Hugh Harris • Hugh Thomas Harris

Height: 6-0
Weight: 190
Shoot: L
Born: 7 Jun 1948, Toronto ON

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1973-74	New England	75	24	28	52	78		3	0	0	0	0
1974-75	Phoenix	22	10	10	20	15
	Vancouver	58	23	24	57	19
	Totals (2 teams)	80	33	44	77	34
1975-76	Calgary	30	5	9	14	19
	Indianapolis	41	12	28	40	23		7	2	5	7	8
	Totals (2 teams)	71	17	37	54	42
1976-77	Indianapolis	46	21	35	56	21		2	0	0	0	0
1977-78	Indianapolis	19	1	7	8	6
	Cincinnati	45	11	23	34	30
	Totals (2 teams)	64	12	30	42	36
	Totals:	336	107	174	281	241		12	2	5	7	8

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1975-76 (by Dan Proudfoot) When Hugh Harris arrived in Vancouver in a trade with Phoenix Roadrunners last season, it was kike returning to an old school. There was manager-coach Joe Crozier and defencemen Paul Terbenche, from the NHL Buffalo Sabres, and Harris couldn't help but remember 1973 when he helped the Sabres become the surprise team that tested Montreal Canadiens so severely in the Stanley Cup playoffs. "Harris was different, though," says Crozier. "He left the Sabres before we did, and played a year in the WHA before us. When he joined us he had already learned how tough the league is so he was able to play exactly the strong kind of defensive game I expected from him on his wing."

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) Team scoring champion, matching Danny Lawson for the lead in goals, 33, and nipping him by one assist, 44 ... Joe Crozier wanted him on his team after having him in the NHL at Buffalo ... Fired six game-winning goals in Vancouver, three in Phoenix ... Crozier parted with John Migneault, Peter McNamee and Serge Beaudoin to get Harris ... Doesn't mince words.

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot) Calgary Cowboys' low-budget operation allowed Racers to grab Hugh Harris in a mid-season deal that played a large role in the Indianapolis team making the playoffs in the tough U.S. Eastern Division. Harris, who had played for Calgary coach Joe Crozier several years earlier when both were employed by Buffalo Sabres, became expendable because his sizeable contract didn't fit in the confines of the tiny Stampede Corral, with its limited attendance. "He averaged a point a game for us," says coach Jacques Demers, "and he made the big plays in our rush to make the playoffs." Harris had a lengthy minor league apprenticeship before he finally made the NHL Sabres and was a large factor in the Buffalo team's strong showing against the Montreal Canadiens in the 1973 Stanley Cup playoffs. Now Racers are counting on him in their run for the Avco World Trophy.

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