Poul Popiel

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Poul Popiel is a retired NHL defenceman, and head coach, born on February 28, 1943 in Sollested, Denmark. . He played in the OHA, AHL, WHA, NHL, CPHL, and IHL. He played a brief 12 games in the IHL with the Muskegon Mohawks, then halfway through the year, he retired and became the head coach. He was the first player along with Garry Peters to win the Ken McKenzie Trophy (In 1963-64.) He weighs 176 lbs, is 5'10 and shoots left.

Popiel was in the news briefly in early 2007. The New York Islanders recalled Frans Nielsen and he made his NHL debut on January 6th. At the time of his recall, the Islanders believed that Nielsen would be the first Danish-born player to play in the NHL. Turns out Popiel had him beat -- by about forty years. Popiel had become an American citizen prior to his debut, however, leaving Nielsen with the honor of being the first Danish citizen to appear in an NHL game. [1]

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[edit] Statistics

[edit] Regular Season


Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM
1960-61	St. Catharines Teepees	OHA	38	2	9	11	0
1961-62	St. Catharines	OHA	49	3	16	19	0
1962-63	St. Catharines Black Hawks	OHA	50	11	34	45	0
1962-63	Buffalo Bisons	AHL	2	0	1	1	2
1963-64	St. Louis Braves	CPHL	54	9	14	23	78
1963-64	Buffalo Bisons	AHL	4	0	0	0	4
1964-65	Buffalo Bisons	AHL	48	7	12	19	76
1965-66	Hershey Bears	AHL	63	6	26	32	101
1965-66	Boston Bruins	NHL	3	0	1	1	2
1966-67	Hershey Bears	AHL	63	5	27	32	134
1967-68	Springfield Kings	AHL	72	8	27	35	180
1967-68	L.A. Kings	NHL	1	0	0	0	0
1968-69	Springfield Kings	AHL	13	0	10	10	19
1968-69	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	62	2	13	15	82
1969-70	Cleveland Barons	AHL	22	3	15	18	14
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	32	0	4	4	31
1970-71	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	78	10	22	32	61
1971-72	Rochester Americans	AHL	12	7	4	11	10
1971-72	Vancouver Canucks	NHL	38	1	1	2	36
1972-73	Houston Aeros	WHA	73	16	48	64	158
1973-74	Houston Aeros	WHA	78	7	41	48	126
1974-75	Houston Aeros	WHA	78	11	53	64	123
1975-76	Houston Aeros	WHA	78	10	36	46	71
1976-77	Houston Aeros	WHA	80	12	56	68	87
1977-78	Houston Aeros	WHA	80	6	31	37	53
1979-80	Edmonton Oilers	NHL	10	0	0	0	0
1979-80	Houston Apollos	CHL	57	2	27	29	28
1981-82	Muskegon Mohawks	IHL	12	0	4	4	10
NHL Totals			224	13	41	54	212
WHA Totals			467	62	265	327	618
AHL Totals			299	35	123	158	536
OHA Totals			137	16	59	75	0

[edit] Playoffs


Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	P	PIM
1963-64	St. Louis Braves	CPHL	6	0	1	1	17
1964-65	Buffalo Bisons	AHL	9	0	1	1	29
1966-67	Hershey Bears	AHL	3	0	0	0	2
1967-68	Springfield Kings	AHL	4	0	0	0	4
1967-68	Los Angeles Kings	NHL	3	1	0	1	4
1969-70	Detroit Red Wings	NHL	1	0	0	0	0
1972-73	Houston Aeros	WHA	10	2	9	11	23
1973-74	Houston Aeros	WHA	14	1	14	15	22
1974-75	Houston Aeros	WHA	13	1	10	11	34
1975-76	Houston Aeros	WHA	17	3	5	8	16
1976-77	Houston Aeros	WHA	11	0	7	7	10
1977-78	Houston Aeros	WHA	6	0	2	2	13
NHL Totals			4	1	0	1	4
WHA Totals			71	7	47	54	118