height_ft played_for weight_lb shoots birth_place career_end position height_in birth_date article_title career_start
6 toronto maple leafs vancouver blazers cincinnati stingers 188 left etobicoke , on , can 1978 defense 1 29 september 1947 mike pelyk
 1965
mike pelyk

michael joseph `` mike mikita '' pelyk -lrb- born september 29 , 1947 -rrb- is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 441 games in the national hockey league and 150 games in the world hockey association .
he played with the toronto maple leafs , vancouver blazers , and cincinnati stingers .
although a gifted skater , pelyk struggled with inconsistency early in his career with the toronto maple leafs .
in the 1973-74 season he seemed to be finally reaching his potential , leading leaf defensemen with 12 goals , when he was lured away from the leafs with a million-dollar contact to the vancouver blazers of the wha .
however , he was never quite able to return to the potential shown in the 73-74 season either in his two years in the wha , or with his return to the nhl with the maple leafs in 1976 .
after two years alternating between the nhl and chl he retired in 1978 .
mike pelyk was captain of the wha cincinnati stingers for the 1975-76 season .
