Brent Imlach (November 16, 1946 – March 28, 2017) was a Canadian professional

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player, and a son of

Punch Imlach George "Punch" Imlach (March 15, 1918 – December 1, 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey coach and general manager best known for his association with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Buffalo Sabres. He is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, an ...

. He played three games with the

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during the 1965–66 and 1966–67 seasons. He was a graduate of

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Life and career

After his professional hockey career, Imlach then enrolled at

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's (UWO)

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and played with UWO's OQAA team for two seasons. After graduating with an HBA in 1970, he rejected a contract from the Maple Leafs because he thought the contract was not generous enough and his signing rights were traded to the

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in 1970, although he never played a game with the Sabres. He continued his college hockey career with the

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and

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. He graduated from York with a Masters in business administration. Imlach went on to work for Molson Breweries as a director of advertising, and ran the

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as general manager (GM) from 1989 to 1997. As GM, he won the Pacific Coast League Executive of the Year award in 1993. He died in March 2017.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

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