Dennis Frederick McCord (July 28, 1952 – February 7, 2005) was a professional

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player who played three games in the

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for the

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in 1974. Born in

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, McCord played his junior hockey for the

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and was selected 115th overall in the

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by the

. A skilled defender, he turned pro the following season and was assigned to the

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, Vancouver's top minor-league affiliate. McCord turned in two solid seasons in Seattle, posting totals of 28 and 37 points, and established himself as a solid NHL prospect. At the close of the 1973–74 campaign, McCord was given a three-game callup to Vancouver, which seemed to bode well for the future. However, his career would be derailed by injuries, and was able to appear in only 26 games for Seattle the following season. After one more season in the minors with the

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, he retired in 1976. McCord died in 2005. In 2008, he was posthumously elected to the Chatham Sports Hall of Fame in his hometown of Chatham, Ontario.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:McCord, Dennis 1952 births 2005 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Fort Wayne Komets players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kitchener Rangers players London Knights players Seattle Totems (CHL) players Seattle Totems (WHL) players Sportspeople from Chatham-Kent Toronto Marlboros players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Vancouver Canucks draft picks Vancouver Canucks players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States