Tom Lysiak
Date of birth | April 22, 1953 |
place of birth | High Prairie , Alberta , Canada |
date of death | May 30, 2016 |
Place of death | Atlanta , Georgia , USA |
Nickname | The bomb |
size | 185 cm |
Weight | 93 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Amateur Draft |
1973 , 1st lap, 2nd position Atlanta Flames |
WHA Amateur Draft |
1973 , 2nd round, 23rd position Houston Eros |
Career stations | |
1970-1973 | Medicine Hat Tigers |
1973-1979 | Atlanta Flames |
1979-1986 | Chicago Black Hawks |
Thomas James "Tom" Lysiak (born April 22, 1953 in High Prairie , Alberta ; † May 30, 2016 in Atlanta , Georgia , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1970 and 1986, among other things, 995 games for the Atlanta Flames and Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League on the position of the center has denied.
Career
Lysiak went on the ice for the Medicine Hat Tigers from 1970 to 1973 and played there with Lanny McDonald . In his last two years with the Tigers in the Western Canada Hockey League , the attacker led the league as top scorer. With a record of 327 points in 195 games, Lysiak is one of the ten most successful scorers in the history of the franchise . In 1973 he took part in the Memorial Cup with the team without success . In the 1973 NHL Amateur Draft , the Canadian was selected in the first round in second position by the Atlanta Flames . In the same year he was also drafted in the WHA Amateur Draft by the Houston Eros , but Lysiak neither played for the Eros, nor did he ever deny an encounter in the World Hockey Association . In Atlanta he played in a line with Jacques Richard and Larry Romanchych . In his debut season, Lysiak was the Flames' best scorer and also ended the following four seasons with the best points.
In Atlanta, Lysiak developed into a leading player and also held the position of team captain . During this time he was nominated several times for the NHL All-Star Game due to his good performance . The Canadian continued to gain popularity with fans when he challenged Don Saleski of the Philadelphia Flyers to a fight. With the Flames he only missed the playoffs once, but never got past the first round. In his last two years he acted in a storm series with Eric Vail and Willi Plett . During the 1978/79 season he missed some games due to an injury to the groin. On March 13, 1979, the striker was in a transfer deal that included a total of eight players, given to the Chicago Black Hawks . The Flames' management received a lot of criticism from fans in response to this deal, as Lysiak had recently signed a new contract in Atlanta and was one of the team's most popular players. After initial difficulties, the striker found his way around Chicago and showed similar performances as before in Atlanta. In the 1982/83 season he won the Norris Division with the Black Hawks and failed in the Conference finals in four encounters at the Edmonton Oilers . In Chicago he usually played in a line with Darryl Sutter and Rich Preston .
The Black Hawks offered Lysiak the office of team captain, but Lysiak declined. During the 1982/83 season he missed some games due to injury after he was injured by a stick blow from Dave Maloney of the New York Rangers and had suffered a broken bone in his right foot. On October 30, 1983, he was suspended for deliberate tripping against linesman Ron Foyt for 20 NHL games. This was required by the National Hockey League rulebook at the time and affected any player who deliberately hit or used physical violence against an official . After the 1985/86 season Lysiak decided to end his career.
Lysiak died at the end of May 2016 at the age of 63 in his adopted country of Atlanta as a result of a leukemia that he had been diagnosed three years earlier in May 2013.
International
Lysiak represented his home country at the 1978 World Cup . During the tournament, he was used in seven matches and scored two points. The attacker won the bronze medal with the Canadian selection .
Achievements and Awards
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International
- 1978 bronze medal at the world championship
Career statistics
Regular season | Play-offs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1970/71 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 60 | 14th | 16 | 30th | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1971/72 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 68 | 46 | 97 | 143 | 96 | 7th | 7th | 5 | 12 | 18th | ||
1972/73 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 67 | 58 | 96 | 154 | 104 | 17th | 12 | 27 | 39 | 48 | ||
1973 | Medicine Hat Tigers | Memorial Cup | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | |||||||
1973/74 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 77 | 19th | 45 | 64 | 54 | 4th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1974/75 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 77 | 25th | 52 | 77 | 73 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1975/76 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 80 | 31 | 51 | 82 | 60 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1976/77 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 79 | 30th | 51 | 81 | 52 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4th | 8th | ||
1977/78 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 80 | 27 | 42 | 69 | 54 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1978/79 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 52 | 23 | 35 | 58 | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1978/79 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 14th | 0 | 10 | 10 | 14th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1979/80 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 77 | 26th | 43 | 69 | 31 | 7th | 4th | 4th | 8th | 0 | ||
1980/81 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 72 | 21st | 55 | 76 | 20th | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | ||
1981/82 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 71 | 32 | 50 | 82 | 84 | 15th | 6th | 9 | 15th | 13 | ||
1982/83 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 61 | 23 | 38 | 61 | 27 | 13 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 8th | ||
1983/84 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 54 | 17th | 30th | 47 | 35 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1984/85 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 74 | 16 | 30th | 46 | 13 | 15th | 4th | 8th | 12 | 10 | ||
1985/86 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 51 | 2 | 19th | 21st | 14th | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | ||
WCHL overall | 195 | 118 | 209 | 327 | 312 | 24 | 19th | 32 | 51 | 66 | ||||
NHL overall | 919 | 292 | 551 | 843 | 567 | 76 | 25th | 38 | 63 | 49 |
International
Represented Canada to:
year | team | event | result | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | |
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1978 | Canada | WM | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4th | ||
Men overall | 7th | 1 | 1 | 2 | 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 )
Web links
- Tom Lysiak at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tom Lysiak at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Tom Lysiak at hockeydraftcentral.com
Individual evidence
- ^ Dan Diamond (Ed.): Total Hockey: The Official Encyclopedia of the National Hockey League. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, 1998, p. 1246, ISBN 0-8362-7114-9
- ^ Former Blackhawk Tom Lysiak dies of Leukemia at 63
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Lysiak, Tom |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lysiak, Thomas James (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | April 22, 1953 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | High Prairie , Alberta |
DATE OF DEATH | May 30, 2016 |
Place of death | Atlanta , Georgia |