Billy Harris (ice hockey player, 1952)

Billy Harris
Date of birth	January 29, 1952
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	89 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1972 , 1st round, 1st position New York Islanders
Career stations
1968-1972	Toronto Marlboros
1972-1980	New York Islanders
1980-1981	Los Angeles Kings
1981-1984	Toronto Maple Leafs
1984	Los Angeles Kings

William Edward "Billy" Harris (* 29. January 1952 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (Right Wing), who from 1975 to 1989 for the New York Islanders , Los Angeles Kings and Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League played .

Career

As a junior, he played briefly with the Peterborough Petes in the OHA before moving to the Toronto Marlboros within the league . In a series with Dave Gardner and Steve Shutt , he was the top scorer of the OHA in 1972. Convinced by this performance that elected him New York Islanders , the NHL Amateur Draft in 1972 with the top pick from.

Along with Michel Larocque and John Van Boxmeer , he was one of three young players invited to training camps prior to the 1972 Summit Series . All three failed to fight for a place in the squad.

Immediately in the 1972/73 season he made the leap into the NHL. The Islanders played their first NHL season and Harris was the best scorer with 50 points of the team, which had by far the worst record in the NHL with just 30 points. A year after him, Denis Potvin came to the Islanders as the top draft pick. Behind him, Harris was now second in the team's internal scorer classification. From the 1975/76 season he played with Clark Gillies and Bryan Trottier in a series called the Long Island Lightning Company . To get Butch Goring to Long Island, he was sent to the Los Angeles Kings with Dave Lewis . As a result, he missed the big time with the Islanders, who won four Stanley Cups in a row.

With the Kings he was used again and again in the Triple Crown Line due to injuries . He was in Los Angeles for twenty months before being handed over to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Ian Turnbull . However, a shoulder injury forced him to take a break. He could no longer build on earlier achievements. In February 1984 he returned to the Los Angeles Kings. There he played 21 more times before ending his career.

After his time as an ice hockey player, he worked in the real estate industry and gastronomy.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	12	897	231	327	558	394
Playoffs	8th	71	19th	19th	38	48

Sporting successes

Personal awards

• OHA Jr. Second All-Star Team: 1971
• OMJHL First All-Star Team: 1972
• Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy : 1972 (together with Dave Gardner )
• Jim Mahon Memorial Trophy : 1972
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1976

Web links

• Billy Harris at hockeydb.com (English)
• Billy Harris at legendsofhockey.net (English)