| Round | Overall |
| 2 | 20 |
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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.
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 |
| 1969 PICKS BY TEAM | ||
| Boston | Chicago | Detroit |
| Los Angeles | Minnesota | Montreal |
| New York | Oakland | Philadelphia |
| Pittsburgh | St. Louis | Toronto |
OTHERS DRAFTED IN 1969