Rick Jodzio • Richard Joseph Jodzio

Height: 6-1
Weight: 190
Shoot: L
Born: 3 Jun 1954, Edmonton AB

Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)

year	team	gp	g	a	pts	pim		gp	g	a	pts	pim
1974-75	Vancouver	44	1	3	4	159
1975-76	Calgary	47	10	7	17	137		2	0	0	0	14
1976-77	Calgary	46	4	6	10	61
	Totals:	137	15	16	31	357		2	0	0	0	14

Excerpts from Pro Hockey, WHA 1976-77 (by Dan Proudfoot) The most controversial player in the WHA in 1975-76 was Rick Jodzio, a baby-faced left wing with a cool capacity for levelling opponents. Indianapolis Racers demanded that the league investigate Jodzio's "vicious and brutal attack" that broke Michel Dubois's nose mid-season, and Jodzio's charge at Marc Tardif in the playoffs stands as the low-light of the season. The 22-year-old Jodzio feels that some of the charges get out of hand. For example, Quebec Nordiques claimed he hit Tardif with a high-stick, but films later showed that wasn't so. "I checked him and punched him, but I didn't hit him with my stick," Jodzio said at the time. "The stories that say I did are wrong." The league suspended Jodzio for the remainder of the playoffs and for an indefinite period thereafter but Cowboys planned on making him a regular in 1976-77.

Calgary Herald Articles (background to Tardif hit):

March 5, 1976 • March 10, 1976 • March 22, 1976 • March 29, 1976

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