- Peter Mahovlich
Peter Mahovlich (born
October 10 ,1946 inTimmins, Ontario ,Canada ), known in his playing years as "Little M", is aretired Canadianprofessional hockey forward andhead coach .Playing career
Mahovlich was drafted Second Overall by the
Detroit Red Wings in the1963 NHL Amateur Draft . He played for theNational Hockey League 's Detroit Red Wings twice,Montreal Canadiens ,Pittsburgh Penguins , theOntario Hockey Association 'sHamilton Red Wings , the AHL'sPittsburgh Hornets ,Montreal Voyageurs ,Adirondack Red Wings , the Central Hockey League'sFort Worth Wings and the IHL'sToledo Goaldiggers .He was an important contributor to the Canadiens' cup-winning teams of 1971, 1973, 1976 and 1977, before eventually being traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. He enjoyed a breakout season in 1970–71, scoring 35 goals in the regular season and another 10 in the playoffs as the underdog Canadiens team won the championship. His best year came in 1974–75, as he racked up 117 points as part of a deep forward corps that included the likes of
Guy Lafleur ,Jacques Lemaire ,Yvan Cournoyer ,Steve Shutt andBob Gainey . He hit the 100-point mark again the following year, finishing with 105.Pete was immensely popular as a Pittsburgh Penguin, and cheers of "Pete, Pete" were common when he made one of his end to end dashes up ice. Pete is said to be an easy going, joyful, party-goer, as characterized in
Ken Dryden 's book The Game."In his 16-year NHL career, he totalled 288 goals and 485 assists for 773 points in 884 games. Internationally, he was a member of the
1972 Summit Series , in which he made a memorable shorthanded goal in Game 2 of the series. He also played on the1976 Canada Cup team.Post-playing career
his retirement, he was head coach of the Toledo Goaldiggers, IHL
Colorado Rangers (co-coach),Denver Rangers , CHLFort Worth Fire and the AHLCape Breton Oilers . Peter is also the brother of Canadian Senator and former hockey starFrank Mahovlich . The two were teammates on the Canadiens from 1970 to 1974.Peter is currently a scout for the
Atlanta Thrashers .Career statistics
Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM ± GP G A Pts PIM 1963-64 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 54 20 27 47 67 - 0 0 0 0 0 1964-65 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 55 20 35 55 88 - 0 0 0 0 0 1965-66 Hamilton Red Wings OHA-Jr. 46 14 22 36 121 - 4 0 0 0 2 1965-66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1966-67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 34 1 3 4 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1966-67 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 18 4 7 11 37 - 9 0 0 0 2 1967-68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 15 6 4 10 13 -6 0 0 0 0 0 1967-68 Fort Worth Wings CPHL 42 20 14 34 103 - 0 0 0 0 0 1968-69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 30 2 2 4 21 -15 0 0 0 0 0 1968-69 Fort Worth Wings CHL 34 19 17 36 54 - 0 0 0 0 0 1969-70 Montreal Canadiens NHL 36 9 8 17 51 9 0 0 0 0 0 1969-70 Montreal Voyageurs AHL 31 21 19 40 77 - 0 0 0 0 0 1970-71 Montreal Canadiens NHL 78 35 26 61 181 25 20 10 6 16 43 1971-72 Montreal Canadiens NHL 75 35 32 67 103 16 6 0 2 2 12 1972-73 Canada Summit-72 7 1 1 2 4 - 0 0 0 0 0 1972-73 Montreal Canadiens NHL 61 21 38 59 4 21 17 4 9 13 22 1973-74 Montreal Canadiens NHL 78 36 37 73 49 42 6 2 1 3 4 1974-75 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 35 82 117 122 41 11 6 10 16 10 1975-76 Montreal Canadiens NHL 80 34 71 105 76 71 13 4 8 12 24 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens NHL 76 15 47 62 45 36 13 4 5 9 19 1977-78 Montreal Canadiens NHL 17 3 5 8 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 Pittsburgh Penguins 57 25 36 61 37 4 0 0 0 0 0 1978-79 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 60 14 39 53 39 -11 2 0 1 1 0 1979-80 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 16 50 66 69 3 0 0 0 0 0 1980-81 Detroit Red Wings NHL 24 1 4 5 26 -8 0 0 0 0 0 1980-81 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 37 18 18 36 49 - 18 1 18 19 23 1981-82 Adirondack Red Wings AHL 80 22 45 67 71 - 4 2 1 3 2 16 Seasons NHL Total 884 288 485 773 916 0 88 30 42 72 134 ee also
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