Sandy Snow Explained

Birth Date:November 11, 1946
Birth Place:Glace Bay, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:175
Position:Winger
Shoots:Right
Played For:Detroit Red Wings
Career Start:1966
Career End:1974

William Alexander "Sandy" Snow (born November 11, 1946) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger. Snow played three games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1968–69 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1966 to 1974, was spent in the minor leagues.

Early life

Snow was born in Glace Bay. He started his career playing on five different teams from 1963 to 1969. He began play in the juniors with the Hamilton Red Wings of the OHA Jr. League and the Weyburn Red Wings of the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. Snow scored 182 points in his first four years of junior hockey before getting his shot at competing at a higher level.

Career

Brought up for four games with the Memphis Wings of the CPHL in the 1965–66 season, Snow only recorded one assist, but the coaches saw promise and Snow returned to the lineup the following season as a member of the newly named Fort Worth Wings. He recorded 26 points in the 56 games season and helped Fort Worth in the playoffs by adding another three. The following season Snow improved on those numbers by scoring 34 points in 60 games. He was called up by the Detroit Red Wings to fill in on the fourth line. However, he only played three games, recording two penalty minutes before being traded to the New York Rangers, along with Terry Sawchuk, for Larry Jeffrey on June 17, 1969. The Rangers turned around and traded Snow to the Phoenix Roadrunners of the Western Hockey League along with Don Caley for Peter McDuffe on July 3, 1969.

Snow knocked in 17 goals and 14 assists for Phoenix in 1969–70 and added one goal the following year before being traded to the Kansas City Blues of the Central Hockey League in December 1970. He played in only 12 games before joined the Flint Generals of the International Hockey League to finish out the season. For the next three seasons Snow regained his scoring touch, knocking in 65 goals and 85 assists for the Generals. The 1973–74 season saw Snow join the Brantford Foresters of the OHA Senior A Hockey League and play his last nine games of his career, ending with five points. He retired at the end of the season in 1974.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1963–64Hamilton Red WingsOHA41 11 15 26 17
1964–65Weyburn Red WingsSJHL49 46 30 76 3515 13 10 23 24
1965–66Hamilton Red WingsOHA46 22 25 47 645 2 0 2 0
1965–66Memphis WingsCHL4 0 1 1 0
1966–67Hamilton Red WingsOHA48 13 20 33 528 1 1 2 8
1967–68Fort Worth WingsCHL56 13 13 26 1711 1 2 3 4
1968–69Detroit Red WingsNHL3 0 0 0 2
1968–69Fort Worth WingsCHL60 13 21 34 19
1969–70Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL72 17 14 31 10
1970–71Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL11 1 0 1 5
1970–71Kansas City BluesCHL12 2 4 6 2
1970–71Flint GeneralsIHL26 7 23 30 47 3 4 7 0
1971–72Flint GeneralsIHL55 30 27 57 84 0 2 2 0
1972–73Flint GeneralsIHL63 28 35 63 122 1 0 1 0
1973–74Brantford ForestersOHA Sr9 3 2 5 0
CHL totals132 28 39 67 3811 1 2 3 4
IHL totals144 65 85 150 2413 4 6 10 0
NHL totals3 0 0 0 2