Greg Joly
 Greg Joly 
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| Date of birth | May 30, 1954 |
| place of birth | Rocky Mountain House , Alberta , Canada |
| size | 183 cm |
| Weight | 86 kg |
| position | defender |
| Draft | |
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WHA Secret Amateur Draft |
1974 , 1st lap, 1st position Phoenix Roadrunners |
| NHL Amateur Draft |
1974 , 1st round, 1st position Washington Capitals |
| Career stations | |
| 1971-1974 | Regina Pats |
| 1974-1976 | Washington Capitals |
| 1976-1982 | Detroit Red Wings |
| 1982-1986 | Adirondack Red Wings |
Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954 in Rocky Mountain House , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player (defender) who played for the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League from 1974 to 1983 .
Career
As a junior he played for the Regina Pats in the WCJHL with players like Clark Gillies . In 1974 he won the Memorial Cup with the Pats and played outstandingly so that he was voted the most valuable player of the final tournament. Impressed by this, the Washington Capitals selected him in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft with the first draft vote.
Immediately for the 1974/75 season they brought him into the NHL and hoped to have brought him the next star of their defense. An injury in the pre-season set him back and when he got in shape towards the end of the year he was injured again. The high expectations weighed on his shoulders and he didn't seem up to the pressure. After two seasons, the Capitals separated from him and sent him to the Detroit Red Wings .
The 1976/77 season he spent part of the AHL farm team with the Springfield Indians . He played a solid role with the Red Wings until 1983, but was also repeatedly used with the Adirondack Red Wings in the AHL. He stayed at Adirondack for another three years as one of the best defenders in the league until he retired in 1986.
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 9 | 365 | 21st | 76 | 97 | 250 |
| Playoffs | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8th |
Sporting successes
- Memorial Cup : 1974
- Calder Cup : 1981, 1986
Personal awards
- WCJHL First All-Star Team: 1973 and 1974
- Stafford Smythe Memorial Trophy : 1974
- AHL First All-Star Team : 1985
- AHL Second All-Star Team : 1984
Web links
NHL Amateur Draft : 1963 Monahan | 1964 Gauthier | 1965 Veilleux | 1966 Gibbs | 1967 Pagnutti | 1968 Plasse | 1969 Houle | 1970 Perreault | 1971 Lafleur | 1972 Harris | 1973 Potvin | 1974 Joly | 1975 Bridgman | 1976 Green | 1977 McCourt | 1978 Smith
NHL Entry Draft : 1979 Ramage | 1980 Wickenheiser | 1981 Hawerchuk | 1982 Kluzak | 1983 Lawton | 1984 Lemieux | 1985 Clark | 1986 Murphy | 1987 Turgeon | 1988 Modano | 1989 Sundin | 1990 Nolan | 1991 Lindros | 1992 Hamrlík | 1993 Daigle | 1994 Jovanovski | 1995 Berard | 1996 Phillips | 1997 Thornton | 1998 Lecavalier | 1999 Štefan | 2000 DiPietro | 2001 Kovalchuk | 2002 Nash | 2003 Fleury | 2004 Ovechkin | 2005 Crosby | 2006 Johnson | 2007 Kane | 2008 Stamkos | 2009 Tavares | 2010 Hall | 2011 Nugent-Hopkins | 2012 Yakupov | 2013 MacKinnon | 2014 Ekblad | 2015 McDavid | 2016 Matthews | 2017 Hischier | 2018 Dahlin | 2019 Hughes
NHL Supplemental Draft : 1986 Olson | 1987 Jeffrey | 1988 McHugh | 1989 DePinto | 1990 McKee | 1991 McLean | 1992 Cross | 1993 Flinton | 1994 McCann
All first overall in the NHL Amateur / Entry Draft | All first in the NHL Supplemental Draft
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Joly, Greg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Joly, Gregory James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 30, 1954 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Rocky Mountain House , Alberta (Canada) |