Mike Dwyer (ice hockey)

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Left wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 172

| played_for = Colorado Rockies
Calgary Flames

| ntl_team =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|9|16|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Brampton, Ontario, Canada

| draft = 74th overall

| draft_year = 1977

| draft_team = Colorado Rockies

| wha_draft = 82nd overall

| wha_draft_year = 1977

| wha_draft_team = Houston Aeros

| career_start = 1977

| career_end = 1983

}}

Michael Dwyer (born September 16, 1957) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey forward.

Early life

Dwyer was born in Brampton, Ontario. As a youth, he played in the 1970 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.{{cite web |year=2018 |title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA |url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf |access-date=2019-01-10 |website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament |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 }}

Career

Dwyer was drafted by both the Colorado Rockies in the fifth round, 74th overall in the 1977 NHL Entry Draft and by the Houston Aeros in the 10th round, 82nd overall of the 1977 WHA Entry Draft.

Dwyer played 32 National Hockey League games for the Rockies and the Calgary Flames over parts of four seasons between 1978–79 and 1981–82, recording three goals and six assists. He spent much of his professional career playing for several teams in the Central Hockey League.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1975–76

| Windsor Spitfires

| OMJHL

| 42

20284824

| —

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| 1976–77

| Windsor Spitfires

| OMJHL

| 5

51611

| —

1976–77

| Niagara Falls Flyers

| OMJHL

| 59

303868127

| —

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| 1977–78

| Hampton Gulls

| AHL

| 9

2134

| —

1977–78

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| CHL

| 25

1282016

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1978–79

| Colorado Rockies

| NHL

| 12

2352

| —

1978–79

| Philadelphia Firebirds

| AHL

| 60

20274752

| —

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| 1979–80

| Colorado Rockies

| NHL

| 10

00019

| —

1979–80

| Fort Worth Texans

| CHL

| 13

34722

| —

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| 1979–80

| Birmingham Bulls

| CHL

| 40

16183490

| —

1980–81

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 4

0114

| 1

1010
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| 1980–81

| Birmingham Bulls

| CHL

| 49

163450135

| —

1980–81

| Wichita Wind

| CHL

| 12

881628

| 15

6111736
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| 1981–82

| Calgary Flames

| NHL

| 5

0220

| —

1981–82

| Oklahoma City Stars

| CHL

| 28

9213035

| —

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| 1982–83

| Colorado Flames

| CHL

| 51

15334861

| 6

4482
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! colspan="3" | CHL totals

! 218 !! 79 !! 126 !! 205 !! 387

! 21 !! 10 !! 15 !! 25 !! 38

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 31 !! 2 !! 6 !! 8 !! 25

! 1 !! 1 !! 0 !! 1 !! 0

References

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