Greg Polis

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
CanadaCanada  Greg Polis Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 8, 1950
place of birth Westlock , Alberta , Canada
date of death 18th March 2018
Place of death Victoria , British Columbia , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 84 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1970 , 1st lap, 7th position
Pittsburgh Penguins
Career stations
1966-1970 Estevan Bruins
1970-1974 Pittsburgh Penguins
1974 St. Louis Blues
1974-1979 New York Rangers
1979-1980 Washington Capitals
1980-1981 Hershey Bears

Gregory Linn Polis (born August 8, 1950 in Westlock , Alberta - † March 18, 2018 in Victoria , British Columbia ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 622 games for the Pittsburgh Penguins , St. Louis Blues , New York Rangers and Washington Capitals played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position . In the course of his career, Polis took part in the NHL All-Star Game three times and was named Most Valuable Player of the Game in 1973 .

Career

Polis spent his junior years between 1966 and 1970 with the Estevan Bruins , with whom he was active in the Canadian Major Junior Hockey League and Western Canada Hockey League . The winger played a total of 276 games for the team over a period of four years, in which he scored 366 points . This brought him to the WCHL First All-Star Team in 1969 and 1970 when he was placed second in the scorer ranking. However, he celebrated his greatest success at the end of the 1967/68 season with the Bruins, when the team won the President's Cup for the first time and then took part in the Memorial Cup . In particular, due to his performance over the past two seasons, Polis was selected in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft in seventh overall position by the Pittsburgh Penguins from the National Hockey League .

At the beginning of the 1970/71 season , the Canadian strengthened the penguins and was a permanent member of the team for the following three and a half years. In each of his first three years of play in the league, Polis was also nominated for the NHL All-Star Game , when he was named Most Valuable Player thanks to his two hits in 1973 . During the 1973/74 season , the attacker was given to the St. Louis Blues together with Bryan Watson and a second-round suffrage in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft . In return, Steve Durbano , Ab DeMarco junior and J. Bob Kelly received this award . Polis' time in St. Louis, however, only lasted half a season or 37 games, as the Blues parted ways again after seven months in August 1974.

In exchange for Larry Sacharuk and a first-round suffrage in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft , the offensive player landed with the New York Rangers . In the Rangers jersey, Polis managed to quickly gain a foothold despite initial problems. He played three more playing years in the NHL, in which he always approached the 40-point mark. Only in the course of the 1977/78 season began injuries to the 27-year-old. The Rangers remained patient until January 1979, although the striker played only 53 games over a period of two years - ten of them for the farm team New Haven Nighthawks in the American Hockey League . Polis joined the Washington Capitals via the waiver list . There he completed his last NHL games in the course of the 1979/80 season , before he declared his active career ended at the age of 30 in the 1980/81 season in the service of cooperation partner Hershey Bears from the AHL.

Polis died in March 2018 at the age of 67 years from the effects of cancer in Victoria in the province of British Columbia . His funeral took place in Dapp near his birthplace Westlock in the province of Alberta .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1966/67 Estevan Bruins CMJHL 54 12 20th 32 83 13 1 5 6th 12
1967/68 Estevan Bruins WCHL 59 35 32 67 124 13 3 6th 9 20th
1968 Estevan Bruins Memorial Cup 12 1 4th 5 8th
1968/69 Estevan Bruins WCHL 60 40 85 125 94 12 4th 6th 10 8th
1969/70 Estevan Bruins WCHL 60 48 56 104 69 5 2 1 3 2
1970/71 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 61 18th 15th 33 40 - - - - -
1971/72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 76 30th 19th 49 38 4th 0 2 2 0
1972/73 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 78 26th 23 49 36 - - - - -
1973/74 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 41 14th 13 27 32 - - - - -
1973/74 St. Louis Blues NHL 37 8th 12 20th 24 - - - - -
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 76 26th 15th 41 55 3 0 0 0 6th
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 79 15th 21st 36 77 - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 77 16 23 39 44 - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 37 7th 16 23 12 - - - - -
1978/79 New York Rangers NHL 6th 1 1 2 8th - - - - -
1978/79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 10 3 3 6th 0 - - - - -
1978/79 Washington Capitals NHL 19th 12 6th 18th 6th - - - - -
1979/80 Washington Capitals NHL 28 1 5 6th 19th - - - - -
1979/80 Hershey Bears AHL 9 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
1980/81 Hershey Bears AHL 2 1 0 1 5 - - - - -
CMJHL / WCHL total 233 135 193 338 370 43 10 18th 28 42
AHL total 21st 4th 5 9 7th - - - - -
NHL overall 615 174 169 343 391 7th 0 2 2 6th

( 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 )

Web links


personal data
SURNAME Polis, Greg
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Polis, Gregory Linn (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Westlock , Alberta
DATE OF DEATH 18th March 2018
Place of death Victoria , British Columbia