Rick MacLeish

Rick MacLeish
Date of birth	January 3, 1950
place of birth	Cannington , Ontario , Canada
date of death	May 30, 2016
Place of death	Philadelphia , Pennsylvania , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	79 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1970 , 1st round, 4th position Boston Bruins
Career stations
1966-1970	Peterborough Petes
1970-1981	Philadelphia Flyers
1981	Hartford Whalers
1981-1983	Pittsburgh Penguins
1983-1984	Philadelphia Flyers
1984	Detroit Red Wings

Rick George MacLeish (born January 3, 1950 in Cannington , Ontario - † May 30, 2016 in Philadelphia , Pennsylvania ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (left winger) who played for the Philadelphia Flyers , Hartford Whalers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Detroit Red from 1970 to 1984 Wings played in the National Hockey League .

Career

The 1.80 m tall left winger began his career in the OHA with the Peterborough Petes , before he was selected ( drafted ) in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft as fourth in the first round by the Boston Bruins . Before he could complete his first NHL assignment, MacLeish switched to the Philadelphia Flyers .

From the 1970/71 season he was part of the Flyers squad, but in the first two years he still played frequently in farm teams with the Oklahoma City Blazers in the CHL and the Richmond Robins in the AHL . In 1974 and 1975 he won the Stanley Cup with the Flyers and was able to complete the playoffs as the best scorer in both years. After eleven years with the Flyers, the striker moved to the Hartford Whalers for the 1981/82 season , but after 34 games he moved again, this time to the Pittsburgh Penguins . The following year he played only six games for the Penguins and also appeared for a game at EHC Kloten in Switzerland. His final season, 1983/84 , he began again in Philadelphia, but moved again to the Detroit Red Wings before ending his career.

With 54 goals in 114 NHL play-off games, Rick MacLeish ranks fifth on the all-time NHL leaderboard in this category.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	846	349	410	759	434
Playoffs	9	114	54	53	107	38

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Flyers Legend Rick MacLeish Passes Away at Age 66 ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 

Web links

• Rick MacLeish at hockeydb.com (English)
• Rick MacLeish at legendsofhockey.net (English)