Claire Alexander
 Claire Alexander 
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| Date of birth | June 16, 1945 |
| place of birth | Collingwood , Ontario , Canada |
| Nickname | The Milkman |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 79 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1965-1966 | Kitchener Rangers |
| 1966-1967 | Knoxville-Johnstown |
| 1967-1969 | Collingwood Kings |
| 1969-1973 | Orillia Terriers |
| 1973 | Tulsa Oilers |
| 1973-1974 | Oklahoma City Blazers |
| 1974-1977 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1977-1988 | Vancouver Canucks |
| 1978-1979 | Edmonton Oilers |
| 1979-1981 | EC Bad Nauheim |
Claire Arthur Alexander (born June 16, 1945 in Collingwood , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Vancouver Canucks in the National Hockey League .
Career
Claire Alexander began his career as a hockey player with the Kitchener Rangers in the Ontario Hockey Association , for which he was active in the 1965/66 season. The following season he spent in the Eastern Hockey League with the Knoxville Knights and the Johnstown Jets . After two years in the OHA with the Collingwood Kings and the Orillia Terriers , the Canadian first played in the Central Hockey League for the Tulsa Oilers towards the end of the 1972/73 season , after receiving a trial contract for five games. For this he gave up his job as a milkman, but was nicknamed "The Milkman".
Following this, Alexander was signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs and initially played in the 1973/74 season for their farm team from the CHL, the Oklahoma City Blazers . In his second season in Oklahoma he was called to the roster of the Maple Leafs and played for the first time in his career in the National Hockey League . For the 1977/78 season he first returned to the CHL to the Tulsa Oilers, before he received a contract as a free agent from the Vancouver Canucks in January 1978 .
After a season with the Edmonton Oilers , who were still playing in the World Hockey Association at that time , and the Dallas Black Hawks from the CHL (1978/79), Alexander ended his career in Europe, where he spent two years for VfL Bad Nauheim in the Hockey league and a year for the Zürcher SC in the National League B played.
In 1984 the Maple Leafs brought him back to their organization as coach of their AHL farm team - the St. Catharines Saints . On November 4, 1985, at the request of head coach Dan Maloney , he took over the position of assistant coach at the Maple Leafs from John Brophy , who took over the team in St. Catharines.
Achievements and Awards
- 1973 Allan Cup win with the Orillia Terriers
- 1974 CHL First All-Star Team
- 1974 CHL Rookie of the Year
- 1974 CHL Most Outstanding Defenseman
- 1978 CHL Second All-Star Team
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 4th | 155 | 18th | 46 | 64 | 36 |
| Playoffs | 2 | 16 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 4th |
Web links
- Claire Alexander at hockeydb.com (English)
- Claire Alexander at legendsofhockey.net (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 1998, p. 828, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Alexander, Claire |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Alexander, Claire Arthur |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 16, 1945 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Collingwood , Ontario |