Danny Gruen
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)}}
{{No footnotes|date=September 2023}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| position = Left Wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 190
| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades
Cleveland Crusaders
Colorado Rockies
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Calgary Cowboys
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|6|26|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Thunder Bay, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 58th overall
| draft_year = 1972
| draft_team = Detroit Red Wings
| career_start = 1972
| career_end = 1983
}}
Daniel Patrick Gruen (born June 26, 1952) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 49 games in the National Hockey League and 181 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Colorado Rockies, Detroit Red Wings, Michigan Stags, Winnipeg Jets, Cleveland Crusaders, Calgary Cowboys, and Minnesota Fighting Saints.
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 | ||||||||
| 1968–69
| TBJHL | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1969–70 | Fort William Canadiens | TBJHL | 23 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 66
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71
| TBJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1971–72 | Thunder Bay Vulcans | MNTBHL | 36 | 30 | 60 | 90 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | AHL | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1972–73
| CHL | 68 | 35 | 45 | 80 | 194
| 4 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
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| 1973–74 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 18 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| Virginia Wings | AHL | 57 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 64
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades | WHA | 34 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 73
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1974–75
| WHA | 32 | 9 | 12 | 21 | 21
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | WHA | 80 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 72
| 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976–77
| NHL | 29 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1976–77 | WHA | 34 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 19
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| WHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | CHL | 30 | 15 | 20 | 35 | 40
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978–79
| Kansas City Red Wings | CHL | 65 | 19 | 27 | 46 | 82
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | IHL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| IHL | 24 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1979–80 | EHL | 32 | 12 | 9 | 21 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83
| Thunder Bay Twins | CASH | 36 | 17 | 48 | 65 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 181 !! 56 !! 61 !! 117 !! 185 ! 3 !! 2 !! 0 !! 2 !! 0 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 49 !! 9 !! 13 !! 22 !! 19 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=12793}}
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{{succession box | before = Ross Perkins | title = CHL Leading Scorer
tied with Lyle Moffat | years = 1972–73 | after = Wayne Schaab}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Gruen, Danny}}
Category:Baltimore Blades players
Category:Calgary Cowboys players
Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Category:Cleveland Crusaders players
Category:Colorado Rockies (NHL) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Detroit Red Wings draft picks
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Fort Worth Wings players
Category:Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay
Category:Kansas City Red Wings players
Category:Michigan Stags players
Category:Minnesota Fighting Saints players
Category:Muskegon Mohawks players
Category:Virginia Wings players
Category:Winnipeg Jets (WHA) players
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