Ron Plumb

Ronald William Plumb (born July 17, 1950 in Kingston, Ontario) is a retired Canadian ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career

A Peterborough Petes junior player who won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the league's best defenceman in 1970, Plumb was drafted 9th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft. After two seasons with the Bruins' Central Hockey League farm club Oklahoma City Blazers, he jumped to the World Hockey Association Philadelphia Blazers in 1972.

In the WHA Plumb won the Dennis A. Murphy Trophy as the WHA's best defenceman in 1977, and for being selected a First or Second Team All-Star for much of the league's history.

He remained with the Blazers as they moved to Vancouver in the following season. Plumb then played for the San Diego Mariners in 1975, the Cincinnati Stingers for the following three seasons, and the New England Whalers. He then played one season in the National Hockey League with the Hartford Whalers, remaining in the organization for two more years, but playing in the AHL with the Springfield Indians.

Plumb followed his North American pro career with three seasons in Europe, 1983 with Freiburg ERC in the 2.Bundesliga, then 1984–1986 with the Fife Flyers in the British Hockey League.

Honours

Plumb was inducted into the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame on May 2, 2008.[1]

In 2010, he was elected as an inaugural inductee into the World Hockey Association Hall of Fame.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1967-68Peterborough PetesOHA473192238
1968-69Peterborough PetesOHA534101457
1969-70Peterborough PetesOHA5416294577
1970-71Oklahoma City BlazersCHL723192273500012
1971-72Oklahoma City BlazersCHL721042529061238
1972-73Philadelphia BlazersWHA7810415166402213
1973-74Vancouver BlazersWHA756323840----------
1974-75San Diego MarinersWHA78103848561023519
1975-76Cincinnati StingersWHA8010364631----------
1976-77Cincinnati StingersWHA791158695241230
1977-78New England WhalersWHA271910181415616
1977-78Cincinnati StingersWHA5413344745----------
1978-79New England WhalersWHA78416203391340
1979-80Springfield IndiansAHL522202242----------
1979-80Hartford WhalersNHL2634714----------
1980-81Springfield IndiansAHL7911516215073698
1981-82Springfield IndiansAHL804313556----------
1982-83Freiburg ERC2.GBun4614385272
1984-85Fife FlyersBHL3626548088
1985-86Fife FlyersBHL3620517176----------
NHL totals 26 3 4 7 14
WHA totals 549 65 264 329 341 41 5 15 20 48

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Preceded by
Rick MacLeish
Boston Bruins first round draft pick
1970
Succeeded by
Bob Stewart