Height: 5-9
Weight: 175
Shoot: R
Born: 2 Oct 1946, Edmonton AB
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1972-73 | Alberta | |||||||||||
| 1973-74 | Edmonton | |||||||||||
| 1974-75 | Edmonton | |||||||||||
| 1975-76 | Edmonton | |||||||||||
| 1976-77 | Edmonton | |||||||||||
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1973-74 (by Reyn Davis & Charley Hallman)
An aggressive defenseman, Barrie had 109 penalty minutes for Oilers in 1972-73 ... Played two full seasons in the NHL ... In 1970-71, he was a regular with Buffalo and the following season had five goals and 18 assists with the Los Angeles Kings ... Once had 55 penalty minutes in just seven CHL playoff games ... Also put in duty with Pittsburgh and Detroit in the NHL ... Tough to move out of the way. |
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) Fierce competitor ... Popular at home and hated on the road, but respected everywhere ... Can break a team's spirit with his intimidating style ... Born in Edmonton, where he played junior hockey for his present general manager, Bill Hunter ... An original Oiler, hustled away from the Los Angeles Kings ... Spends some of his time on right wing, leading forward lines into the corners ... Had career highs of 12 goals and 33 assists last season while trimming almost 100 minutes off his penalty times ... Very tough gentleman. |
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Doug Barrie Would Like to See the World • by Terry Jones • The Hockey Spectator • December 1, 1972
Doug Barrie would like to make a road trip. Any road trip, even a bad one. The multi-purpose Alberta Oiler via the Los Angeles Kings has been a home-body in most of the early going in the World Hockey Association this year. He missed Oilers first long road trip of the season waiting out a legal snag. He caught part of the next one — a three game swing — when that was cleared up but, because of missing most of the normal training camp period along with the other ex-National Hockey Leaguers in the WHA, was hardly in top form for fans on the road. Back in the lineup and playing exceptionally well on defense and, occasionally, on the wing with WHA scoring leader Jim Harrison, Barrie was ready to take his act on tour when the fickle finger of fate tripped him up again. That and a shot by a Cleveland Crusader. Playing in a nine-game, 19-day home stand, Barrie fractured an ankle five days before a six-game trip and will be forced to spend another four weeks staring at the inside of the ancient old arena of 5,200 seats where Oilers play their home games. It isn't Madison Square Garden. The trip he missed included visits to New York, Boston and Minnesota — three familiar stops from his NHL days. "The fracture is almost the same as (Ross) Perkins had at the start of the year," said Oiler coach Ray Kinasewich. "He was hit with a shot and he_ was hurting. But doctors didn't want to take his skate off at the time in case the ankle swelled. So he continued to play. After the game he went to the hospital and they found the slight fracture." His last three games were on Oilers' most productive line with Harrison and Ken Baird. He has scored two goals and added muscle up front that had been missing. "He really made the line," said Kinasewich. "Barrie gave us speed and he was a good puck handler. He was very effective on the wing." Barrie was enjoying the transition, He'd been a rearguard throughout hockey but had rushing ability. Like Harrison, Barrie has a reputation of playing a rough game. It's rubbed off on his dog, too. The 163-pound Oiler owns a 165-pound dog called Joshua. "You know how Joshua knocked down the walls of Jericho?" asks Barrie. "Well, when we bought the dog he knocked down everything in the house. So we called him Joshua." "Barrie knows we don't want him running around looking for fights," said Kinasewich. "I want him scoring goals. He's a tremendous offensive defenseman. But if anybody in this league wants to get tough with us we'll be ready with Barrie and some other guys." Kinasewich said in training camp of Barrie: "You can't believe this kid. He is working so hard that he's down below his playing weight by about 10 pounds. And remember that he had to get in shape without a coach out there driving him this year. We'll miss him on the road again." |
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