Blaine Stoughton Blaine A . Stoughton Selected by Pittsburgh Penguins 1st round ( # 7 ) in 1973 NHL Amateur Draft Selected by Quebec Nordiques 2nd round ( # 14 ) in 1973 WHA Amateur Draft a graduate of the Dauphin minor hockey system . . . . started his junior career with the local Kings of the CMJHL as a fourteen year old . . . . Dauphin won the MJHL championship the next year . . . . spent the next four years with the Flin Flon Bombers of the WCHL . . . . had a relatively quiet first year , scoring 19 goals and 39 points in 59 games . , but 181 PIM suggests he answered the bell physically . . . . Flin Flon won the league championship . . . . was off to a great start in his second season in 1970 - 71 , before spearing Don Dirk of Medicine Hat in the eye . . . . suspended for 29 games . . . . still finished the year with an impressive 26 goals and 24 assists in 35 games . . . . tore up the league in the playoffs with 13 goals and 26 points in 17 games . . . . in 1971 - 72 led the league with 60 goals and finished third in the league in scoring . . . . selected to First All - Star Team . . . . in his draft year , cemented his status as one of hockey ' s top young guns scoring 58 goals . . . . drafted 7th by Pittsburgh . . . . signed with the Penguins in 1973 . . . . but after a lackluster 34 game rookie season he was sent to the minors . . . . demanded to be traded . . . . traded to Toronto in September 1974 . . . . played his first full season in the NHL , scoring twenty three times and adding fourteen assists in 78 games . . . . and saw his first action in the Stanley Cup playoffs . . . . finished the 1975 - 76 season in the minor leagues . . . . jumped to the rival World Hockey Association for the 1976 - 77 season when he signed with the Cincinnati Stingers . . . . blossomed into a 52 goal , 104 point scorer in Cincinnati . . . . played with Rick Dudley and Rich Leduc to form the LSD Line . . . . the following season under new head coach Jacques Demers defensive style , he fell into a dismal slump . . . . this led to a traded to Indianapolis in January . . . . sold to New England when Indianapolis folded in December 1978 . . . . the Whalers became the NHL Hartford Whalers in 1979 - 80 . . . . played on line with Mike Rogers and Pat Boutette , the line was known as the " Bash , Dash & Stash Line . " . . . . tied with Charlie Simmer and Danny Gare for the lead league in goals with 56 . . . . became the only player besides Bobby Hull to score 50 goals in a season in both the WHA and NHL . . . . also topped 100 points , along with Rogers , making Whalers the first expansion team to achieve that feat . . . . broke his leg during first period of first playoff game against Montreal . . . . Whalers Three - Stars Leader in 1979 - 80 . . . . despite missing the first month of the 1980 - 81 season in a contract dispute , led the team in goals with 43 . . . . again in 1981 - 82 with 52 playing a full season . . . . played in 1982 NHL All - Star game . . . . selected team MVP by the Hartford Booster Club . . . . and co - MVP by his teammates . . . . for the 4th straight year led the team in goals 45 in 1982 - 83 . . . . scored first penalty - shot goal in franchise history when he beat Buffalo ' s Bob Sauve on March 29 , 1983 . . . . slowed down in the 1983 - 84 season , and was acquired by New York in hopes that a reunification with old partner Mike Rogers would revive his scoring touch . . . . retired in the summer of 1986 to his off season home in Boca Raton , Florida . . . . established Hartford / Carolina franchise records for most goals in one season , most points by a right wing in one season , and most career goals . . . . resurface in Italy two seasons later . . . . went on to own and operate a sports bar in Boca Raton , Florida . . . . started his coaching career as a part - time assistant with Cincinnati of the ECHL in 1990 - 91 . . . . was full time for the next 2 seasons . . . . named right winger on Hartford all - time team by vote of Whalers fans in 1992 . . . . became an assistant to former Whalers teammate Joel Quenneville with the Springfield Indians in 1993 - 94 . . . . remained for 2 seasons . . . . late in 1995 , along with former Whalers teammate Paul Lawless , purchased Austin ( WPHL ) expansion team . . . . named himself general manager and remained in that position until June 1999 . . . . coached team in 1996 - 97 . . . . after 3 seasons moved back to Cincinnati when his mother in law died . . . . began coaching the Bearcats in 2007 . . . . inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . . . . and in 2012 to the Connecticut Hockey Hall of Fame .