Frank Hughes

Height: 5-10
Weight: 180
Shoot: R
Born: 1 Oct 1949, Fernie BC

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1972-73	Houston	76	22	19	41	41		10	4	4	8	2
1973-74	Houston	73	42	42	84	47		14	9	5	14	9
1974-75	Houston	70	48	35	83	35		13	6	6	12	2
1975-76	Houston	80	31	45	76	26		17	5	1	6	20
1976-77	Houston	27	3	8	11	2
	Phoenix	48	24	29	53	20
	Totals (2 teams)	75	27	37	64	22
1977-78	Houston	11	3	2	5	2
	Totals:	385	173	180	353	173		54	24	16	40	33

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1975-76 (by Dan Proudfoot) To this day, Toronto Maple Leafs' draft choices of 1969 are the subject of scorn and ridicule whenever the hits and misses of big league scouts are discussed. Leafs choose Ernie Moser, Doug Brindley, Larry McIntyre and Frank Hughes. They ignored Bobby Clarke, the junior who was supposed to be doomed to failure because he had diabetes. No draft choice of 1969 has proved to be the equal of Clarke, of course, but Hughes has turned out to be the surprise of the group Leafs picked and eventually rejected. Now 26, Hughes has become the natural goal scorer Leaf bird-dogs considered him to be as a youngster. He possesses the knack to get in position for passes from either Larry Lund or Andre Hinse, and his 48 goals led the line into third place among WHA forward units with 277 points in 1974-75.

Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1975-76 (by Reyn Davis) One of the league's premier right wingers . . . Loves to shoot, especially on the fly . . . Streaky scorer however . . . Topped the Aeros in goals last season with 48, a personal all-time high that included 14 power-play goals . . . Considered his opportunity to play with Gordie Howe as the thrill of his life . . . forms the right side of the Go-Go Line . . . an Aero original . . . very fashionable dresser and said to be Houston's "swingingest" bachelor.

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