Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954) is a

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former

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player who played nine seasons in the

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(NHL) for the

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and

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. He won the 1974 Memorial Cup with the Regina Pats and the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings. Joly was drafted first overall in the

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by the

from the Regina Pats. Washington's general manager, Milt Schmidt, referred to Joly at the time as "the next Bobby Orr", but over his nine seasons playing with Washington (1974–76) and the

(1976–83), Joly spent parts of seven seasons on the

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(AHL)

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s of those two organizations. After playing 365

(NHL) games over the course of those nine seasons, Joly played his final three years of professional hockey in the AHL. He is considered to have been a draft bust. Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium. Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House,

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Career statistics

Awards

* WCHL All-Star Team – 1973 & 1974

References

External links

*
Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Joly, Greg 1954 births Living people Adirondack Red Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Detroit Red Wings players Ice hockey people from Alberta First overall NHL draft picks NHL first-round draft picks People from Clearwater County, Alberta Regina Pats players Richmond Robins players Springfield Indians players Washington Capitals draft picks Washington Capitals players 20th-century Canadian sportsmen