IHL 47 8th 8th 16 108 9 1 0 1 4th
OMJHL overall 179 69 69 138 645 46 12 16 28 141
AHL total 12 7th 7th 14th 61 - - - - -
IHL total 106 21st 28 49 303 12 2 1 3 23
NHL overall 766 273 222 495 2093 102 21st 34 55 382

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1977 Canada June World Cup 2nd place, silver 7th 2 2 4th 8th
1987 Canada WM 4th Place 10 0 2 2 16
Juniors overall 7th 2 2 4th 8th
Men overall 10 0 2 2 16

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Alan Bass: Former NHL Player Al Secord Heads For the Sky. In: bleacherreport.com. Bleacher Report , July 31, 2010, accessed March 8, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Secord, Al
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Secord, Alan William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 3, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Sudbury Ontario , Canada