Height: 6-0
Weight: 185
Shoot: L
Born: 19 Apr 1949, Saskatoon SK
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Regular Season & Playoff Scoring Record (key)
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| 1975-76 | Calgary | |||||||||||
| 1976-77 | Calgary | |||||||||||
| 1977-78 | Indianapolis | |||||||||||
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Cowboys Hopes at Centre Rest on Powis • by George Bylich • The Calgary Herald • February 17, 1976
Evidence that Joe Crozier wasn't taking a stand pat attitude with his Caluary Cowboys continued to mount late Monday afternoon. The seemingly perpetual search for centre ice talent has now browght Lynn Powis into the Calgary fold. Powis becomes the fourth new centre The Crow will be looking at since the Cowboys broke out of the starting gate in October. During the first month he brought in Terry Caffery and Murray Keogan, both of whom have since departed. A deal with Atlanta brought Bobby Leiter in December. Now Powis. And Crozier hasn't given any indication that he's through looking. A native of Moose Jaw, the 26-year-old Powis was obtained fram the St. Louis Blues organization for what Crozier termed "considerations" He did not specify whether they were past or future. What The Crow is looking for from Powis is offensive punch. On the basis of his performance this year with Providence, Powis would appear to fit that bill. Until he was laid low by the the epidemic that hit the New England area two weeks ago he was leading the League in scoring with 30 goals and 31 assists. Contacted at his Providence home Monday night, Powis indicated he was happy to be dealt out of the St. Louis organization. "I can't really say I'd given much thought of jumping to the WHA before this. But it's quite obvious St. Louis doesn't have any plans for me. I was disappointed I didn't get called up by them early in January. I had 58 points in my first 38 games but even though they weren't winning at the time, the Blues still didn't call me up. I can't say I'm enjoying playing in the minors and hopefully, this is a major league move," said Powis. The seventh choice of the Montreal Canadiens in the 1969 amateur draft, Powis served his minor league apprenticeship with Denver, Nova Scotia and Omaha betore putting in his first full NHL season with the Chicago Black Hawks in 1973-74. He was taken by the Kansas City Scouts in the expansion draft the following year and was traded to St. Louis last June for Craig Patrick and Dennis Dupere. He had his most prolific season in 1973 when he counted 31 goals and 40 assists for Omaha of the Central League. Last year with the Scouts, he scored 11 goals and 20 assists. Powis believes he was never given a chance with the Blues. "I reported to camp in the best shape of my career but alter seeing only three shifts in one exhibition game they shipped me to Oklahoma City. I was only there for three games and they sent me to Providence. I'm at the state where I have to start thinking of my future. When they (Blues) didn't call me up in January, I started hoping they'd trade me. I hadn't really thought about the WHA but now that its happened it's reassuring to think that somebody wants me." Powis is slated to join the club Wednesday morning in Cleveland and will debut against the Crusaders later that night. But he expressed a note of caution, saying he hadn't regained his full strength following the two-week bout with influenza. "I dressed for the last four games but I haven't practiced for two full weeks. I didn't get out of bed for seven days. It'll take me a while to regain top physical condition." The Cowboys, however, aren't complete strangers. Powis was a teammate of George Morrison's at Denver University, played with Rick Sentes with the Denver Spurs in his pro roakie season and was with Butch Deadmarsh last year in Kansas City. |
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Excerpts from Zander Hollander Complete Hockey Handbook, 1976-77 (by Reyn Davis) Mid-season acquisition from the St. Louis Blues ... Played solid hockey for Calgary, showing good speed ... Picked up five goals and four assists in ten playoff games ... Long blonde hair flows when he tears down the ice ... Raised on a farm near Saskatchewan town of Wapella ... Attended University of Denver on a hockey scholarship ... now makes his offseason home in Denver. |
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