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Lynn Nicholas Libett (born December 9, 1945)[1] is a Canadian retired ice hockey player. He played 12 years in the National Hockey League as a left winger for the Detroit Red Wings (1967–79) and Pittsburgh Penguins (1979–1981). In 982 career games, he scored 504 points, and was captain of the Red Wings on two occasions during the 1970s.

Nick Libett
Born (1945-12-09) December 9, 1945 (age 76)
Stratford, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins
National team  Canada
Playing career 19631981

Career


Libett was born in 1945 at Stratford, Ontario.[1] He played youth hockey with the Stratford Pee Wees and the Stratford Junior Braves.[2]


Professional hockey


Libett played junior hockey with the Hamilton Red Wings from 1962 to 1966, and began his professional hockey career with the Memphis Wings (1965–67) and Fort Worth Wings (1967-68).[1]

Libett made his NHL debut with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1967-68 season. He was a starter at left wing for Detroit for 11 consecutive seasons from 1968-69 through the 1978-79 season. He led the NHL in games played four times, scored at least 20 goals six times, averaged over 50 points a season from 1971 to 1975, represented Detroit in the 1977 NHL All-Star Game, and finished seventh in the voting for the Frank J. Selke Trophy during the 1978-79 season.[1] He played in the playoffs only twice in his twelve seasons with the Red Wings.

On August 3, 1979, Libett was traded by the Red Wings to the Pittsburgh Penguins in exchange for Pete Mahovlich.[3] He played two season with the Penguins, retiring after the 1980-81 season at age 35.[1]


Family and later years


After retiring from hockey, Libett continued to live in metropolitan Detroit, working for Decoma, an automotive supplier and subsidiary of Magna International.[4] He survived non-Hodgkins lymphoma in the late 1980s.[5]

Libett and his wife, Jacqueline B. Libett, had three children: Stephanie, Christopher and Kathleen. Jacqueline died in 2019; they had been married for 53 years.[6]


Career statistics



Regular season and playoffs


Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1961–62 Stratford Cullitons CJHL
1962–63 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 3214521
1963–64 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 4923194258
1963–64 Cincinnati Wings CPHL 30220
1964–65 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 5124376160
1965–66 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 4222224439 52136
1965–66 Memphis Wings CPHL 41012
1966–67 Memphis Wings CPHL 6212183030 72244
1967–68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 2221312
1967–68 San Diego Gulls WHL 104260
1967–68 Fort Worth Wings CPHL 4011283922
1968–69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7510142434
1969–70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7620204039 42022
1970–71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7816132925
1971–72 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7731225350
1972–73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7819345356
1973–74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6724244837
1974–75 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8023285139
1975–76 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8020264671
1976–77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8014274125
1977–78 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8023224546 73140
1978–79 Detroit Red Wings NHL 6815193420
1979–80 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 7814122614 51120
1980–81 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 4366124
NHL Totals 982237268505472 166282

International


Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1979 Canada WC 81014
Senior totals 81014

References


  1. "Nick Libett NHL Statistics". Hockey-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved May 25, 2014.
  2. "Stratford Sports Wall of Fame 2013 - Athlete: Nick Libett". City of Stratford. Archived from the original on 2021-12-21. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  3. "Pens Get Libett For Mahovlich". The Pittsburgh Press. August 3, 1979 via Newspapers.com.
  4. Jerry Green (February 16, 1997). "Ex-Wing Libett still skating". Detroit Free Press via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Libbett can relate". Detroit Free Press. July 31, 1994 via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Jacqueline B. Libett". Legacy.com. Retrieved July 5, 2020.


Preceded by Detroit Red Wings captain
1973
Succeeded by
Preceded by Detroit Red Wings captain
1979
with Paul Woods
Succeeded by

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[de] Nick Libett

Lynn Nicholas „Nick“ Libett (* 9. Dezember 1945 in Stratford, Ontario) ist ein ehemaliger kanadischer Eishockeyspieler, der in seiner aktiven Zeit von 1963 bis 1981 unter anderem für die Detroit Red Wings und Pittsburgh Penguins in der National Hockey League spielte.
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