Chuck Lefley
Charles Thomas Lefley (born January 20, 1950) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.
Lefley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens sixth overall in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, Lefley started his National Hockey League career with Montreal in 1971. He was traded on Nov. 28, 1974 to the St. Louis Blues for Don Awrey. In 1975-76 he set a Blues franchise record by scoring 43 goals, a record later broken by Wayne Babych. Lefley, whose older brother Bryan Lefley spent five seasons in the NHL, left the Blues in 1977-78, joining Jokerit Helsinki for one season scoring 12 goals and 11 assists in 24 games. He returned to the Blues in 1979-80, playing parts of two seasons before retiring after the 1981 season. He won two Stanley Cups with the 1971 and 1973 Montreal Canadiens.
Awards and achievements
- MJHL Rookie of Year (1966)
- Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1966)
- Played in the World Championships for Team Canada (1969)
- Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1972)
- Stanley Cup Championship (1971, 1973)
- “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
Career statistics
Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1969–70 | Brandon Wheat Kings | WCHL | 7 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Canadiens* | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1970–71 | Montreal Voyageurs | AHL | 48 | 16 | 19 | 35 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1971–72 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 45 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0 | ||
| 1971–72 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 16 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1972–73 | Montreal Canadiens* | NHL | 65 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 22 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1973–74 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 74 | 23 | 31 | 54 | 34 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 18 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1974–75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 57 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 75 | 43 | 42 | 85 | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 71 | 11 | 30 | 41 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1977–78 | Jokerit Helsinki | SM-liiga | 24 | 11 | 12 | 23 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1979–80 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 28 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1980–81 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL totals | 407 | 128 | 164 | 292 | 137 | 29 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 10 | ||||
- *Name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.
External links
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- Chuck Lefley's career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Chuck Lefley's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Chuck Lefley's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
| Preceded by Ray Martyniuk |
Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick 1970 |
Succeeded by Guy Lafleur |