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Canadian ice hockey player
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30 May 1954(Rocky Mountain House, Canada)
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The details
Biography
Introduction
Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who 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, but after playing 365 National Hockey League (NHL) games over the course of nine seasons for Washington (1974–76) and the Detroit Red Wings (1976–83), he was out of the NHL by the age of 29. Joly is considered to have been a draft bust. Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium.
Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||