About Greg Joly
Born 1954. Greg Joly is a Canadian ice hockey player.
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 and the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings.
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." 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", but over his nine seasons playing with Washington (1974β76) and the Detroit Red Wings (1976β83), 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. Joly scored the last goal at Detroitβs 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 1971β72 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 6 38 44 41 15 0 3 3 10 1972β73 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 14 54 68 94 4 0 3 3 4 1973β74 Regina Pats WCJHL 67 21 71 92 103 16 7 13 20 8 1973β74 Regina Pats M-Cup β β β β β 3 2 3 5 4 1974β75 Washington Capitals NHL 44 1 7 8 44 β β β β β 1975β76 Richmond Robins AHL 3 3 2 5 4 β β β β β 1975β76 Washington Capitals NHL 54 8 17 25 28 β β β β β 1976β77 Springfield Indians AHL 22 0 8 8 16 β β β β β 1976β77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 53 1 11 12 14 β β β β β 1977β78 Detroit Red Wings NHL 79 7 20 27 73 5 0 0 0 8 1978β79 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20 0 4 4 6 β β β β β 1979β80 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 8 3 3 6 10 β β β β β 1979β80 Detroit Red Wings NHL 59 3 10 13 45 β β β β β 1980β81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 62 3 34 37 158 17 4 12 16 38 1980β81 Detroit Red Wings NHL 17 0 2 2 10 β β β β β 1981β82 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 36 3 22 25 59 β β β β β 1981β82 Detroit Red Wings NHL 37 1 5 6 30 β β β β β 1982β83 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 71 8 40 48 118 6 1 0 1 0 1982β83 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2 0 0 0 0 β β β β β 1983β84 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 78 10 33 43 133 7 0 1 1 19 1984β85 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 76 9 40 49 111 β β β β β 1985β86 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 β 1973 & 1974
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Greg Joly was born on 30 May 1954 in Rocky Mountain House.
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