Chuck Lefley

Lefley in 1980

Charles Thomas Lefley (born January 20, 1950) is a retired Canadian ice hockey forward.

Lefley was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Drafted by the Montreal Canadiens sixth overall in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft, Lefley started his National Hockey League career with Montreal in 1971. He was traded on Nov. 28, 1974 to the St. Louis Blues for Don Awrey. In 1975-76 he set a Blues franchise record by scoring 43 goals, a record later broken by Wayne Babych. Lefley, whose older brother Bryan Lefley spent five seasons in the NHL, left the Blues in 1977-78, joining Jokerit Helsinki for one season scoring 12 goals and 11 assists in 24 games. He returned to the Blues in 1979-80, playing parts of two seasons before retiring after the 1981 season. He won two Stanley Cups with the 1971 and 1973 Montreal Canadiens.

Awards and achievements

MJHL Rookie of Year (1966)
Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1966)
Played in the World Championships for Team Canada (1969)
Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1972)
Stanley Cup Championship (1971, 1973)
“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics

Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes

			Regular season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1969–70	Brandon Wheat Kings	WCHL	7	6	6	12	0	—	—	—	—	—
1970–71	Montreal Canadiens*	NHL	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0
1970–71	Montreal Voyageurs	AHL	48	16	19	35	33	3	1	1	2	2
1971–72	Nova Scotia Voyageurs	AHL	45	15	30	45	18	15	7	7	14	0
1971–72	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	16	0	2	2	0	-	-	-	-	-
1972–73	Montreal Canadiens*	NHL	65	21	25	46	22	17	3	5	8	6
1973–74	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	74	23	31	54	34	6	0	1	1	0
1974–75	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	18	1	2	3	4	-	-	-	-	-
1974–75	St. Louis Blues	NHL	57	23	26	49	24	2	0	0	0	2
1975–76	St. Louis Blues	NHL	75	43	42	85	41	2	2	1	3	0
1976–77	St. Louis Blues	NHL	71	11	30	41	12	1	0	1	1	2
1977–78	Jokerit Helsinki	SM-liiga	24	11	12	23	12	-	-	-	-	-
1979–80	St. Louis Blues	NHL	28	6	6	12	0	-	-	-	-	-
1980–81	St. Louis Blues	NHL	2	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals			407	128	164	292	137	29	5	8	13	10

*Name was engraved on the Stanley Cup.

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Preceded by Ray Martyniuk	Montreal Canadiens first round draft pick 1970	Succeeded by Guy Lafleur

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