Greg Joly
Canadian ice hockey player (born 1954)
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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 1974 Memorial Cup with the Regina Pats[1] and the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings.
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| Greg Joly | |||
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Joly in 1979. | |||
| Born |
May 30, 1954 Rocky Mountain House, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Washington Capitals Detroit Red Wings | ||
| NHL draft |
1st overall, 1974 Washington Capitals | ||
| WHA draft |
31st overall, 1974 Phoenix Roadrunners | ||
| Playing career | 1974–1986 | ||
After winning the 1974 Memorial Cup with the Regina Pats, Joly was drafted first overall by the Washington Capitals in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft (just a couple of days before his 20th birthday). Before the draft, Washington general manager Milt Schmidt explained that "Joly can do a lot of the same incredible things that Bobby Orr does."[2] On May 28, 1974, Joly was the first of two Regina players selected in the first round (Clark Gillies was selected fourth overall by the Islanders).
Washington's general manager, Milt Schmidt, referred to Joly at the time as "the next Bobby Orr",[3] 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. He spent his first three seasons in the NHL in last place (Capitals 1974-75 and 1975-76, Red Wings 1976-77). 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.[3] He is considered to have been a draft bust.[4][5][6] Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium.[7]
Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1971–72 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 67 | 6 | 38 | 44 | 41 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||
| 1972–73 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 67 | 14 | 54 | 68 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ||
| 1973–74 | Regina Pats | WCJHL | 67 | 21 | 71 | 92 | 103 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 8 | ||
| 1973–74 | Regina Pats | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 44 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Richmond Robins | AHL | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 54 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 22 | 0 | 8 | 8 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 53 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 79 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 73 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1978–79 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 20 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 59 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 62 | 3 | 34 | 37 | 158 | 17 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 38 | ||
| 1980–81 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 17 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 36 | 3 | 22 | 25 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 37 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 71 | 8 | 40 | 48 | 118 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1982–83 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 78 | 10 | 33 | 43 | 133 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 19 | ||
| 1984–85 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 76 | 9 | 40 | 49 | 111 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Adirondack Red Wings | AHL | 65 | 0 | 22 | 22 | 68 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 38 | ||
| NHL totals | 365 | 21 | 76 | 97 | 250 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||
| AHL totals | 421 | 39 | 204 | 243 | 677 | 46 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 95 | ||||
Awards
- WCHL All-Star Team – 1973 & 1974