Al Cameron
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1955)}}
{{No footnotes|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| caption =
| alt =
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Defenceman
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 190
| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Winnipeg Jets
| ntl_team =
| name = Al Cameron
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|10|21|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| draft = 37th overall
| draft_year = 1975
| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1981
}}
Alan Richard Cameron (born October 21, 1955) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Cameron played two seasons with the New Westminster Bruins of the WHL, from 1973 to 1975, where in the last year, the Bruins advanced to the Memorial Cup finals, eventually losing to the Toronto Marlboros.
He was drafted 37th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft and eventually played 282 games with the Red Wings and the Winnipeg Jets in the NHL.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1972–73
| BCJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | WCHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| New Westminster Bruins | WCHL | 67 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 90
| 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 24 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | New Westminster Bruins | WCHL | 69 | 10 | 26 | 36 | 184
| 16 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 54 |
| 1974–75
| New Westminster Bruins | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | NHL | 38 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 49
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| IHL | 43 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 71
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1976–77 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 80 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 112
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977–78
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 63 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 94
| 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | CHL | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978–79
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1978–79 | Kansas City Red Wings | CHL | 64 | 5 | 25 | 30 | 89
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1979–80
| NHL | 63 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 72
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | CHL | 15 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81
| Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 29 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 21
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 42 | 6 | 26 | 32 | 38
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 282 !! 11 !! 44 !! 55 !! 356 ! 7 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 |
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=12190}}
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Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen
Category:Detroit Red Wings draft picks
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Kalamazoo Wings (1974–2000) players
Category:Kansas City Red Wings players
Category:New Westminster Bruins players
Category:Ice hockey people from Edmonton
Category:Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
Category:Winnipeg Jets (1979–1996) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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