Chuck Lefley
Chuck Lefley, 1980 |
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Date of birth | January 20, 1950 |
place of birth | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 86 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1970 , 1st lap, 6th position Canadiens de Montréal |
Career stations | |
1965-1967 | Winnipeg Rangers |
1967-1969 | Team Canada |
1969-1970 | Brandon Wheat Kings |
1970-1974 | Canadiens de Montréal |
1974-1977 | St. Louis Blues |
1977-1988 | Jokerite |
1978-1979 | Düsseldorfer EG |
1979-1980 | St. Louis Blues |
Charles Thomas "Chuck" Lefley (born January 20, 1950 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The center played over 400 games for the Canadiens de Montréal and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League between 1970 and 1980 . With the Canadiens, who had selected him in sixth position in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft , he won the Stanley Cup in the 1971 and 1973 playoffs .
Career
Chuck Lefley ran in his youth for the Winnipeg Rangers from his hometown in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . From 1967 he spent three years in the jersey of the Canadian national team , with which he took part in the 1969 World Cup at the age of 19, where he finished fourth with the team. After he finally returned to junior ice hockey late in the 1969/70 season and had completed seven games for the Brandon Wheat Kings in the Western Canada Hockey League , the attacker was in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft in sixth position by the Canadiens de Montréal selected.
In the following season 1970/71 Lefley won with the Canadiens promptly his first Stanley Cup , although he had only completed one game each in the regular season and playoffs . As in the following year, he spent most of the time with the Canadiens farm team , the Voyageurs de Montréal and the Nova Scotia Voyageurs from the American Hockey League (AHL). There, in turn, the Voyageurs succeeded in winning the AHL playoffs for the Calder Cup in the 1971/72 season . Finally, the Canadian established himself in Montreal's NHL squad and won his second Stanley Cup with the team at the end of his first full season in the top division of North America. A little later, in November 1974, it was given to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for Don Awrey .
In St. Louis Lefley achieved his career best in the 1975/76 season with 85 points from 75 games. After the 1976/77 season, however, he surprisingly announced that he had lost the joy of professional sport, so he ended his career and turned to a farm in his home country of Manitoba. In November 1977, however, the Canadian moved to Europe and spent one year each with the Jokerit in the Finnish SM-liiga and with the Düsseldorfer EG in the German Bundesliga . In 1979 the center returned to the Blues, but suffered a shoulder injury in preparation for the 1979/80 season, due to which he missed much of the game year. Finally, after two more missions at the beginning of the 1980/81 season, he finally ended his career. In total, Lefley had played 436 NHL games and recorded 305 points scorer.
Achievements and Awards
- 1971 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal
- 1972 Calder Cup win with the Nova Scotia Voyageurs
- 1973 Stanley Cup win with the Canadiens de Montréal
Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1965/66 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 46 | 19th | 20th | 39 | 10 | 9 | 4th | 5 | 9 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1966/67 | Winnipeg Rangers | MJHL | 43 | 25th | 21st | 46 | 33 | 7th | 6th | 2 | 8th | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1967-1970 | with the Canadian national team active | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1969/70 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCHL | 7th | 6th | 6th | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970/71 | Voyageurs de Montréal | AHL | 48 | 16 | 19th | 35 | 53 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1970/71 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 45 | 15th | 30th | 45 | 18th | 15th | 7th | 7th | 14th | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1971/72 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1972/73 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 65 | 21st | 25th | 46 | +35 | 22nd | 17th | 3 | 5 | 8th | +9 | 8th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1973/74 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 74 | 23 | 31 | 54 | +10 | 34 | 6th | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974/75 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 18th | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1974/75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 57 | 23 | 26th | 49 | +6 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1975/76 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 75 | 43 | 42 | 85 | +15 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | +1 | 0 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1976/77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 71 | 11 | 30th | 41 | -15 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1977/78 | Jokerite | SM-liiga | 24 | 11 | 12 | 23 | -4 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1978/79 | Düsseldorfer EG | Bundesliga | 26th | 17th | 5 | 22nd | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1979/80 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 28 | 6th | 6th | 12 | +5 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1980/81 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ± 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MJHL total | 89 | 44 | 41 | 85 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 7th | 17th | 4th | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
AHL total | 93 | 31 | 49 | 80 | 71 | 18th | 8th | 8th | 16 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
NHL overall | 407 | 128 | 164 | 292 | +53 | 137 | 29 | 5 | 8th | 13 | +2 | 12 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1969 | Canada | WM | 4th Place | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
Men overall | 7th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
( 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 )
Personal
His older brother Bryan Lefley (1948-1997) also played in the NHL and after his active career worked, among other things, as an Italian national coach.
Web links
- Chuck Lefley in the database of the National Hockey League (English)
- Chuck Lefley at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Chuck Lefley at legendsofhockey.net (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lefley, Chuck |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lefley, Charles Thomas (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 20, 1950 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada |