Tommy Williams (ice hockey player)

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Tommy Williams (ice hockey player)
Date of birth April 17, 1940
place of birth Duluth , Minnesota , USA
date of death February 8, 1992
Place of death Marlborough , Massachusetts , USA
Nickname The bomber
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position striker
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1958-1960 Team USA
1960-1961 Kingston Frontenacs
1961-1969 Boston Bruins
1969-1971 Minnesota North Stars
1971-1972 California Golden Seals
1972-1974 New England Whalers
1974-1976 Washington Capitals

Thomas Mark "Tommy" Williams (born April 17, 1940 in Duluth , Minnesota , † February 8, 1992 in Marlborough , Massachusetts ) was an American ice hockey player . In 1960 he was the youngest player and only later NHL regular player of the US team that became Olympic champion through the "miracle of Squaw Valley " .

Career

Williams played 65 times for the American national team between 1958 and 1960, including all games in the 1959 World Cup , scoring 32 goals and 20 assists. After the Olympic competition in 1960 he turned professional, first with the Kingston Frontenacs , a farm team of the Boston Bruins in the Eastern Professional Hockey League , to make his debut with the Bruins in the NHL after about a year and a half. There he matured in the 1962/63 season to become a regular player and there until the end of the 1960s, before he was transferred to the Minnesota North Stars for the 1969/70 season . In the first season with the North Stars he scored 67 points scorer (15 goals, 52 assists), his best career result, but was given to the worst team in the league, the California Seals , during the following season . When he saw no future there, he moved to the newly founded competition league WHA to the New England Whalers , with whom he won the league's first league title in 1973 . After another season in the WHA, he moved back to the NHL, to the newly formed Washington Capitals and resigned from active sport after two seasons there.

In total, he came to 161 goals and 269 assists in 663 games in the NHL in 16 years.

In 1981 Williams was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame . He died on February 8, 1992 at the age of 51.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1958/59 USA hockey International 50 21st 12 33 22nd
1959/60 USA hockey International 21st 17th 38 0
1960/61 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 51 16 26th 42 18th 5 0 2 2 0
1961/62 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 36 10 18th 28 35 - - - - -
1961/62 Boston Bruins NHL 26th 6th 6th 12 2 - - - - -
1962/63 Boston Bruins NHL 69 23 20th 43 11 - - - - -
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 37 8th 15th 23 8th - - - - -
1964/65 Boston Bruins NHL 65 13 21st 34 28 - - - - -
1965/66 Boston Bruins NHL 70 16 22nd 38 31 - - - - -
1966/67 Boston Bruins NHL 29 8th 13 21st 2 - - - - -
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 68 18th 32 50 14th 4th 1 0 1 2
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 26th 4th 7th 11 19th - - - - -
1969/70 Minnesota North Stars NHL 75 15th 52 67 18th 6th 1 5 6th 0
1970/71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 41 10 13 23 16 - - - - -
1970/71 California Golden Seals NHL 18th 7th 10 17th 8th - - - - -
1971/72 Boston Braves AHL 31 8th 15th 23 8th 9 6th 2 8th 6th
1971/72 California Golden Seals NHL 32 3 9 12 2 - - - - -
1972/73 New England Whalers WHA 69 10 21st 31 14th 15th 6th 11 17th 2
1973/74 New England Whalers WHA 70 21st 37 58 6th 4th 0 3 3 10
1974/75 Washington Capitals NHL 73 22nd 36 58 12 - - - - -
1975/76 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 20th 4th 16 20th 4th 3 0 1 1 0
1975/76 Washington Capitals NHL 34 8th 13 21st 6th - - - - -
EPHL overall 87 26th 44 70 53 5 0 2 2 0
AHL total 51 12 31 43 12 12 6th 3 9 6th
NHL overall 663 161 269 430 177 10 2 5 7th 2
WHA total 139 31 58 89 20th 19th 6th 14th 20th 12

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1960 United States Olympia 1st place, gold 7th 4th 6th 10 2
Men overall 7th 4th 6th 10 2

( 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 Williams, Tommy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Williams, Thomas Mark (full name); Williams, Tom; The Bomber (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 17, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Duluth , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1992
Place of death Marlborough , Massachusetts