Galen Head Galen Russell Head ( born April 16 , 1947 in Grande Prairie , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League and North American Hockey League . Head played one game in the NHL with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1967 - 68 NHL season and wore # 15 . Juniors . Head started out playing in the Grande Prairie Minor Hockey Association as a 13 year old . Three years later , Head would make the jump to what is known as " senior hockey " and play in the South Peace Hockey League as a member of the Grande Prairie Athletics , where he would win SPHL Rookie Of The Year honors in 1963 - 64 . He would remain with the Athletics until midway through the 1964 - 65 season , where he would receive an invite from the Edmonton Oil Kings . Head would remain with the Oil Kings during the 1965 - 66 season , where he would face off against the Oshawa Generals , a team led by future hockey Hall Of Fame member Bobby Orr . The Oil Kings would go on to defeat the Generals and would win the Memorial Cup . Head would score 16 points in 19 games during the 1965 - 66 post - season . Head continued to play with the Oil Kings for one more season , scoring 50 goals and 42 assists and trailing only Garnet " Ace " Bailey in regular season point totals . Professional . Head would receive an invitation from the NHL ' s Detroit Red Wings to attend training camp in the fall of 1967 . In camp , he was assigned # 15 and was given $ 130 for a one - game tryout but was eventually released on September 22 . Head would later be assigned to the Johnstown Jets , a team in the Eastern Hockey League . He would score 53 goals in his rookie season . As a result , Head was recalled by Detroit where he would " play six or seven shifts " in his only game with the Red Wings . Head would also see time with the Fort Worth Wings , another Detroit affiliate . The following season , Head would have his best statistical season . He would score 67 goals and 121 points in 72 games , which would lead all EHL players . Head would become player - coach of the Jets during the 1973 - 74 season as a result of a coach walking out prior to the start of the season . Head would later be named official head coach that season and be named captain of the team . He would play until the 1975 - 76 season , where he would retire after eight seasons with the Jets . Despite being retired from hockey since 1976 , many of Head ' s statistics are among the highest in Johnstown history . His 308 goals as a member of the Jets ranks third all time , while his 601 points rank fourth and his 293 assists are sixth highest . His 67 goal season and 69 single season goals ( regular and post - season ) were a record until former Johnstown Chiefs forward Mark Green eclipsed the totals with 68 goals in the regular season and 70 single season goals in 1993 - 94 . Personal . Head , like several members of the 1975 - 76 Johnstown Jets , had a part in the movie Slap Shot . He played one of the uncredited hockey players Head was one of several people responsible for founding the Bishop McCort High School hockey program in 1985 . With Head leading the team as head coach , McCort would go to win three Pennsylvania state championships over a period of eleven years . On October 18 , 2003 , Head was only the third person to have their number retired by the Johnstown Chiefs . Although he did not play for the Chiefs , as they were founded a year after his retirement , he was recognized for his contributions as a player with the Jets , his tenure with the Chiefs providing game night scouting reports , and for his contributions to hockey to the city of Johnstown . He is also a member of the Cambria County Sports Hall Of Fame , the Johnstown Hockey Hall Of Fame , and the Grande Prairie Hockey Hall Of Fame . Head currently resides in Johnstown , Pennsylvania .