Greg_Joly

Greg Joly

Greg Joly

Canadian ice hockey player (born 1954)

Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings. He won the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings.

Quick Facts Born, Height ...

Joly was drafted first overall in the 1974 NHL amateur draft by the Washington Capitals from the Regina Pats. Washington's general manager, Milt Schmidt, referred to Joly at the time as "the next Bobby Orr",[1] but over his nine seasons playing with Washington (1974–76) and the Detroit Red Wings (1976–83), Joly spent parts of seven seasons on the American Hockey League (AHL) farm teams of those two organizations. After playing 365 National Hockey League (NHL) games over the course of those nine seasons, Joly played his final three years of professional hockey in the AHL.[1] He is considered to have been a draft bust.[2][3][4] Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium.[5]

Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.

Career statistics

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Awards

  • WCHL All-Star Team – 1973 & 1974

References

  1. [1]
    White, Russ (25 December 1983). "Gregg Joly: Accolades, but Few Regrets". Washington Post. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  2. [2]
    Proteau, Adam (10 September 2010). "Who is the biggest draft bust of all-time? - TheHockeyNews". The Hockey News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  3. [3]
    Lozo, Dave (23 March 2016). "From the Bust Era to the Golden Age: A Historical Look at the No. 1 Overall Pick". Sports. Vice News. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  4. [4]
    Muir, Alan (22 June 2015). "Worst NHL draft pick ever made by each Eastern Conference team". SI.com. Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
  5. [5]
    Wimmer, Robert (2000). Detroit's Olympia Stadium. Arcadia Publishing. p. 118. ISBN 9780738507873. Retrieved 29 December 2018.
Preceded by NHL first overall draft pick
1974		 Succeeded by
Preceded by
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 Washington Capitals first round draft pick
1974		 Succeeded by
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