Henry Lewis Morrison (born February 11, 1948) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey
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player who played 564
National Hockey League
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(NHL) games for the
Philadelphia Flyers
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,
Atlanta Flames
The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta from 1972 until 1980. They played home games in the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along wi ...
,
Washington Capitals
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and
Pittsburgh Penguins
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between 1969 and 1978. Morrison played junior with the
Flin Flon Bombers
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of the
Western Canada Hockey League
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The WCHL's Victoria ...
, and was selected by the Flyers 8th overall in the
1968 NHL Amateur Draft. He made his professional debut that year with the Flyers'
American Hockey League
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affiliate, the
Quebec Aces
The Quebec Aces, also known in French as Les As de Québec, were an amateur and later a professional men's ice hockey team from Quebec City, Quebec.
History
The Aces were founded in 1928 by Anglo-Canadian Pulp and Paper Mills, the name Aces stan ...
, and joined Philadelphia for the
1969–70 season. After three seasons with the Flyers Morrison was claimed by the expansion
Atlanta Flames
The Atlanta Flames were a professional ice hockey team based in Atlanta from 1972 until 1980. They played home games in the Omni Coliseum and were members of the West and later Patrick divisions of the National Hockey League (NHL). Along wi ...
in 1972, and played two seasons there before joining another expansion team, the
Washington Capitals
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. He briefly played for Washington before being traded to the
Pittsburgh Penguins
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, where he would play the last four years of his career.
Morrison was born in
Gainsborough, Saskatchewan and raised in
Hartney,
Manitoba
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Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
External links
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1948 births
Living people
Atlanta Flames players
Binghamton Dusters players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Canadian people of Scottish descent
Flin Flon Bombers players
Ice hockey people from Manitoba
Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
Philadelphia Flyers draft picks
Philadelphia Flyers players
Pittsburgh Penguins players
Quebec Aces (AHL) players
Richmond Robins players
Washington Capitals players
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