Henry Lewis Morrison (February 11, 1948 – July 15, 2023) was a Canadian professional

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player who played 564

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(NHL) games for the

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Washington Capitals The Washington Capitals (colloquially known as the Caps) are a professional ice hockey team based in Washington, D.C. The Capitals compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NH ...

, and

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between 1969 and 1978. Morrison played junior with the

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of the

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, and was selected by the Flyers 8th overall in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Flyers'

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affiliate, the

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, and joined Philadelphia for the 1969–70 season. After three seasons with the Flyers Morrison was claimed by the expansion

in 1972, and played two seasons there before joining another expansion team, the

. He briefly played for Washington before being traded to the

, where he would play the last four years of his career. Morrison was born in

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and raised in

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. He was elected into the

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in 2017. He died on July 15, 2023, at the age of 75.

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Regular season and playoffs

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