Brit Selby

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CanadaCanada  Brit Selby Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 27, 1945
place of birth Kingston , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1960-1965 Toronto Marlboros
1965-1967 Toronto Maple Leafs
1967 Vancouver Canucks
1967-1969 Philadelphia Flyers
1969-1970 Toronto Maple Leafs
1970-1971 St. Louis Blues
1971-1972 Kansas City Blues
1972 Québec Nordiques
1972-1973 New England Whalers
1973-1975 Toronto Toros

Robert Briton "Brit" Selby (born March 27, 1945 in Kingston , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Philadelphia Flyers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League during his active career .

Career

Selby was initially active as a junior for the Lakeshore Maroons , a sub-class ice hockey team from the Canadian province of Ontario, before he ran from 1960 to 1965 in the jersey of the Toronto Marlboros with gaming operations from the Ontario Hockey Association . With these, the winger won both the J. Ross Robertson Cup and the Memorial Cup in 1964 . During the 1964/65 season , the attacker was appointed to the squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League for the first time , as a replacement for the injured striker Ron Ellis . In his first NHL game, Selby was entrusted with the task of preventing star striker Gordie Howe from scoring. He solved this challenge excellently and in his second game the Canadian scored the first goal against the New York Rangers when Selby defeated their goalkeeper Jacques Plante . After Ellis recovered from his injury, the left shooter initially returned to the Ontario Hockey Association. In his rookie season , the season 1965/66 , he established himself in the squad of the Toronto Maple Leafs and was used in 61 NHL regular season games, in which Selby posted 27 points. As the best new professional, he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy . In the final, he prevailed against Bert Marshall of the Detroit Red Wings .

After the following season had not started satisfactorily, the offensive player was sent to the Vancouver Canucks . For this Selby only played 15 games, as a leg injury suffered the early end of the season. In the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers . After two solid seasons in the dress of the Flyers, a barter with the Toronto Maple Leafs followed in March 1969, which included a total of five players and brought Selby back to Toronto. Another station in the National Hockey League were the St. Louis Blues , for which the Canadian played from 1970 to 1971.

After an engagement with the Kansas City Blues from the Central Hockey League, he moved to the World Hockey Association for the Québec Nordiques . The 1972/73 season ended the left-handed shooter in the jersey of the New England Whalers, with which the winger won the Avco World Trophy . There followed two seasons with the Toronto Toros before Selby ended his active career.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 8th 350 55 62 117 163
Playoffs 4th 16 1 1 2 8th

Achievements and Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Selby, Brit
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Selby, Robert Briton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Ontario