# Len Haley

Leonard Frank "Comet" Haley (September 15, 1931 – July 24, 2024) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 30 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1959–60 and 1960–61 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1951 to 1972, was mainly spent in the minor Western Hockey League. Haley died in Edmonton on July 24, 2024, at the age of 92.

## Career statistics
### Regular season and playoffs

| | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
| 1947–48 | Edmonton Canadians | EJrHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49 | Wetaskiwin Canadians | EJrHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1948–49 | Wetaskiwin Canadians | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1949–50 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCJHL | 40 | 26 | 28 | 54 | 76 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| 1949–50 | Medicine Hat Tigers | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 52 |
| 1950–51 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCJHL | 40 | 37 | 30 | 67 | 53 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 |
| 1950–51 | Omaha Knights | USHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1951–52 | Glace Bay Miners | MMHL | 86 | 44 | 58 | 102 | 71 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 1952–53 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 69 | 18 | 17 | 35 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 6 |
| 1953–54 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 70 | 17 | 25 | 42 | 40 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 18 |
| 1954–55 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1954–55 | Saskatoon Quakers | WHL | 68 | 20 | 23 | 43 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1955–56 | Saskatoon Quakers | WHL | 68 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 95 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| 1956–57 | Brandon Regals | WHL | 69 | 21 | 33 | 54 | 77 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 4 |
| 1957–58 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 70 | 30 | 19 | 49 | 34 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 59 | 17 | 11 | 28 | 38 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 |
| 1959–60 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 27 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| 1959–60 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 39 | 19 | 16 | 35 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960–61 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960–61 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 66 | 15 | 30 | 45 | 36 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 66 | 20 | 30 | 50 | 56 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 1962–63 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 70 | 36 | 24 | 60 | 76 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 23 |
| 1963–64 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 70 | 35 | 33 | 68 | 112 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 14 |
| 1964–65 | San Francisco Seals | WHL | 70 | 26 | 46 | 72 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1965–66 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 69 | 27 | 39 | 66 | 89 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67 | San Diego Gulls | WHL | 69 | 13 | 33 | 46 | 71 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1967–68 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 70 | 34 | 46 | 80 | 67 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 15 |
| 1968–69 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 70 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 |
| 1968–69 | Edmonton Monarchs | ASHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969–70 | Grand Falls-Windsor Cataracts | NFSHL | 12 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1969–70 | New Haven Blades | EHL | 39 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 1970–71 | Edmonton Monarchs | PrSHL | 40 | 23 | 26 | 49 | 76 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971–72 | Edmonton Monarchs | PrSHL | 40 | 18 | 23 | 41 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — |
| WHL totals | WHL totals | WHL totals | 863 | 284 | 371 | 655 | 866 | 70 | 25 | 31 | 56 | 71 |
| NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 30 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |