Tom Lysiak

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CanadaCanada  Tom Lysiak Ice hockey player
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 (left) in the Atlanta Flames jersey

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

International

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
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
1978 Canada WM 3rd place, bronze 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

Individual evidence

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ Former Blackhawk Tom Lysiak dies of Leukemia at 63
personal data
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