height_ft played_for death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place career_end position height_in birth_date article_title name career_start
5 toronto jets -lrb- wha -rrb- maple leafs vancouver canucks detroit red wings winnipeg 6 march 1993 left 170 winnipegosis , mb , can 1975 centre 11 1 october 1944 danny johnson
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danny johnson

daniel douglas johnson -lrb- b. october 1 , 1944 -- d. march 6 , 1993 -rrb- is a canadian retired professional ice hockey player who spent three seasons in the national hockey league -lrb- nhl -rrb- and another three seasons in the world hockey association -lrb- wha -rrb- during the 1970s .
he was a member of the inaugural vancouver canucks team in 1970 .
johnson was signed by the toronto maple leafs following his junior career and would spend 5 seasons with their central hockey league affiliate in tulsa .
he was twice a chl all-star and was league mvp in 1970 , but only managed to earn a single game with the leafs in the 1969 -- 70 season .
he was claimed by the vancouver canucks in the 1970 nhl expansion draft and finally received the opportunity to stick in the nhl .
in the canucks ' first season , he appeared in 66 games and recorded 15 goals -lrb- 7th on the team -rrb- along with 11 assists for 26 points .
mid-way through the following season , however , he was waived by the canucks and claimed by the detroit red wings .
he would struggle to find his offensive touch and finished the 1971 -- 72 season with just 3 goals and 11 points in 54 games between detroit and vancouver .
in 1972 , johnson would jump to the fledgling wha , signing with a winnipeg jets team featuring superstar bobby hull .
he would have the most successful stretch of his career in winnipeg , emerging as a valuable leader and two-way player .
in 1972 -- 73 , he recorded 19 goals and 42 points en route to helping the jets to the inaugural avco cup finals .
over the next two years , he would add another 34 goals and be named jets ' captain for the 1974 -- 75 before retiring the following year .
johnson finished his career with 18 goals and 19 assists for 37 points in 121 nhl games , along with 62 penalty minutes .
he added 53 goals and 58 assists for 111 points in 232 games in the wha .
