Dale Rolfe Explained

Position:Defence
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:4
Weight Lb:195
Played For:Boston Bruins
Los Angeles Kings
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Birth Date:April 30, 1940
Birth Place:Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1956
Career End:1975

Dale Roland Carl Rolfe (born April 30, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played for four teams in the National Hockey League between 1960 and 1975. He spent his junior career with the Barrie Flyers through the 1956–57 and 1959–60 seasons. During the 1959–60 NHL season, Rolfe played three games with the Boston Bruins as well as two games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL.

Professional career

Rolfe then spent the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. Rolfe then moved to the American Hockey League where he spent the next season with the Hershey Bears and the following four seasons with the Springfield Indians. In the 1967–68 season, he returned to the National Hockey League, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. He played for the Kings until he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1970. Rolfe stayed with Detroit for the remainder of the 1969–70 season and the majority of the 1970–71 season before being traded to the New York Rangers for Jim Krulicki where he would spend the rest of his professional career, retiring after the 1974–75 NHL season. Rolfe played a total of 509 NHL regular season games with 25 goals, 125 assists, and 556 penalty minutes.

He was recognized by opponents to be a smart defender who used tremendous reach and strength to play the puck or take a man out of the play.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1956–57Barrie FlyersOHA52 18 16 34 373 0 0 0 2
1957–58Barrie FlyersOHA50 5 22 27 834 0 0 0 8
1958–59Barrie FlyersOHA44 9 25 34 1326 1 4 5 24
1959–60Barrie FlyersOHA48 8 39 47 1276 1 6 7 25
1959–60Boston BruinsNHL3 0 0 0 0
1959–60Kingston FrontenacsEPHL2 0 1 1 2
1960–61Portland BuckaroosWHL70 4 12 16 5214 2 5 7 8
1961–62Portland BuckaroosWHL70 7 15 22 657 1 2 3 8
1962–63Hershey BearsAHL53 3 9 12 7811 1 3 4 26
1963–64Springfield IndiansAHL71 2 16 18 103
1964–65Springfield IndiansAHL69 10 25 35 68
1965–66Springfield IndiansAHL71 5 27 32 946 0 1 1 16
1966–67Springfield IndiansAHL67 14 35 49 94
1967–68Los Angeles KingsNHL68 3 13 16 847 0 1 1 14
1967–68Springfield IndiansAHL6 1 5 6 2
1968–69Los Angeles KingsNHL75 3 19 22 8510 0 4 4 8
1969–70Los Angeles KingsNHL55 1 9 10 77
1969–70Detroit Red WingsNHL20 2 9 11 124 0 2 2 8
1970–71Detroit Red WingsNHL44 3 9 12 48
1970–71New York RangersNHL14 0 7 7 2313 0 1 1 14
1971–72New York RangersNHL68 2 14 16 6716 4 3 7 16
1972–73New York RangersNHL72 7 25 32 748 0 5 5 6
1973–74New York RangersNHL48 3 12 15 5613 1 8 9 23
1974–75New York RangersNHL42 1 8 9 30
NHL totals509 25 125 150 55671 5 24 29 89