Poul Popiel

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Poul Peter Popiel ( born February 28, 1943 in Søllested ) is a former, Danish- Canadian professional ice hockey player (defender) and coach, from 1965 to 1980 for the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, Detroit Red Wings, Vancouver Canucks and Edmonton Oilers played in the National Hockey League as well as for the Houston Aeros in the World Hockey Association.

Career

Poul Popiel came to Denmark to the world and lived there for much of his childhood. However, the hockey games he learned only in North America. in St. Catharines.

His rights for the NHL lay with the Chicago Blackhawks, but here it was not included in the squad. Instead, he played in the American Hockey League for the Buffalo Bisons and in the Central Professional Hockey League for the St. Louis Braves. There, he shared in common with Garry Peters the title of Rookie of the Year. In the Intra -League Draft, the Boston Bruins brought him to her, but next three games in the NHL, he was mostly used in the Hershey Bears in the AHL. As the league expanded to 1967, the Los Angeles Kings took him with the NHL expansion draft in 1967. Again, the breakthrough He failed again and the AHL this time was his league with the Springfield Kings.

A change to the Detroit Red Wings finally brought the hoped inserts in the NHL. But in his second season with the Red Wings again he spent a number of games in the AHL with the Cleveland Barons. Another NHL Expansion Draft in 1970 brought him to the Vancouver Canucks. After playing a strong season, the disappointment was great, in the 1971/72 season again to be used in the AHL with the Rochester Americans.

From the 1972/73 season he tried his luck in the newly formed World Hockey Association with the Houston Aeros. Here he could multiply the Avco World Trophy win as a team to Gordie Howe. Popiel was one of the strongest defenders of the new league. The dissolution of the Aeros after six seasons, he in 1978 moved to Innsbruck EV to Austria.

When the Edmonton Oilers were weakened in the 1979/80 season by numerous injuries in defense, Glen Sather took him for ten games in the squad. After working with the Houston Apollos in the Central Hockey League and as player-manager of the Muskegon Mohawks of the International Hockey League, he finished his career in 1982.

Statistics

Sporting successes

  • Avco World Trophy: 1974 and 1975

Personal Awards

  • Ken McKenzie Trophy: 1964 (together with Garry Peters)
  • WHA Second All-Star Team: 1975 and 1977
  • Participation in the WHA All-Star Game: 1974, 1975 and 1977

Franchise Records

  • 467 games for the Houston Aeros
Buffalo Bisons (AHL) 1967 NHL Expansion Draft 1970 NHL Expansion Draft 1971–72 NHL season 1972–73 WHA season 1979–80 NHL season International Hockey League (1945–2001) 1973–74 WHA season 1974–75 WHA season Ken McKenzie Trophy (IHL)
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