| Position: | Defense |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 188 |
| Birth Date: | February 15, 1947 |
| Birth Place: | Etobicoke, Ontario, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1967 |
| Career End: | 1978 |
| Played For: | Toronto Maple Leafs Vancouver Blazers Cincinnati Stingers |
| Draft: | 17th overall |
| Draft Team: | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| Draft Year: | 1964 |
Michael Joseph Pelyk (born September 29, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 441 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 150 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1967 and 1978. He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Blazers, and Cincinnati Stingers.
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]
Pelyk was captain of the WHA Cincinnati Stingers for the 1975–76 season.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1964–65 | Westclair York Steel | MetJBHL | 25 | 2 | 21 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | York Steel | MetJBHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 17 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Toronto Marlboros | OHA | 48 | 2 | 18 | 20 | 146 | 17 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 35 | ||
| 1966–67 | Toronto Marlboros | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 37 | ||
| 1967–68 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 47 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 131 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 65 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 146 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1969–70 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 36 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 73 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 54 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
| 1971–72 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 46 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 44 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1972–73 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 72 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 118 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 71 | 12 | 19 | 31 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Vancouver Blazers | WHA | 75 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 121 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 75 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 117 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1976–77 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 62 | 9 | 26 | 35 | 73 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 41 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 14 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | ||
| 1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 32 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| WHA totals | 150 | 24 | 49 | 73 | 238 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 441 | 26 | 88 | 114 | 566 | 40 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 41 | ||||