Kent Douglas

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Kent Douglas
Date of birth February 6, 1936
place of birth Cobalt , Ontario , Canada
date of death April 12, 2009
Place of death Wasaga Beach , Ontario , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 77 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1954-1956 Kitchener Canucks
1956-1957 Owen Sound Mercurys
1957-1958 Winnipeg Warriors
1958-1959 Vancouver Canucks
1959-1962 Springfield Indians
1962-1967 Toronto Maple Leafs
1967-1968 Oakland Seals
1968-1969 Detroit Red Wings
1969-1970 Rochester Americans
1970-1972 Baltimore Clippers
1972-1973 New York Raiders
1973-1976 Baltimore Clippers

Kent Gemmell Douglas (born February 6, 1936 in Cobalt , Ontario , † April 12, 2009 in Wasaga Beach , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1954 to 1976, among others . Oakland Seals and Detroit Red Wings have played in the National Hockey League , as well as the New York Raiders in the World Hockey Association .

Career

Kent Douglas began his career as a hockey player in the Ontario Hockey Association, where he was active from 1954 to 1957 for the Kitchener Canucks and the Owen Sound Mercurys. During this time he made his debut in professional ice hockey in the 1955/56 season, when he was on the ice in three games for the Springfield Indians from the American Hockey League , in which he scored one goal. After two years in the Western Hockey League with the Winnipeg Warriors and the Vancouver Canucks , the defender returned to the Springfield Indians towards the end of the 1958/59 season, with whom he won the Calder Cup three times in a row in 1960, 1961 and 1962 . Then the Toronto Maple Leafs from the National Hockey League signed the left-handed shooter, with whom he won the prestigious Stanley Cup three times (1963, 1964 and 1967) five seasons , his name being engraved only the first time on the cup itself, as he was summoned to Toronto's farm teams before the playoffs . In the 1962/63 season, Douglas also received the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in the NHL.

In the 1967/68 season, the Canadian was under contract with Toronto's league rivals Oakland Seals , but ended the season with the Detroit Red Wings , for which he ran up a total of one and a half years in the NHL. There followed three seasons in the AHL with the Rochester Americans and the Baltimore Clippers , before the former NHL player was signed by the New York Raiders from the newly founded World Hockey Association in the summer of 1972 , for which he then scored a total of 18 points in 60 games, including three goals, scored. The man from Ontario finally ended his active career in 1976 with the Baltimore Clippers in the AHL, for which he was active as an assistant coach in addition to his position as a player from the 1974/75 season. In addition, Douglas played in the 1974/75 season for the Toledo Goaldiggers from the International Hockey League , with whom he won the Turner Cup .

Achievements and Awards

statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season 7th 428 33 115 148 631
NHL playoffs 3 19th 1 3 4th 33
WHA regular season 1 60 3 15th 18th 74
WHA playoffs - - - - -

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