Height: 5-10
Weight: 190
Shoot: L
Born: 21 Apr 1936, Montreal PQ (d. 2009)
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1972-73 | Chicago | |||||||||||
| 1973-74 | Chicago | |||||||||||
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander's Guide to Pro Hockey, 1973-74 (by Reyn Davis & Charley Hallman)
"Reggie the Magnificent" is what he was known as for many years in the NHL ... A 12-year defensive regular with such teams as Chicago's Blackhawks, the Bruins, Rangers, Flyers and Sabres ... He totaled 108 goals, 132 assists and 1,468 minutes in penalties in the NHL ... Fleming once set an NHL record with 37 penalty minutes in one game ... Had fine season in Cougar inaugural with 23 goals and 45 assists ... Also totaled 95 penalty minutes... An excellent instructor of the game ... He had some of the classic fights in the NHL. |
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Reggie Content in Chicago • by Reid Grosky • The Hockey Spectator • March 30, 1973
Reggie Fleming, a month away from his 37th birthday and playing out his hockey career "pretty much by ear", may feel as though he is reliving part of his past this year with the Cougars. "When the Black Hawks traded me to Boston," says rowdy Reggie, recalling the 1964-65 season, "the Bruins were last and, geez, there was some trouble. There were all kinds of problems between players and management." "We had this one defenseman who was picked for the All-Star team. So the Bruins' general manager comes up to him and says 'you're no All Star'. The player told him to go to hell." Now Fleming is with the Cougars, who are dead last and the first team mathematically eliminated from the World Hockey Association playoffs. New team or not, there is hissing and moaning among the players. Fleming won't deny it. "There are players who want to be traded," he says. "Me? I'll stay if they want me to. Look, I'd have to be stupid to want to leave. I've got everything in Chicago — my home, my family, my friends ... " But Fleming is not sure just how much the Cougars want him. In the fans' eyes, he certainly is the most popular of the players and for that reason alone, he is valuable to the infant franchise. But the team needs new blood. Coach Marcel Pronovost, who says there will be many changes, has made some weighty remarks about Fleming. Reggie, sporting a paunch to go with his punch these days, chuckles when reminded. "I'll tell you about weight," he says. "When you have a bad game they always mention your weight. But the night when I had three goals and a couple of assists against New York they didn't say anything about my weight, did they? When I got into that fight with Bobby Hull, they didn't say anything about my weight, did they? Skating on aging legs that some nights "feel as good as they ever did", Fleming is enjoying his most productive season offensively. At this writing he has 22 goals and 41 assists. Of course, he admits the new league is not like the NHL yet. Perhaps nothing attests to this more than Fleming, an erstwhile left winger-policeman, playing at center for the Cougars. "I'll play wherever they need me," he says. "But I'm sure not a Phil Esposito or Stan Mikita out there. We need a lot of talent on this team. To start, a couple of defensemen and centers." Talent. That, and a more stern training program for the players will bring the Cougars up next season, Fleming believes. "We proved we could win before the All-Star game," he says. "Then we had that break for 10 days. Some of the guys went home to their families, some weren't at practice. On some days the coaches weren't there. Geez, we should have been working hard during that time." The Cougars lost seven in a row after the break and never recovered. But don't lose hope for next year; Fleming says even those Bruins got out of last place. |
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