Ronald William Plumb (born July 17, 1950) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman. Ron is the brother of Robert Plumb.

Playing career

Plumb was born in Kingston, Ontario. A Peterborough Petes junior player who won the Max Kaminsky Trophy as the league's best defenceman in 1970, Plumb was drafted ninth overall by the Boston Bruins in the

1970 NHL Amateur Draft The 1970 NHL Amateur Draft was the eighth NHL Entry Draft. It was held on June 11, 1970, the day after the 1970 Expansion Draft, at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The last active player in the NHL from this draft class was Bil ...

. After two seasons with their Central Hockey League farm club Oklahoma City Blazers, the Bruins protected him in the June, 1972 expansion draft. But with little chance to play with the veteran-laden NHL team, he jumped to the unproven

World Hockey Association The World Hockey Association (french: Association mondiale de hockey) was a professional ice hockey major league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major league to compete with the National Hockey League (NHL) ...

Philadelphia Blazers The Philadelphia Blazers were an ice hockey franchise in the World Hockey Association (WHA) for the 1972–73 WHA season based in Philadelphia. The team's home ice was the Philadelphia Convention Hall and Civic Center. The franchise was origina ...

only weeks later. He remained with the Blazers as they moved to

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in the following season. Plumb then played for the

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1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, the

Cincinnati Stingers The Cincinnati Stingers were an ice hockey team based in Cincinnati that played in the World Hockey Association from 1975 to 1979 and in the Central Hockey League during the 1979–80 season. Their home arena was Riverfront Coliseum. They are ...

for the following three seasons, and the

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. He then played one season in the

National Hockey League The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey sports league, league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranke ...

with the

Hartford Whalers The Hartford Whalers were a professional ice hockey team based for most of its existence in Hartford, Connecticut. The club played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) from 1972–73 WHA season, 1972 until 1978–79 WHA season, 1979, and in the ...

, remaining in the organization for two more years, but playing in the AHL with the

Springfield Indians The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existe ...

. In the WHA, Plumb won the

Dennis A. Murphy Trophy The Dennis A. Murphy Trophy was presented annually to the World Hockey Association's best defenceman. It was named in honour of WHA co-founder Dennis Murphy. Winners *1973 – J. C. Tremblay, Quebec Nordiques *1974 – Pat Stapleton ...

as the WHA's best defenceman in

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, and was also selected a First or Second Team All-Star for much of the league's history. His total of 549 career games in the WHA is the second most overall, trailing only the 551 games played by André Lacroix. Lacroix was his teammate in Philadelphia, San Diego and New England. Plumb followed his North American pro career with three seasons in

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, 1983 with

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in the

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, then 1984–1986 with the

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in the

British Hockey League The British Hockey League was the top-flight ice hockey league in the United Kingdom from 1980 until 1996 (with a short break between 1981 and 1982), when it was replaced by the Ice Hockey Superleague and the British National League. The league r ...

Honours

Plumb was inducted into the

Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame Leon's Centre (formerly K-Rock Centre, and Rogers K-Rock Centre) is an indoor arena in downtown Kingston, Ontario. Opened in 2008, it is the home of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League. History The arena was designed by Brisbin ...

on May 2, 2008. In 2010, he was elected as an inaugural inductee into the

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Plumb, Ron 1950 births Living people Boston Bruins draft picks Canadian ice hockey defencemen Cincinnati Stingers players Fife Flyers players EHC Freiburg players Hartford Whalers players Ice hockey people from Ontario Sportspeople from Kingston, Ontario National Hockey League first-round draft picks New England Whalers players Oklahoma City Blazers (1965–1977) players Peterborough Petes (ice hockey) players Philadelphia Blazers players San Diego Mariners players Springfield Indians players Vancouver Blazers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

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