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Ron Ward (ice hockey)

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Ron Ward
Born (1944-09-12) September 12, 1944 (age 80)
Cornwall, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Forward
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Vancouver Canucks
New York Raiders
Vancouver Blazers
Los Angeles Sharks
Cleveland Crusaders
Calgary Cowboys
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Winnipeg Jets
Playing career 1970–1977

Ronald Leon "Magic" Ward (born September 12, 1944) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played center for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League from 1970 to 1972. He then switched to the fledgling World Hockey Association, playing for the New York Raiders in the 1972–73 season. This would be his most productive season, as he amassed 51 goals and 67 assists for 118 points.[1] Throughout the rest of his WHA career he went on to play for the Vancouver Blazers, Los Angeles Sharks, Cleveland Crusaders, Calgary Cowboys, Minnesota Fighting Saints, and ending with the Winnipeg Jets in 1976–77.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1963–64 Cornwall Royals CJHL
1964–65 Cornwall Royals CJHL 36 29 31 60
1965–66 Tulsa Oilers CHL 69 6 22 28 37 7 1 2 3 9
1966–67 Tulsa Oilers CHL 42 12 15 27 46
1967–68 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 1 0 1 1 0
1967–68 Tulsa Oilers CHL 67 31 54 85 30 11 5 5 10 8
1968–69 Rochester Americans AHL 73 35 43 78 18
1969–70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 18 0 1 1 2
1969–70 Phoenix Roadrunners WHL 22 7 9 16 12
1969–70 Tulsa Oilers CHL 22 7 17 24 15
1970–71 Rochester Americans AHL 69 23 16 39 33
1971–72 Vancouver Canucks NHL 71 2 4 6 4
1972–73 New York Raiders WHA 77 51 67 118 28
1973–74 Vancouver Blazers WHA 7 0 2 2 2
1973–74 Los Angeles Sharks WHA 40 14 19 33 16
1973–74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 23 19 7 26 7 5 3 0 3 2
1974–75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 73 30 32 62 18 5 0 2 2 2
1975–76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 75 32 50 82 24 3 0 2 2 0
1976–77 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 41 15 21 36 6
1976–77 Winnipeg Jets WHA 14 4 7 11 2
1976–77 Calgary Cowboys WHA 9 5 5 10 0
WHA totals 359 170 210 380 103 13 3 4 7 4
NHL totals 89 2 5 7 6

References

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  1. ^ "Ron Ward at HockeyDB". Retrieved 2010-01-07.
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