Greg Meredith
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size =
| position = Right Wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 210
| played_for = Calgary Flames
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|2|23|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 97th overall
| draft_year = 1978
| draft_team = Atlanta Flames
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 1984
}}
Gregory Paul Meredith (born February 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 38 games in the National Hockey League with the Calgary Flames during the 1980–81 and 1982–83 seasons.
Biography
As a youth, Meredith played in the 1971 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-10|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
A finalist for the Rhodes Scholarship, Meredith attended the University of Notre Dame, where he set the Notre Dame all-time goals record, with 104.{{cite web |title=Former Hockey All-American Greg Meredith Will Receive NCAA Silver Anniversary Award |url=https://und.com/news/2004/11/19/Former_Hockey_All_American_Greg_Meredith_Will_Receive_NCAA_Silver_Anniversary_Award |website=und.com |accessdate=January 8, 2019 |date=November 19, 2004 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414045423/https://und.com/news/2004/11/19/Former_Hockey_All_American_Greg_Meredith_Will_Receive_NCAA_Silver_Anniversary_Award |archive-date=April 14, 2019 |url-status=dead }}
Meredith was a sixth-round selection, 97th overall by the Atlanta Flames in the 1978 NHL Entry Draft. He then played 43 games in the National Hockey League for the Calgary Flames in 1980–81 and 1982–83, recording six goals and four assists in the regular season, and three goals and one assist in five playoff games. He retired following the 1983–84 season.
After a knee injury ended his hockey career, Meredith attended business school at Harvard University, where he was a volunteer assistant ice hockey coach. Meredith won the NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2005 for prominence as a student-athlete and success in business. He was the tenth Notre Dame graduate to win the award. In 2004, Meredith worked as the managing director for Putnam Lovell NBF Securities Inc.
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 | ||||||||
| 1975–76
| OMJHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1975–76 | CISAA | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1976–77
| WCHA | 38 | 23 | 22 | 45 | 20
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 38 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 24
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1978–79
| University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 35 | 28 | 22 | 50 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1979–80 | University of Notre Dame | WCHA | 40 | 40 | 31 | 71 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81
| NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1980–81 | CHL | 39 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 36
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81
| CHL | 10 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1981–82 | CHL | 80 | 10 | 23 | 33 | 64
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 1982–83
| Calgary Flames | NHL | 35 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8
| 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | CHL | 36 | 16 | 10 | 26 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| Colorado Flames | CHL | 54 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 39
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
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! colspan="3" | CHL totals ! 219 !! 72 !! 67 !! 139 !! 165 ! 10 !! 3 !! 2 !! 5 !! 15 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 38 !! 6 !! 4 !! 10 !! 8 ! 5 !! 3 !! 1 !! 4 !! 4 |
Awards and honours
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! Award ! Year ! |
| All-WCHA First Team
| 1979–80 |
| AHCA West All-American
| 1979–80 |
References
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External links
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Category:AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Category:Atlanta Flames draft picks
Category:Birmingham Bulls (CHL) players
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Category:Harvard Business School alumni
Category:Ice hockey people from Toronto
Category:Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players
Category:Oklahoma City Stars players
Category:Toronto Marlboros players
Category:Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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