Bill Root (ice hockey)
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| Bill Root | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
September 6, 1959 Toronto, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 210 lb (95 kg; 15 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for |
Montreal Canadiens Toronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Blues Philadelphia Flyers | ||
| NHL Draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1979–1991 | ||
William John Root (born September 6, 1959) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played six seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, St. Louis Blues and Philadelphia Flyers. As a youth, he played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]
Career statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 66 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 114 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 67 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 67 | 4 | 31 | 35 | 119 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 42 | ||
| 1979–80 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 55 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 57 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 63 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 76 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 77 | 6 | 25 | 31 | 105 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1982–83 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 46 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 24 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 72 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 35 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1984–85 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 28 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 27 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 13 | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Catharines Saints | AHL | 14 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1986–87 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 34 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 37 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 | ||
| 1986–87 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 32 | 4 | 11 | 15 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987–88 | Philadelphia Flyers | NHL | 24 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1988–89 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 66 | 10 | 22 | 32 | 39 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
| 1989–90 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 47 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1990–91 | Newmarket Saints | AHL | 36 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 247 | 11 | 23 | 34 | 180 | 22 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 25 | ||||
References
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-01-10.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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