Larry Romanchych

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CanadaCanada  Larry Romanchych Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 7, 1949
place of birth Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
Nickname Swoop
size 185 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1969 , 2nd round, 24th position
Chicago Black Hawks
Career stations
1967-1968 Brandon Wheat Kings
1968-1969 Flin Flon Bombers
1969-1972 Dallas Black Hawks
1972-1977 Atlanta Flames
1977-1988 Maine Mariners

Lawrence Brian "Larry" Romanchych (born September 7, 1949 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1967 and 1978, among other things, 305 games for the Chicago Black Hawks and Atlanta Flames in National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of right winger . However, Romanchych celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Maine Mariners by winning the Calder Cup of the American Hockey League (AHL) in 1978.

Career

Romanchych spent his junior years in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) between 1967 and 1969 . There the striker first played one season for the Brandon Wheat Kings before he switched to league rivals Flin Flom Bombers , with whom he won the President's Cup , the championship trophy of the WCHL, at the end of the 1968/69 season. With 19 scorer points in 18 playoffs, he played a major role in this. Consequently, he was selected in the second round of the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the second round in 1969 in the NHL Amateur Draft .

At the beginning of the 1969/70 season, the Canadian was under contract with the Chicago Black Hawks, but spent the following three years until the summer of 1972 - with the exception of ten NHL appearances for Chicago in the 1970/71 season  - but entirely with their farm team , the Dallas Black Hawks , in the Central Hockey League (CHL). There he was able to win the Adams Cup with the team in the 1971/72 season . He contributed seven points to the success in twelve playoff games. Subsequently, it was no prospect of a place in the NHL squad Chicago unprotected for NHL expansion draft in 1972 approved where it the newly established franchise of the Atlanta Flames chose.

In the 1972/73 game year , the attacker managed to get a regular place in his new employer's line-up. He collected 48 scorer points, which he increased to 51 the following year. The 1974/75 season was followed by a weaker year after he was out longer due to a knee injury. Before the start of the 1976/77 season, the 27-year-old was initially deported to the CHL, where he ran up for cooperation partner Tulsa Oilers . It wasn't until the end of the season that the striker found his way back to the Flames' NHL squad. However, Atlanta did not extend his contract after the season, whereupon Romanchych joined the Maine Mariners from the American Hockey League (AHL) as a free agent in the summer of 1977 . This he led with eight goals in the playoffs to win the Calder Cup . After the triumph, he ended his active career shortly before his 29th birthday. Between 1985 and 1987 he worked briefly as a coach in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL).

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 53 20th 23 43 24 8th 1 4th 5 2
1968/69 Flin Flon Bombers WCHL 55 31 25th 56 40 18th 11 8th 19th 6th
1969/70 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 57 21st 12 33 38 - - - - -
1970/71 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 65 18th 34 52 26th 10 2 4th 6th 4th
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 10 0 2 2 2 - - - - -
1971/72 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 60 21st 23 44 31 12 3 4th 7th 28
1972/73 Atlanta Flames NHL 70 18th 30th 48 39 - - - - -
1973/74 Atlanta Flames NHL 73 22nd 29 51 33 4th 2 2 4th 4th
1974/75 Atlanta Flames NHL 53 8th 12 20th 16 - - - - -
1975/76 Atlanta Flames NHL 67 16 19th 35 8th 2 0 0 0 0
1976/77 Tulsa Oilers CHL 37 20th 28 48 18th - - - - -
1976/77 Atlanta Flames NHL 25th 4th 5 9 4th 1 0 0 0 0
1977/78 Maine Mariners AHL 79 17th 34 51 23 12 8th 4th 12 6th
WCHL overall 108 51 48 99 64 26th 12 12 24 8th
CHL total 219 80 97 177 113 22nd 5 8th 13 32
NHL overall 298 68 97 165 102 7th 2 2 4th 4th

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Romanchych, Larry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Romanchych, Lawrence Brian (full name); Swoop (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 7, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada