1969 NHL Amateur Draft Pick
Round Overall
2 20
Doug Brindley
Selected by Toronto from Niagara Falls (OHA)
Toronto Maple Leafs Niagara Falls Flyers
Doug Brindley
 

5-foot-11, 175 pounds

Left-hand shot

Center

Pre-Draft Statistics

Year Team League GP G A TP PIM
1967-68 Niagara Falls OHA 54 15 28 43 20
1968-69 Niagara Falls OHA 54 40 37 77 62

Pre-Draft Notes

Won Memorial Cup in 1968, scoring twice in final game. ... Scored 12 goals and 22 points in 14 playoff games in 1969. ... Played Jr. B for Owen Sound in 1966-67.
Canadian • Born June 8, 1949 in Walkerton, Ontario • Hometown: Walkerton, Ontario

Career Vitals

First contract: 1969
Debut: December 6, 1970
(Toronto at Chicago)
Final NHL game: December 12, 1970
(Toronto vs. Chicago)
Retired: 1976
Stanley Cup: Never won
Number worn: 17

Career NHL Statistics

Team: Toronto
Year: 1970. Playoffs: None

Regular Season
  GP G A TP PIM
1 year 3 0 0 0 0
 
Stanley Cup Playoffs
GP G A TP PIM
0 years 0 0 0 0 0
 
Complete statistics available at NHL.com 

Career Highlights

Won AHL Calder Cup with Buffalo in 1970, although he appeared in just one playoff game and never played a regular-season game for Buffalo -- having spent the entire season with Tulsa (CHL). ... Played on first Cleveland Crusaders (WHA) team in WHA's inaugural season of 1972-73 and appeared in the franchise's first game vs. Quebec on Oct. 11, 1972 -- the date of the league's first two regular-season games. ... Served as Mohawk Valley (NAHL) captain in 1974-75.

Transaction History

Sept. 27, 1971 -- Traded by Toronto to Vancouver in exchange for Andre Hinse. August 1972 -- WHA rights sold by Alberta to Cleveland. August 1972 -- Signed WHA contract with Cleveland. May 1974 -- WHA rights sold by Cleveland to Indianapolis. June 19, 1975 -- Claimed by Cleveland from Indianapolis in WHA Intra-league Draft.

Life Outside the NHL

Full Name: Douglas Allen Brindley

Other Post-Draft Teams: Tulsa (CHL); Buffalo (AHL); Rochester (AHL); Cleveland (WHA); Jacksonville (AHL); Mohawk Valley, Syracuse (NAHL)

Miscellaneous:

Selected by Alberta Oilers in 1972 WHA Draft -- the first-ever WHA Draft -- in February 1972. Shifted from natural position of center to begin playing left wing for Cleveland (WHA) in 1972-73. WHA rights sold by Cleveland to Indianapolis just prior to the 1974 WHA Expansion draft. Served as Syracuse (NAHL) captain from March 1976 to end of 1975-76 season.t.
SNAPSHOT '69
Total Selected: 84
Forwards: 58
Defense: 18
Goaltenders: 8
Major Junior: 68
College Players: 8
Canadian: 78
Euro-Canadian: 1
American: 4
European: 1
Reached NHL: 49
Won Stanley Cup: 10
Hall of Fame: 1
All-Star Game: 7
Year-end All-Star: 1
Olympians: 2
Picks Traded: 11


OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969

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