Gary Doak

Gary Walter Doak (February 25, 1946 – March 25, 2017) was a Canadian-American National Hockey League defenceman who played for the Detroit Red Wings, Boston Bruins, Vancouver Canucks and New York Rangers. He recorded 23 goals and 107 assists for a total of 130 points in 789 NHL regular season games.

With the Bruins he won the Stanley Cup in 1970. Doak was also the first player selected by the Canucks when they joined the NHL in 1970, selected second in the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft. During the 1971–72 NHL season he was then traded to the Rangers, which lost the 1972 Stanley Cup Final against his old team, the Bruins. Joining the Red Wings for the 1972–73 NHL season, Doak was traded to the Bruins midseason, where he spent the rest of his playing career.

Following retirement, Doak was the Boston Bruins' assistant coach from 1981–82 to the 1984–85 season. He also coached at the University of Massachusetts Boston for two years.

Doak died on March 25, 2017, at the age of 71 in Lynnfield, Massachusetts.

In 2023 he would be named one of the top 100 Bruins players of all time.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1962–63 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 50 3 10 13 83 5 0 0 0 17 1963–64 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 55 2 31 33 162 — — — — — 1963–64 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1964–65 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 56 8 26 34 216 — — — — — 1964–65 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 2 1 0 1 4 3 0 0 0 4 1965–66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 4 0 0 0 12 — — — — — 1965–66 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 48 0 6 6 88 — — — — — 1965–66 Boston Bruins NHL 20 0 8 8 28 — — — — — 1966–67 Boston Bruins NHL 29 0 1 1 50 — — — — — 1966–67 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 17 4 3 7 96 — — — — — 1967–68 Boston Bruins NHL 59 2 10 12 100 4 0 0 0 4 1968–69 Boston Bruins NHL 22 3 3 6 37 — — — — — 1969–70 Boston Bruins NHL 44 1 7 8 63 8 0 0 0 9 1969–70 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 13 1 5 6 53 — — — — — 1970–71 Vancouver Canucks NHL 77 2 10 12 112 — — — — — 1971–72 Vancouver Canucks NHL 6 0 1 1 23 — — — — — 1971–72 New York Rangers NHL 49 1 10 11 54 12 0 0 0 46 1972–73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 0 5 5 51 — — — — — 1972–73 Boston Bruins NHL 5 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2 1973–74 Boston Bruins NHL 69 0 4 4 44 — — — — — 1974–75 Boston Bruins NHL 40 0 0 0 30 3 0 0 0 4 1975–76 Boston Bruins NHL 58 1 6 7 60 12 1 0 1 22 1976–77 Boston Bruins NHL 76 3 13 16 107 14 0 2 2 26 1977–78 Boston Bruins NHL 61 4 13 17 50 12 1 0 1 4 1978–79 Boston Bruins NHL 63 6 11 17 28 7 0 2 2 4 1979–80 Boston Bruins NHL 52 0 5 5 45 4 0 0 0 0 1980–81 Boston Bruins NHL 11 0 0 0 12 — — — — —NHL totals 789 23 107 130 908 78 2 4 6 121