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Canada Bill Barber
#7 Philadelphia Flyers / NHL - 83/84
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Player Facts
Date of Birth
Jul 11, 1952
Position
LW
Age
69
Height
6'0" / 183 cm
Place of Birth
Callander, ON, CAN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired
Drafted
1972 round 1 #7 overall by Philadelphia Flyers
Highlights
1-time World Championship Bronze Medal 1
1-time Canada Cup Champion 1
2-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 2

Brothers: Dan Barber & John Barber

Barber is the Flyers all-time leader in goals with 420 over his 12-year career. He won back-to-back Stanley Cups in 1974-75, as well as a Canada Cup in 1977, and played in 6 All-Star games. Bill retired in 1984 with 883 points, the most from the 1972 draft class.

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Player Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1967-68 North Bay Trappers NOJHL 34 18 35 53 44 | Playoffs 13 9 18 27 6
1968-69 North Bay Trappers NOJHL 48 32 38 70 100 | Playoffs 6 5 8 13 14
1969-70 Kitchener Rangers OHA-Jr. 54 37 49 86 42 |
1970-71 Kitchener Rangers OHA-Jr. 61 46 59 105 129 |
1971-72 Kitchener Rangers “C” OHA-Jr. 62 44 63 107 89 |
1972-73 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 69 30 34 64 46 10 | Playoffs 11 3 2 5 22
Richmond Robins AHL 11 9 5 14 4 |
1973-74 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 75 34 35 69 54 34 | Playoffs 17 3 6 9 18
1974-75 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 34 37 71 66 46 | Playoffs 17 6 9 15 8
1975-76 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 50 62 112 104 74 | Playoffs 16 6 7 13 18
1976-77 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 20 35 55 62 32 | Playoffs 10 1 4 5 2
Canada CC 7 2 0 2 4 3 |
1977-78 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 41 31 72 34 31 | Playoffs 12 6 3 9 2
1978-79 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 34 46 80 22 19 | Playoffs 8 3 4 7 10
1979-80 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 79 40 32 72 17 39 | Playoffs 19 12 9 21 23
1980-81 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 80 43 42 85 69 6 | Playoffs 12 11 5 16 0
1981-82 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 80 45 44 89 85 4 | Playoffs 4 1 5 6 4
Canada WC 10 8 1 9 10 |
1982-83 Philadelphia Flyers “C” NHL 66 27 33 60 28 17 | Playoffs 3 1 1 2 2
1983-84 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 63 22 32 54 36 4 |
Tournament Statistics
S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1978-79 NHL All-Stars Challenge Cup '79 2 0 1 1 0 |
Team Staff History
S Team League Role on Team Notes
1984-85 Hershey Bears AHL Head Coach Replaced Gary Inness midseason
1985-86 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Asst. Coach
1986-87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Asst. Coach
1987-88 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Asst. Coach Replaced Jay Leach midseason
1988-89 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1989-90 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1990-91 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1991-92 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1992-93 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1993-94 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
Philadelphia Flyers NHL Asst. Coach Interim
1994-95 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
1995-96 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Dir. of Professional Scouting
Hershey Bears AHL Head Coach Replaced Jay Leach midseason
1996-97 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL Head Coach
1997-98 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL Head Coach
1998-99 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL Head Coach
1999-00 Philadelphia Phantoms AHL Head Coach
2000-01 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Asst. Coach
Philadelphia Flyers NHL Head Coach Replaced Craig Ramsay midseason
2001-02 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Head Coach
2002-03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2003-04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2004-05 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2005-06 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2006-07 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2007-08 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL Dir. of Player Personnel
2008-09 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Team Consultant Scouting Consultant
2009-10 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Team Consultant Scouting Consultant
2010-11 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Team Consultant Scouting Consultant
2011-12 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Team Consultant Scouting Consultant
2012-13 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Team Consultant Scouting Consultant
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2019-20 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Senior Advisor
2020-21 Philadelphia Flyers NHL Senior Advisor
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Player Career Totals
League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 1 11 9 5 14 1.27 4 - | 0
CC 1 7 2 0 2 0.29 4 3 | 0
Challenge Cup '79 1 2 0 1 1 0.50 0 - | 0
NHL 12 903 420 463 883 0.98 623 316 | 11 129 53 55 108 0.84 109 -
NOJHL 2 82 50 73 123 1.50 144 - | 2 19 14 26 40 2.11 20 -
OHA-Jr. 3 177 127 171 298 1.68 260 - | 0
WC 1 10 8 1 9 0.90 10 - | 0
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Player Connections
Player Period Teams
Bobby Clarke (F) 1972-1984 12 Canada, Canada, NHL All-Stars, Philadelphia Flyers
Jimmy Watson (D) 1972-1982 10 Canada, Philadelphia Flyers, Richmond Robins
Rick MacLeish (F) 1972-1984 10 Philadelphia Flyers
Paul Holmgren (F) 1975-1984 9 Philadelphia Flyers

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Drafted 1969, 1 #1 overall by Kitchener Rangers in the OHL Priority Selection

Number 7 retired by Kitchener Rangers

Number 7 retired by Philadelphia Flyers

Cult/Star player for Kitchener Rangers

Cult/Star player for Philadelphia Flyers

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