Earl Waldemar Heiskala (born November 30, 1942, in

Kirkland Lake Kirkland Lake is a town and municipality in Timiskaming District, Ontario, Timiskaming District of Northeastern Ontario. The 2021 population, according to Statistics Canada, was 7,750. The community name was based on a nearby lake which in turn ...

Ontario Ontario is the southernmost Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada. Located in Central Canada, Ontario is the Population of Canada by province and territory, country's most populous province. As of the 2021 Canadian census, it ...

) is a Canadian retired professional

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey in North America) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an Ice rink, ice skating rink with Ice hockey rink, lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. Tw ...

player. He played 127 games in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; , ''LNH'') is a professional ice hockey league in North America composed of 32 teams25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. The NHL is one of the major professional sports leagues in the United States and Cana ...

with the

Philadelphia Flyers The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia. The Flyers compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team play ...

from 1968 to 1971 and 94 games in the

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association () was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 to 1978–79 WHA season, 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (N ...

with the

Los Angeles Sharks The Los Angeles Sharks were an ice hockey team that played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972 to 1974. Their primary home arena was the Los Angeles Memorial Sports Arena but they sometimes played at the Long Beach Sports Arena when t ...

from 1972 to 1974. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1963 to 1974, was spent in the minor leagues. Heiskala is of Finnish descent.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

External links

* 1942 births Living people Canadian ice hockey left wingers Canadian people of Finnish descent Cincinnati Wings players Greensboro Generals (SHL) players Hamilton Red Wings (OHA) players Ice hockey people from Kirkland Lake Los Angeles Sharks players Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players Philadelphia Flyers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Quebec Aces (AHL) players San Diego Gulls (WHL) players Seattle Totems (WHL) players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen {{canada-icehockey-winger-1940s-stub