Rick Ley
| Rick Ley | |||
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| Born |
November 2, 1948 Orillia, Ontario, Canada |
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| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Toronto Maple Leafs (NHL) Hartford Whalers (NHL) New England Whalers (WHA) |
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| National team |
 Canada
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| NHL Draft | 16th overall, 1966 Toronto Maple Leafs |
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| Playing career | 1968–1981 | ||
Richard Norman Ley (born November 2, 1948, in Orillia, Ontario) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) and World Hockey Association (WHA).
Ley was drafted by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the third round (16th overall) in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft. He played four seasons with the Maple Leafs (1968–69 to 1971–72) in the NHL before leaving to play with the New England Whalers of the WHA. He would remain with the Whalers' organisation in the WHA until that league folded in 1979. The Whalers, along with three other teams from the WHA's remaining six, were absorbed into the NHL in 1979. Ley made the transition with the New England Whalers (who would become the Hartford Whalers) and finished his professional playing career in 1981.
Ley spent six years as the Whalers' captain and was one of three players in Hartford Whalers' history to have his jersey number retired (#2), joining Gordie Howe and John McKenzie. Following the Whalers move to Raleigh, the Hurricanes ceased to honor Ley's #2 and McKenzie's #19, and returned the numbers to circulation, although #2 was re-retired by the Hurricanes, this time in honor of Glen Wesley.
Ley and his wife Ellen have a daughter, Kathleen.
In 2010, he was elected as an inaugural inductee into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame.
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