Barry Legge Explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:186
Played For:Michigan Stags
Baltimore Blades

Cleveland Crusaders
Denver Spurs
Ottawa Civics
Cincinnati Stingers
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Quebec Nordiques
Winnipeg Jets
Birth Date:October 22, 1954
Birth Place:Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Draft:61st overall
Draft Year:1974
Draft Team:Montreal Canadiens
Wha Draft:34th overall
Wha Draft Year:1974
Wha Draft Team:Michigan Stags
Career Start:1974
Career End:1982

Barry Graham Legge (born October 22, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 107 games in the National Hockey League and 345 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Winnipeg Jets, Quebec Nordiques, Michigan Stags, Baltimore Blades, Denver Spurs, Ottawa Civics, Cleveland Crusaders, Minnesota Fighting Saints, and Cincinnati Stingers.

Career

After five full seasons in the WHA, Barry Legge spent part of three seasons with the Quebec Nordiques and the Winnipeg Jets from 1979-80 to 1981-82. He was well known for his defensive play from a very young age. The Winnipeg native first made a name for himself with the Fort St. James Canadians before joining the hometown Jets of the WCJHL. After being selected in the 4th round of the 1974 NHL Draft by the Montreal Canadiens, Legge opted to join the Michigan Stags of the WHA, who had selected him in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft and ended up playing on half a dozen teams before the league disbanded in 1979. Legge's best season was a 29-point effort on the Cincinnati Stingers in 1976-77. Following the NHL/WHA merger, the Winnipeg Jets claimed Legge off the Stingers' roster. A few days later he was traded to the Nordiques for rugged defenceman Barry Melrose. He recorded three assists in 31 games for the Nords, but his season ended on a sour note when he refused an assignment to the minor leagues and was suspended by the team as a result. After the season, Legge was sent to the Jets for cash and split the next two seasons between the NHL and the CHL's Tulsa Oilers. He retired the next year after playing 38 games for Winnipeg and battling injuries.[1]

  1. Web site: NHL Stats, History, Scores, & Records Hockey-Reference.com. Hockey-Reference.com. 2016-11-28.

With the Michigan Stags and Baltimore Blades as a rookie, and the following year with the Cleveland Crusaders, he was a teammate of namesake Randy Legge; however the two were not related.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1970–71St. James CanadiansMJHL47 7 22 29 98
1971–72Winnipeg JetsWCHL61 1 16 17 138
1972–73Winnipeg JetsWCHL63 10 43 53 161
1973–74Winnipeg ClubsWCHL66 13 34 47 198
1974–75Greensboro GeneralsSHL37 3 16 19 60
1974–75Michigan Stags/Baltimore BladesWHA36 3 18 21 20
1975–76Denver Spurs/Ottawa CivicsWHA40 6 8 14 15
1975–76Cleveland CrusadersWHA35 0 7 7 223 0 1 1 12
1976–77Minnesota Fighting SaintsWHA2 0 0 0 0
1976–77Cincinnati StingersWHA74 7 22 29 394 0 0 0 0
1977–78Cincinnati StingersWHA78 7 17 24 114
1978–79Cincinnati StingersWHA80 3 8 11 1313 0 4 4 0
1979–80Syracuse FirebirdsAHL5 0 1 1 4
1979–80Quebec NordiquesNHL31 0 3 3 18
1980–81Tulsa OilersCHL25 2 4 6 88
1980–81Winnipeg JetsNHL38 0 6 6 69
1981–82Tulsa OilersCHL1 0 1 1 0
1981–82Winnipeg JetsNHL38 1 2 3 57
WHA totals345 26 80 106 34110 0 5 5 12
NHL totals107 1 11 12 144