Bob Falkenberg

Robert Arthur "Steady" Falkenberg (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played 54 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings between 1966 and 1971 and 378 games in the World Hockey Association with Alberta/Edmonton Oilers, and San Diego Mariners between 1972 and 1978.

Playing career During his eight seasons with the Wings, Falkenberg spent the majority of his time with their farm teams in the minor professional leagues (American Hockey League, Central Hockey League). Falkenberg jumped to the new WHA for its inaugural (1972–73) season, where he consistently played the next five seasons with the Alberta Oilers (renamed Edmonton in their second season), then the Mariners. He retired from hockey after a brief two games, back with the Oilers, at the start of his sixth WHA season (1977–78).

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1962–63 Edmonton Oil Kings CAHL — — — — — — — — — — 1962–63 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 20 6 10 16 4 1963–64 Edmonton Oil Kings CAHL 14 3 12 15 0 5 1 3 4 0 1963–64 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 19 1 5 6 2 1964–65 Edmonton Oil Kings ASHL — — — — — 5 1 2 3 2 1964–65 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 20 6 11 17 31 1965–66 Edmonton Oil Kings ASHL 27 6 9 15 34 11 3 4 7 11 1965–66 Memphis Wings CHL 3 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1965–66 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 19 11 18 29 30 1966–67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 16 1 1 2 10 — — — — — 1966–67 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 53 2 15 17 28 — — — — — 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20 0 3 3 10 — — — — — 1967–68 Fort Worth Wings CHL 48 2 13 15 57 — — — — — 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1968–69 Baltimore Clippers AHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1968–69 Fort Worth Wings CHL 51 2 8 10 26 — — — — — 1969–70 Cleveland Barons AHL 58 1 17 18 57 — — — — — 1970–71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 9 0 1 1 6 — — — — — 1970–71 Fort Worth Wings CHL 61 2 31 33 118 4 0 2 2 2 1971–72 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1971–72 Tidewater Wings AHL 74 4 21 25 57 — — — — — 1972–73 Alberta Oilers WHA 76 6 23 29 44 — — — — — 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers WHA 78 3 14 17 32 5 0 2 2 14 1974–75 San Diego Mariners WHA 78 2 18 20 42 10 0 1 1 4 1975–76 San Diego Mariners WHA 79 3 13 16 31 11 1 2 3 6 1976–77 San Diego Mariners WHA 64 0 6 6 34 2 0 0 0 0 1977–78 Edmonton Oilers WHA 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — WHA totals 377 14 74 88 183 28 1 5 6 24 NHL totals 54 1 5 6 26 — — — — —