Bobby Crawford Bobby Crawford ( born May 27 , 1960 in Long Island , New York ) is a retired ice hockey right winger . He played in 16 National Hockey League games for the Colorado Rockies and the Detroit Red Wings . Professional career . Minor league hockey . Crawford joined the Austin Mavericks of the Midwest Junior Hockey League when he was only 14 . He played hard and was promised a spot on the roster if he were to return after high school . He graduated and returned to the Mavericks , now a member of the United States Hockey League . In ten games during the 1977 – 78 season , Crawford scored 17 points and showed he could control the tempo of a game . He was selected to play for the U . S . A . in the World Junior Championships and scored 13 points in the six games in which the U . S . A . appeared . After the WJC , Crawford decided to head to Canada to compete at higher levels and joined the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association . He remained with the Generals for three seasons , posting huge numbers . In 144 games over three seasons , Crawford scored 123 goals and 142 assists for 265 total points . His last season with the Generals was his best , as Crawford had been signed as a free agent by the New York Rangers of the NHL on November 16 , 1979 , right before the start of the season . His confidence high , Crawford led the team in scoring during the 1979 – 80 season with 129 points , placing him seventh in the league in both total points and goals scored . He was named to the OHA Second All - star team and led the Generals into the playoffs , losing in seven games to the Ottawa 67 ' s . On January 15 , 1980 , Crawford was traded from the Rangers to the Colorado Rockies to complete a transaction that sent Barry Beck to New York . Crawford would join the Rockies for the 1980 – 81 season . Playing in the NHL . Crawford started out the season scoring three point sin his first five games , but slowly tapered off after that . He only scored one assist in his next ten games and was sent back down to the Rockies ' affiliate the Fort Worth Texans of the Central Hockey League . There he finished out the 1980 – 81 season , leading the team with 37 points . Crawford scored two goals in the Texans ' short playoff series against the Salt Lake Golden Eagles . He remained on the Texans for the 1981 – 82 season scoring 54 points , but failing to help his team make the playoffs . After that season , Crawford was released from his contract and he quickly signed as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings in June 1982 . Crawford started out the season with the Adirondack Red Wings of the American Hockey League where he regained his scoring touch . He ended up second on the team in scoring behind Ted Nolan with 61 total points . He was also called up for a single NHL game during the 1982 – 83 season in which he failed to record a point for the Red Wings . Back in the minors , Crawford increased his scoring during the six game playoff series against the Fredericton Express , but despite his seven points , Adirondack failed to make it out of the first round . Crawford retired from North American hockey after that season and decided to try his luck overseas . International play . Crawford started out in the Swiss league for HC La Chaux - de - Fonds . He again found his scoring touch , albeit in a weaker league , scoring 78 points in only 38 games . He later joined EHC Olten for the 1984 – 85 and 1985 – 86 seasons before moving on to Germany , playing for EC Bad Tölz where he scored 137 points in 50 games . He again led his team in scoring and again was seventh in the league for total points . Crawford also added 41 points in 17 playoff games for a grand total of 178 points in 67 games , ending in a 2 . 7 point - per - game total for the entire 1986 – 87 season . Crawford then headed to Italy , where he joined HC Merano of the Serie A . He scored 38 points for them before moving to Britain , to join the Southampton Vikings of the British Hockey League . After scoring 102 points for the 1987 – 88 season , Crawford again moved , this time back to Germany . He would play for three more German teams , Star Bulls Rosenheim , Bayreuth SV , and Regensburg EV before retiring after the 1991 – 92 season .