Tracy Pratt

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Tracy Pratt
Born (1943-03-08) March 8, 1943 (age 81)
New York City, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defense
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Colorado Rockies
Vancouver Canucks
Buffalo Sabres
Pittsburgh Penguins
Oakland Seals
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1967–1977

Tracy Arnold Pratt (born March 8, 1943) is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey defenseman who played in the National Hockey League. He was born in New York City, where his father, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Babe Pratt, played for the New York Rangers. [1]

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Playing career

Unsigned by any NHL team, Pratt started his junior hockey career in 1960 with the Flin Flon Bombers of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Moving on to the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League in 1962, leading the team's defensemen in the playoffs and winning the league championship. [2]

Signing with the New York Rangers, Pratt turned professional in 1963 with the St. Paul Rangers of the Central Professional Hockey League, he played four seasons in the minors before being selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft in the 14th round, 83rd overall, by the California Seals. [3] He made his NHL debut for the renamed Oakland Seals that season, splitting the time between the Seals and their Vancouver Canucks farm team [1] , and was one of the two players involved in the check that resulted in Bill Masterton's death that season. [4]

Starting the 1969 season with Vancouver, he was traded mid-season to the Pittsburgh Penguins, finishing the season back in the NHL with them. [5] At the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft, Pratt was drafted again, this time 7th overall by the Buffalo Sabres, for whom he went on to play four seasons. [6] A noted pugilist, unusually, in that first season, Pratt had a celebrated fight with future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Billy Smith. [7]

In December of 1973, Pratt was dealt with John Gould to the Vancouver Canucks (which had joined the NHL in 1970 with Buffalo]] for Jerry Korab. [8] [9] He played two and a half seasons for the Canucks before signing as a free agent with the Colorado Rockies in 1976. After a late season trade that year to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pratt retired as a hockey player.

Pratt's best year was 1975, when he scored 22 points with a +7 rating, and was one of two Canucks (the other being goaltender Gary Smith) named to play in that season's NHL All-Star Game. [10]

After retirement, Pratt coached for a single season in 1980 as head coach of the Abbotsford Flyers of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League; the team finished out of the playoffs for the only time in the franchise's history, and he was not retained.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1959–60 Vancouver College HS-BC ——————————
1960–61 Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 593131683—————
1961–62Flin Flon BombersSJHL51716231431024636
1962–63 Brandon Wheat Kings MJHL 3310172713210381138
1962–63 Brandon Wheat Kings MC —————924635
1963–64 St. Paul Rangers CPHL 52415191281100049
1964–65 St. Paul RangersCPHL66152540200912327
1965–66 St. Louis Braves CPHL702232520651236
1966–67 Portland Buckaroos [1] WHL 63010109240114
1967–68 Oakland Seals NHL 3405590—————
1967–68 Vancouver Canucks WHL2918973—————
1968–69 Vancouver CanucksWHL452101274—————
1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL1805534—————
1969–70 Pittsburgh PenguinsNHL6557121241001151
1970–71 Buffalo Sabres NHL76178179—————
1971–72 Buffalo SabresNHL270101052—————
1971–72 Cincinnati Swords AHL 160111140—————
1972–73 Buffalo SabresNHL741151611660006
1973–74 Buffalo SabresNHL3307752—————
1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL45381144—————
1974–75 Vancouver CanucksNHL795172214530005
1975–76 Vancouver CanucksNHL521567220000
1976–77 Colorado Rockies NHL6611011110—————
1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL11011840000
NHL totals580179711410262501162

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