Vic Hadfield
Victor Edward Hadfield ( born October 4, 1940 in Oakville, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played during his active career, among others, for the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League.
Career
Vic Hadfield was during his junior period 1958 to 1960 for the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association on the ice, with whom he 1960 J. Ross Robertson Cup, won the championship of the OHA, and the Memorial Cup. During this time, Hadfield was considered enforcer preferred the physical play, while in his later career rather became the scorer, although he maintained his physical style of play emphasized. Originally Hadfield had signed a contract with the Chicago Blackhawks before the New York Rangers on June 13, 1961 at the Intra -League Draft chose him, in which the striker will wear the number was 11. In the early years at Rangers the links contactors has not convinced as a scorer, so they sent him during the season 1962/63 to the Baltimore Clippers in the American Hockey League. 1965 was the first time nominated for the NHL All-Star Game, the same honor was bestowed the striker again in 1972, ran aground as Hadfield for the team in the Eastern Conference All-Stars. During the following years, Hadfield spent each more than 100 penalty minutes on the bench, however, made in the late 1960s attention rather by its qualities Scorer up. Together with Jean Ratelle and Rod Gilbert, he formed the GAG ( Goal -A- Game) Line, an effective attack range of the New York Rangers.
Although the Rangers not the Stanley Cup won by the trio, had this subject a decisive role in the constant results of the team that the finals reached in the 1971/72 season for the Stanley Cup and the Boston Bruins for Phil Esposito and Bobby Orr. This was also the person most successful season of Hadfield in the NHL. In the regular season he had reached with 50 goals and 106 points his Karrierebestwert. He was the first player in the history of the New York Rangers, who scored 50 goals in a season. This Association's internal record was in season 1993/94 broken by Adam Graves, outperforming the Hadfield with 52 hits. Subsequently, he was elected to the NHL Second All-Star Team. From 1971 to 1974 was the aggressor, the team captain of the New York Rangers and thus became the successor to Bob Nevin, who had run the office from 1965 to 1971. On May 27, 1974, the Rangers gave him for financial reasons as in a swap deal for Nick Beverley to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
In Pittsburgh winger two graduated personally successful seasons before he drew upon a knee injury on March 29, 1976 in a game against the Toronto Maple Leafs, which probably sealed his career end. In the season 1976/77 he played nine NHL games for the Penguins before Hadfield decided to end his career. 2005 Hadfield was honored with induction into the Canada 's Sports Hall of Fame.
Internationally
Hadfield participated with the Canadian National Team at the 1972 Summit Series. In the course of the series he came in two games for use where the shooter was left no points. The striker showed himself annoyed by his little ice age in the Team Canada. After he had traveled with the team to Moscow and had learned that he probably would not play for the remaining matches against the Soviet national team, to Hadfield decided immediately the next flight to Canada to take and leave early.