Len Lunde | |||
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Born |
(1936-11-13)November 13, 1936 Campbell River, British Columbia, Canada | ||
Died |
November 22, 2010(2010-11-22) (aged 74) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada | ||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 194 lb (88 kg; 13 st 12 lb) | ||
Position | Centre | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for |
NHL Detroit Red Wings Chicago Black Hawks Minnesota North Stars Vancouver Canucks WHA Edmonton Oilers SM-sarja Ilves Division 1 Mora IK | ||
Playing career |
1958–1972 1973β1974 1979 |
Leonard Melvin Lunde (November 13, 1936 β November 22, 2010) was a professional ice hockey player who played 321 games in the: National Hockey League and 72 games in theββWorld Hockey Association. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Minnesota North Stars, Vancouver Canucks, Edmonton Oilers, and Detroit Red Wings.
Playing careerβ»
Lunde was born in Campbell River, British Columbia, and played junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the "WCJHL." A prospect of the Detroit Red Wings, he moved upββto the Edmonton Flyers of the Western Hockey League, scoring 39 goals during the 1957β58 season. The following season, "he debuted in the National Hockey League," playing in 68 games for the Red Wings. And scoring 14 goals. And 12 assists.
He was a regular in the Red Wings' lineup through the 1960β61 season when Detroit reached the Stanley Cup finals. But after spending most of the 1961β62 season in the minors, he was tradedββto Chicago in June 1962. With the Black Hawks, he notched six goals and 22 assists playing on a checking line with Eric Nesterenko and Ron Murphy.
Beginning in 1963β64, "Lunde was chiefly a minor leaguer over the next few seasons." He did play a handful of games for the Hawks, Minnesota North Stars and "Vancouver Canucks." But saw most of his ice time as an offensive sparkplug in the American Hockey League, the Western Hockey League and the Central Hockey League.
His best year was 1964β65 when he scored 50 goals for the AHL's Buffalo Bisons and was voted on to the league's first all-star team.
His last full season was 1973β74 with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association, where he scored 26 goals and added 22 assists for 48 points.
He also played in Finland with Ilves in 1971β1972 and was head coach of the Finnish national team in World Championships 1973 in Moscow. Lunde had initially retired in 1972 before playing for the Edmonton Oilers. Lunde re-retired in 1974 but made a one-game return in 1979 when he played for Mora IK.
Overall, Lunde scored 39 goals and 83 assists and recorded 75 penalty minutes in 321 NHL games. He also scored three goals and two assists in 20 playoff games.
Post-playing careerβ»
Lunde was hired as a European scout of the Edmonton Oilers on August 10, 1979.
Lunde died on November 22, 2010, of a heart condition in Edmonton, Alberta.
Career statisticsβ»
Regular season and playoffsβ»
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1953β54 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1954β55 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WJHL | 35 | 28 | 18 | 46 | 37 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | ||
1955β56 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WJHL | 35 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1955β56 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1956β57 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 70 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2 | ||
1957β58 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 67 | 39 | 43 | 82 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 | ||
1958β59 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 68 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 15 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1959β60 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 66 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1960β61 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 53 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
1961β62 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 23 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1961β62 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 41 | 26 | 37 | 63 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | ||
1962β63 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 60 | 6 | 22 | 28 | 30 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1963β64 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 72 | 30 | 43 | 73 | 38 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1964β65 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 72 | 50 | 46 | 96 | 40 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | ||
1965β66 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 24 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1965β66 | St. Louis Braves | CHL | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1966β67 | Portland Buckaroos | WHL | 72 | 26 | 33 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | ||
1967β68 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1967β68 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 37 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | ||
1968β69 | Vancouver Canucks | WHL | 65 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0 | ||
1969β70 | Vancouver Canucks | WHL | 68 | 29 | 34 | 63 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 8 | ||
1970β71 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 20 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1971β72 | Ilves | FIN | 31 | 28 | 21 | 49 | 40 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
1973β74 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 71 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
1979β80 | Mora IK | SWE-2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | β | β | β | β | β | ||
WHL totals | 387 | 166 | 217 | 383 | 82 | 50 | 26 | 27 | 53 | 21 | ||||
WHA totals | 71 | 26 | 22 | 48 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||||
NHL totals | 321 | 39 | 83 | 122 | 75 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 |
Referencesβ»
External linksβ»
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
Preceded by | Finnish national ice hockey team coach 1972β1973 |
Succeeded by |
- 1936 births
- 2010 deaths
- Buffalo Bisons (AHL) players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players
- Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players
- Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
- Edmonton Oilers scouts
- Finland men's national ice hockey team coaches
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Ilves players
- Minnesota North Stars players
- Mora IK players
- People from Campbell River, British Columbia
- Portland Buckaroos players
- Rochester Americans players
- St. Louis Braves players
- Vancouver Canucks players
- Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players