Bill Derlago

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CanadaCanada  Bill Derlago Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 25, 1958
place of birth Birtle , Manitoba , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 88 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1978 , 1st round, 4th position
Vancouver Canucks
Career stations
1974-1988 Brandon Wheat Kings
1978-1980 Vancouver Canucks
1980-1985 Toronto Maple Leafs
1985-1986 Boston Bruins
1986-1987 Winnipeg Jets
1987 Nordiques de Québec
Fredericton Express
1987-1988 HC Ambrì-Piotta

William Anthony "Bill" Derlago (born August 25, 1958 in Birtle , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The center played over 500 games for five teams in the National Hockey League between 1978 and 1987 , most of them for the Toronto Maple Leafs .

Career

Bill Derlago was born in Birtle and grew up in nearby Beulah . In his youth he ran for the McCauley Selects and the Brandon Travelers , among others , before moving to the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Canadian Hockey League (WCHL) in 1974 . There he had an outstanding junior career, with the attacker recording more than 100 scorer points in each of his three complete seasons . In the 1976/77 season he led the entire WCHL with 176 points, so that he was honored with the Brownridge Trophy , while he was also the best goalscorer in the league with 96 hits and was elected to the WCHL First All-Star Team . In the subsequent playoffs for the President's Cup , the Canadian was also number one on the scorer list, but the Wheat Kings lost 4-1 to the New Westminster Bruins in the final . He defended the title of best goalscorer the following year with 89 goals, so that he was included in the WCHL Second All-Star Team . Then chose him Vancouver Canucks in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1978 in fourth position.

The move to the professional field was made difficult by a knee injury, due to which Derlago completed only nine games for Vancouver in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1978/79 season ; in addition, there were eleven missions for the Dallas Black Hawks in the Central Hockey League , the farm team of the Canucks. He then spent just under half a season in the Pacific Northwest, as he was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs after unfulfilled expectations in February 1980 with Rick Vaive . In return, Tiger Williams and Jerry Butler moved to Vancouver. In the Maple Leafs jersey, the center confirmed its scorer qualities from junior times, so in the season 1980/81 it recorded his career best with 84 points from 75 games and for the first time a points average of over 1.0 per game. Two years later it also hit the 40 goal mark.

After more than five years in Toronto, Derlago was transferred to the Boston Bruins in exchange for Tom Fergus in October 1985 , who used him in a more defensive role and sent him to the Winnipeg Jets for Wade Campbell in January 1986 . In his homeland of Manitoba, he spent a year without being able to build on his previous achievements, and was given in January 1987 for a four-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft 1989 to the Nordiques de Québec . This should represent his last NHL station, where he was in roughly equal parts with the farm team, the Fredericton Express , in the American Hockey League . He then let his career at HC Ambrì-Piotta in the Swiss National League A end and ended his active career in 1988, in which he had played a total of 568 NHL games and scored 421 points.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1974/75 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 17th 0 4th 4th 2 5 1 1 2 0
1975/76 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 68 49 54 103 43 5 3 3 6th 0
1976/77 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 72 96 82 178 63 16 14th 16 30th 31
1977/78 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 52 89 63 152 105 8th 9 13 22nd 10
1978/79 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 11 5 8th 13 9 - - - - - -
1978/79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 9 4th 4th 8th -2 2 - - - - - -
1979/80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 54 11 15th 26th -19 27 - - - - - -
1979/80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 23 5 12 17th –6 13 3 0 0 0 -4 4th
1980/81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 35 39 74 -13 26th 3 1 0 1 -4 2
1981/82 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 75 34 50 84 +5 42 - - - - - -
1982/83 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 58 13 24 37 -20 27 4th 3 0 3 -1 2
1983/84 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 40 20th 60 -8th 50 - - - - - -
1984/85 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 31 31 62 -19 21st - - - - - -
1985/86 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1985/86 Boston Bruins NHL 39 5 16 21st +6 15th - - - - - -
1985/86 Winnipeg Jets NHL 27 5 5 10 –11 6th 3 1 0 1 +1 0
1986/87 Winnipeg Jets NHL 30th 3 6th 9 -2 12 - - - - - -
1986/87 Fredericton Express AHL 16 7th 8th 15th 2 - - - - - -
1986/87 Nordiques de Québec NHL 18th 3 5 8th -4 6th - - - - - -
1987/88 HC Ambrì-Piotta NLA 28 10 18th 28 4th 2 5 7th
WCHL overall 209 234 203 437 213 34 27 33 60 41
NHL overall 555 189 227 416 -93 247 13 5 0 5 -8th 8th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Derlago, Bill
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Derlago, William Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Birtle , Manitoba , Canada