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| Dale Rolfe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Rolfe in 1971 | |||
| Born |
(1940-04-30) April 30, 1940 (age 84) Timmins, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 4 in (193 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Boston Bruins Los Angeles Kings Detroit Red Wings New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1956–1975 | ||
Dale Roland Carl Rolfe (born April 30, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman. He played for four teams in the National Hockey League between 1960 and 1975. He spent his junior career with the Barrie Flyers through the 1956–57 and 1959–60 seasons. During the 1959–60 NHL season, Rolfe played three games with the Boston Bruins as well as two games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL.
Professional career
Rolfe then spent the 1960–61 and 1961–62 seasons with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. Rolfe then moved to the American Hockey League where he spent the next season with the Hershey Bears and the following four seasons with the Springfield Indians. In the 1967–68 season, he returned to the National Hockey League, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. He played for the Kings until he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1970. Rolfe stayed with Detroit for the remainder of the 1969–70 season and the majority of the 1970–71 season before being traded to the New York Rangers for Jim Krulicki where he would spend the rest of his professional career, retiring after the 1974–75 NHL season.
Rolfe played a total of 509 NHL regular season games with 25 goals, 125 assists, and 556 penalty minutes.
He was recognized by opponents to be a smart defender who used tremendous reach and strength to play the puck or take a man out of the play.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1956–57 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 52 | 18 | 16 | 34 | 37 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1957–58 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 50 | 5 | 22 | 27 | 83 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1958–59 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 44 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 132 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 24 | ||
| 1959–60 | Barrie Flyers | OHA | 48 | 8 | 39 | 47 | 127 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 25 | ||
| 1959–60 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Kingston Frontenacs | EPHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1960–61 | Portland Buckaroos | WHL | 70 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 52 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8 | ||
| 1961–62 | Portland Buckaroos | WHL | 70 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 65 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1962–63 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 53 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 78 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 26 | ||
| 1963–64 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 71 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 103 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1964–65 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 69 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 71 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 94 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 16 | ||
| 1966–67 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 67 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 94 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1967–68 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 68 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 84 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1967–68 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 6 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 75 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 85 | 10 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1969–70 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 55 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 77 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 20 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 44 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 48 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | New York Rangers | NHL | 14 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 23 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 14 | ||
| 1971–72 | New York Rangers | NHL | 68 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 67 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | ||
| 1972–73 | New York Rangers | NHL | 72 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 74 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1973–74 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 56 | 13 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 23 | ||
| 1974–75 | New York Rangers | NHL | 42 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 509 | 25 | 125 | 150 | 556 | 71 | 5 | 24 | 29 | 89 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1940 births
- Living people
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Detroit Red Wings players
- Hershey Bears players
- Ice hockey people from Timmins
- Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) players
- Los Angeles Kings players
- New York Rangers players
- Portland Buckaroos players
- Springfield Indians players