Dick Duff

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CanadaCanada  Dick Duff Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 2006
Date of birth February 18, 1936
place of birth Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 74 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1952-1955 St. Michael's Majors
1955-1964 Toronto Maple Leafs
1964 New York Rangers
1964-1970 Montréal Canadiens
1970 Los Angeles Kings
1970-1972 Buffalo Sabers

Terrence Richard "Dick" Duff (born February 18, 1936 in Kirkland Lake , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Montreal Canadiens , Los Angeles Kings and Buffalo from 1954 to 1972 Sabers played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Dick Duff began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors , for which he was active from 1952 to 1955 in the Ontario Hockey Association . He was then signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs , for whom he played for the next nine years in the National Hockey League and with whom he won the prestigious Stanley Cup twice in 1962 and 1963 . On February 22, 1964, Duff was given to the New York Rangers together with Arnie Brown , Bob Nevin , Bill Collins and Rod Seiling in exchange for Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney , but he had to leave the New York Rangers at the end of the year after the Rangers took the Canadian transferred to the Montréal Canadiens , with whom he won the Stanley Cup four times in the following five years. After just under a year with the Los Angeles Kings , Duff moved again in November 1970 and joined the Buffalo Sabers , where he ended his career as a player after the 1971/72 season.

Following his playing career, Duff returned to the Toronto Maple Leafs and initially worked as a scout , then from 1979 to 1981 as assistant coach of the NHL team and in the meantime even as head coach of the Maple Leafs for two games in the 1979/80 season .

On November 13, 2006, Duff, who won six Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Montréal Canadiens and took part in the NHL All-Star Game seven times , was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 18th 1030 283 289 572 743
Playoffs 11 114 30th 49 79 78

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