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Canada Bill Hicke
#12 Alberta Oilers / WHA - 72/73
1-time AHL First All-Star Team 1
1-time AHL Most Points (JB Sollenberger Trophy) 1
1-time AHL Most Valuable Player (Les Cunningham Award) 1
1-time AHL Rookie of the Year (Red Garrett Memorial Award) 1
2-time NHL Stanley Cup Champion 2
Date of Birth
Mar 31, 1938
Position
RW
Age
Height
5'8" / 173 cm
Place of Birth
Regina, SK, CAN
Weight
170 lbs / 77 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Contract
-

Brother: Ernie Hicke
Grandsons: Dylan Ostertag & Ryan Ostertag

Team Staff profile of Bill Hicke also available

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Bill Hicke Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1954-55 Regina Pats WJHL 8* 3* 9* 12* 7* -* | Playoffs 14 6 8 14 4 -
1955-56 Regina Pats WJHL 36* 33* 9* 42* 51* -* | Playoffs 10 6 8 14 10 -
1956-57 Regina Pats SJHL 53* 52* 48* 100* 94* -* | Playoffs 7 5 5 10 14 -
1957-58 Regina Pats SJHL 49* 54* 43* 97* 144* -* | Playoffs 12 9 10 19 20 -
1958-59 Rochester Americans AHL 69* 41* 56* 97* 41* -* | Playoffs 5 1 1 2 12 -
Montréal Canadiens NHL 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
1959-60 Rochester Americans AHL 14* 8* 5* 13* 22* -* |
Montréal Canadiens NHL 43* 3* 10* 13* 17* -* | Playoffs 7 1 2 3 0 -
1960-61 Montréal Canadiens NHL 70* 18* 27* 45* 31* -* | Playoffs 5 2 0 2 19 -
1961-62 Montréal Canadiens NHL 70* 20* 31* 51* 42* -* | Playoffs 6 0 2 2 14 -
1962-63 Montréal Canadiens NHL 70* 17* 22* 39* 39* -* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 0 -
1963-64 Montréal Canadiens NHL 48* 11* 9* 20* 41* -* | Playoffs 7 0 2 2 2 -
1964-65 Cleveland Barons AHL 6* 3* 2* 5* 2* -* |
Montréal Canadiens NHL 17* 0* 1* 1* 6* -* |
New York Rangers NHL 40* 6* 11* 17* 26* -* |
1965-66 Minnesota Rangers CenPHL 3* 2* 0* 2* 4* -* |
New York Rangers NHL 49* 9* 18* 27* 21* -* |
1966-67 Baltimore Clippers AHL 18* 14* 14* 28* 15* -* | Playoffs 9 6 8 14 23 -
New York Rangers NHL 48* 3* 4* 7* 11* -* |
1967-68 California/Oakland Seals NHL 52* 21* 19* 40* 32* -22* |
1968-69 Oakland Seals NHL 67* 25* 36* 61* 68* -11* | Playoffs 7 0 3 3 4 -
1969-70 Oakland Seals NHL 69* 15* 29* 44* 14* -10* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 2 -
1970-71 California Golden Seals NHL 74* 18* 17* 35* 41* -29* |
1971-72 Fort Worth Wings CenHL 34* 9* 10* 19* 51* -* | Playoffs 7 0 5 5 12 -
Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12* 2* 0* 2* 6* -6* |
Tidewater Wings AHL 16* 4* 2* 6* 6* -* |
1972-73 Alberta Oilers WHA 73* 14* 24* 38* 20* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -

Bill Hicke Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1954-55 Regina Pats Memorial Cup 15* 5* 13* 18* 8* -* |
1955-56 Regina Pats Memorial Cup 19* 11* 18* 29* 44* -* |
1957-58 Regina Pats Memorial Cup 16* 18* 8* 26* 31* -* |

Bill Hicke Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 5 123* 70* 79* 149* 1.21* 86* -* | 2 14 7 * 9 * 16 * 1.14 * 35 * - *
CenHL (CenPHL) 2 37* 11* 10* 21* 0.57* 55* -* | 1 7 0 * 5 * 5 * 0.71 * 12 * - *
Memorial Cup 3 50* 34* 39* 73* 1.46* 83* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 14 729* 168* 234* 402* 0.55* 395* -78* | 8 42 3 * 10 * 13 * 0.31 * 41 * - *
SJHL 2 102* 106* 91* 197* 1.93* 238* -* | 2 19 14 * 15 * 29 * 1.53 * 34 * - *
WHA 1 73* 14* 24* 38* 0.52* 20* -* | 1 1 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 0 * - *
WJHL 2 44* 36* 18* 54* 1.23* 58* -* | 2 24 12 * 16 * 28 * 1.17 * 14 * - *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Bill Hicke Career Highlights

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Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1967, 5 #29 overall by California/Oakland Seals in the NHL Expansion Draft

Number 17 retired by Regina Pats

William Lawrence 'Bill' Hicke was a former Regina Pats player, coach, general manager and owner. He died of cancer on July 18, 2005 at age 67.

The Regina Pats have honoured him by retiring his jersey, #17, which hangs from the rafters at the Brandt Centre.