John Grisdale

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John Grisdale
Born (1948-08-23) August 23, 1948 (age 76)
Geraldton, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 19701979

John Russell Grisdale (born August 23, 1948) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 250 games as a defenceman in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks. He also spent several years playing in the minor Central Hockey League, and retired in 1979.

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Grisdale graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering in 1971 from Michigan Technological University where he was a three-year letterman with the Huskies men's hockey team. He had 11 goals and 41 assists for 52 points in 94 career games with the Huskies. He was inducted into the Michigan Technological University Athletics Hall of Fame in 1997. [1]

He was the commissioner of the BCHL from 2003 to 2018, and resides in the city of Coquitlam. [2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1966–67 Dixie Beehives MetJHL
1967–68 Michigan Tech WCHA
1968–69 Michigan TechWCHA30771445
1969–70 Michigan TechWCHA332111362
1970–71 Michigan TechWCHA312232561
1970–71 Tulsa Oilers CHL 420212
1971–72 Tulsa OilersCHL59015151051313423
1972–73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 4917876
1973–74 Tulsa OilersCHL7192938193
1974–75 Vancouver Canucks NHL581121391501113
1974–75Toronto Maple LeafsNHL20004
1975–76 Tulsa OilersCHL51011330118
1975–76 Vancouver CanucksNHL382685420000
1976–77 Tulsa OilersCHL4722325132924611
1976–77 Vancouver CanucksNHL2002220
1977–78 Vancouver CanucksNHL4209947
1978–79 Dallas Black Hawks CHL41014
1978–79 Vancouver CanucksNHL410335430002
CHL totals19015678245922371034
NHL totals250439433461001115

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