Butch Williams
{{Short description|American ice hockey player (born 1952)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| position = Right Wing
| played_for = St. Louis Blues
California Golden Seals
Edmonton Oilers
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 195
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|9|11}}
| birth_place = Duluth, Minnesota, U.S.A.
| ntl_team = USA
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1972
| career_end = 1978
}}
Warren Milton "Butch" Williams (born September 11, 1952) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 108 games in the National Hockey League in 1974–76. He played for the California Golden Seals and St. Louis Blues and also represented the United States in the 1976 Canada Cup. Williams finished his major league career in 1977 with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association and also played for Team USA at the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championship.
He and his older brother Tom Williams were the first American brothers to play in the NHL.
From 2010 to 2013, for three seasons, Butch was the owner and general manager of the Duluth Clydesdales, a Junior A hockey club playing in the Superior International Junior Hockey League.
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 | ||||||||
| 1970–71
| OHA | 53 | 5 | 21 | 26 | 43
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1971–72 | Oshawa Generals | OHA | 23 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 51
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971–72
| OHA | 24 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 50
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 41 |
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| 1972–73 | EHL | 54 | 22 | 42 | 64 | 129
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| WHL | 13 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 15
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 |
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| 1973–74 | Denver Spurs | WHL | 35 | 13 | 11 | 24 | 86
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| NHL | 31 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | Denver Spurs | CHL | 14 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 29
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974–75
| NHL | 63 | 11 | 21 | 32 | 118
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1975–76 | CHL | 60 | 31 | 46 | 77 | 171
| 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 24 |
| 1975–76
| California Golden Seals | NHL | 14 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1976–77 | AHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| WHA | 29 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 29 !! 3 !! 10 !! 13 !! 16 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 108 !! 14 !! 35 !! 49 !! 131 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=International=
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! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||
| 1976
| CC | 3 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
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| 1977 | United States | WC | 10 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals ! 13 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 24 |
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=14694}}
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Category:American men's ice hockey right wingers
Category:California Golden Seals players
Category:Clinton Comets players
Category:Denver Spurs (WHL) players
Category:Edmonton Oilers (WHA) players
Category:Ice hockey people from Duluth, Minnesota
Category:Niagara Falls Flyers (1960–1972) players
Category:Oshawa Generals players
Category:Rhode Island Reds players
Category:St. Louis Blues players
Category:Salt Lake Golden Eagles (CHL) players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
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