Al Karlander
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1946)}}
{{BLP sources|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
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| image_size = 230px
| position = Centre
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 170
| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
New England Whalers
Indianapolis Racers
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|11|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Lac la Hache, British Columbia, Canada
| draft = 17th overall
| draft_year = 1967
| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
| career_start = 1969
| career_end = 1977
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Allan David Karlander (born November 5, 1946) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 212 games in the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1973 and 269 games in the World Hockey Association between 1973 and 1977. He was the first collegiate player selected in the NHL Draft. He played for the Detroit Red Wings, New England Whalers, and Indianapolis Racers.
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 | ||||||||
| 1964–65
| CA-HS | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1965–66 | WCHA | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67
| Michigan Tech | WCHA | 29 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1967–68 | Michigan Tech | WCHA | 32 | 22 | 13 | 35 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1968–69
| Michigan Tech | WCHA | 32 | 31 | 13 | 44 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1969–70 | NHL | 41 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 6
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 1969–70
| CHL | 24 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 23 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71
| Fort Worth Wings | CHL | 48 | 30 | 28 | 58 | 40
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
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| 1971–72 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 71 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 29
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 77 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 25
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1973–74 | WHA | 77 | 20 | 41 | 61 | 46
| 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| 1974–75
| New England Whalers | WHA | 48 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 2
| 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1974–75 | NAHL | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| WHA | 79 | 16 | 28 | 44 | 36
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
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| 1976–77 | Indianapolis Racers | WHA | 65 | 17 | 28 | 45 | 23
| 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 269 !! 60 !! 111 !! 171 !! 107 ! 21 !! 3 !! 7 !! 10 !! 6 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 212 !! 36 !! 56 !! 92 !! 70 ! 4 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0 |
Awards and honors
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-WCHA Second Team
| 1967–68 | |
| All-WCHA First Team
| 1968–69 | |
| AHCA West All-American
| 1968–69 | |
| NCAA All-Tournament Second Team
| 1969 |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats}}
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:Canadian ice hockey centres
Category:Detroit Red Wings draft picks
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Fort Worth Wings players
Category:Ice hockey people from British Columbia
Category:Indianapolis Racers players
Category:Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:New England Whalers players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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