Mike Walton

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Mike Walton
Date of birth January 3, 1945
place of birth Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Shakey
size 178 cm
Weight 79 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1961–1962 St. Michael's Majors
1962-1963 Neil McNeil Maroons
1963-1964 Toronto Marlboros
1964-1965 Tulsa Oilers
1965-1967 Rochester Americans
1967-1971 Toronto Maple Leafs
1971-1973 Boston Bruins
1973-1976 Minnesota Fighting Saints
1976-1988 Vancouver Canucks
1978-1979 St. Louis Blues
1979 Chicago Blackhawks
1979-1980 Cologne EC

Michael Robert "Shakey" Walton (born January 3, 1945 in Kirkland Lake , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , Boston Bruins , Vancouver Canucks , St. Louis Blues and Chicago Blackhawks in, among others played the National Hockey League . His father, Bob, was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Mike Walton began his career in 1961 with the St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association , where he played ice hockey for a year. After engagements with the Neil McNeil Maroons and Toronto Marlboros , he made his debut in the American Hockey League during the 1963/64 season when he was used in two games for the Rochester Americans . In the same season he won the J. Ross Robertson Cup , the championship of the OHA, and then the Memorial Cup with the Toronto Marlboros . The 1964/65 season he played with the Tulsa Oilers in the Central Hockey League , where he was one of the team's top scorers. Even a year later, he came to only a few appearances for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Walton played mostly for the Rochester Americans in the AHL, where he was honored with the 1966 Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award for best rookie of the season. In the 1966/67 season he continued to play for the Rochester Americans, but during the playoffs Walton was for the Maple Leafs in action and won his first Stanley Cup with the team . In the following season he earned a regular place in the team under head coach Punch Imlach and came up with 73 games and 59 points.

In his first full season in the NHL, the season 1967/68 , he was considered one of the best young strikers in the NHL. He had a reputation for being a capricious player who was difficult to train. Walton had excellent skating qualities, a precise shot and was considered an excellent shooter, especially in breakaway situations. Its general fluctuations in performance were noticeable. If the Canadian was motivated, he was one of the best players in the NHL. During his phase of willlessness, however, Walton found himself at a loss on the ice.

In 1968 he was nominated for the NHL All-Star Game , where he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs against the NHL All-Stars. On February 1, 1971 it was transferred to the Philadelphia Flyers in a trade at its own request , but on the same day it was exchanged again, this time to the Boston Bruins . In Boston he immediately fought for a regular place in the team and won his second Stanley Cup in 1972. In February 1972 he was selected by the Los Angeles Kings in the WHA General Player Draft . He finished the season in Boston before the Kings gave his rights in June 1973 in exchange for a certain sum of money to the Minnesota Fighting Saints , for which the striker appeared in the World Hockey Association from the 1973/74 season, where he immediately became one of the was the best scorer in the league and was awarded the 1974 Bill Hunter Trophy as the best scorer of the season. Two years later he returned to the NHL and played for the Vancouver Canucks , the St. Louis Blues , again for the Boston Bruins and the Chicago Blackhawks . He ended his career after the 1979/80 season, during which he played at the Cologne EC in the ice hockey Bundesliga .

At the Summit Series 1974 Mike Walton played under head coach Billy Harris for Team Canada against the Soviet Union . In the training camp, he showed himself not interested. After a good first game in which Walton recorded an assist, he steadily dismantled and was removed from the squad after the fifth game.

After the end of his playing career, he started working as a real estate agent in Toronto . Well-known clients from the NHL included Ed Belfour , Alexander Mogilny and Joe Nieuwendyk .

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 12 588 201 247 448 357
Playoffs 7th 47 14th 10 24 45

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Carolyn Leitch: Sundin puts Toronto home up for sale. The Globe and Mail , May 11, 2006, archived from the original on May 11, 2006 ; accessed on June 15, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME Walton, Mike
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Walton, Michael Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 3, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada