(1935-05-12) May 12, 1935 (age 89) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height
6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight
215 lb (98 kg; 15 st 5 lb)
Position
Left Wing
Shot
Left
Played for
Detroit Red Wings Boston Bruins
Playing career
1955–1978
John Paul "Chief" Bucyk (born May 12, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger and member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Having played most of his career with the Boston Bruins, he has been associated in one capacity or another with the Bruins' organization since the late 1950s. Bucyk was named one of the '100 Greatest NHL Players' in 2017.[1]
Bucyk was a skilled left winger who was the largest of his day.[2] While he never was regarded as the best at his position (being a contemporary of superstars Bobby Hull and Frank Mahovlich), he had a long and stellar career, and retired as the fourth leading point scorer of all time and having played the third-most games in history, and recorded sixteen seasons of scoring twenty goals or more.[3] Despite his reputation for devastating hip checks,[4] he was a notably clean player who won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy for sportsmanship in 1971 and 1974.
^"100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. January 1, 2017. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
^Coleman, Charles (1976). Trail of the Stanley Cup, Vol III. Sherbrooke, PQ: Progressive Publications. p. 680.
^Cite error: The named reference hockeyref was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^Hackel, Stu. "Johnny Bucyk: 100 Greatest NHL Players". NHL.com. National Hockey League.
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1960–61 seasons. The "Uke Line"—named for the Ukrainian heritage of JohnnyBucyk, Vic Stasiuk, and Bronco Horvath – came to Boston in 1957 and enjoyed...
with Fred Cusick and Johnny Peirson.[citation needed] The 1970 Stanley Cup was presented to Bruins alternate captain JohnnyBucyk by NHL President Clarence...
(2004) 43 years, 35 days – Allan Stanley (1969) 42 years, 332 days – JohnnyBucyk (1978) 42 years, 325 days – Joe Thornton (2022) 42 years, 282 days –...
Fleet Center (later the TD Garden) against the New York Islanders. In 1965, Johnny Most served as a color commentator for one Boston Bruins game when play-by-play...
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(375 goals and 542 assists). At the time, he trailed only Ray Bourque, JohnnyBucyk and Phil Esposito. Just days before the June 9 elimination of the Bruins...
the most recent team to have won the Cup without a formal captain. John Bucyk, as the team's senior assistant captain, accepted the Cup and circled the...
between 1986 and 1988. He is the nephew of NHL Hall of Famer JohnnyBucyk. In 1985 Bucyk won the Calder Cup as American Hockey League championship with...
to lead his team. Only three other players - Esposito, Bobby Orr and JohnnyBucyk - had scored as many points in any season as Ratelle had done in his...
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the NHL—in 1962. The "Uke Line"—named for the Ukrainian heritage of JohnnyBucyk, Vic Stasiuk, and Bronco Horvath – came to Boston in 1957 and enjoyed...
the Boston Bruins' all-time regular-season scoring list (trailing only JohnnyBucyk and Phil Esposito) with 402 goals and 496 assists for 898 points--10...
several newspapers. Detroit reacquired Sawchuk by trading young forward JohnnyBucyk to Boston. After seven seasons, when they had another promising young...
four Bruins who scored over 100 points that season – Esposito, Orr, JohnnyBucyk and Ken Hodge. Orr later gave his puck to Alan Eagleson. In 2007, Eagleson...
who were led by such stars as Bobby Orr, Phil Esposito, Ken Hodge, JohnnyBucyk and Wayne Cashman; and in five games to the Canadiens in 1979, who had...
oldest player to score 50 goals in a season; the previous oldest was JohnnyBucyk, doing so at the age of 35 years and 308 days. He ended the 2021–22 season...
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