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Michael Joseph "Mike Mikita" Pelyk (born September 29, 1947) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 441 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 150 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA). He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Blazers, and Cincinnati Stingers.

Mike Pelyk
Born	(1947-09-29) September 29, 1947 (age 74) Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight	188 lb (85 kg; 13 st 6 lb)
Position	Defense
Shot	Left
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Blazers Cincinnati Stingers
NHL Draft	17th overall, 1964 Toronto Maple Leafs
Playing career	1967–1978

Pelyk attended Michael Power St. Joseph High School in Etobicoke, Ontario. Although a gifted skater, Pelyk struggled with inconsistency early in his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. In the 1973–74 season he seemed to be finally reaching his potential, leading Leaf defensemen with 12 goals,[1] when he was lured away from the Leafs with a million-dollar contact to the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA. However, he was never quite able to return to the potential shown in the 1973–74 season either in his two years in the WHA, or with his return to the NHL with the Maple Leafs in 1976. After two years alternating between the NHL and CHL he retired in 1978.[2][3]

Mike Pelyk was captain of the WHA Cincinnati Stingers for the 1975–76 season.[4]

References

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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Michael Joseph „Mike“ Pelyk (* 29. September 1947 in Etobicoke, Ontario) ist ein ehemaliger kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der im Verlauf seiner aktiven Karriere zwischen 1965 und 1978 unter anderem 481 Spiele für die Toronto Maple Leafs in der National Hockey League (NHL) sowie 150 weitere für die Vancouver Blazers und Cincinnati Stingers in der World Hockey Association (WHA) auf der Position des Verteidigers bestritten hat. Pelyk fungierte in der Saison 1975/76 als Mannschaftskapitän der Cincinnati Stingers.

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