height_ft played_for weight_lb shoots birth_place career_end position league height_in birth_date article_title career_start
5 oakland stars los angeles kings seals atlanta flames new york islanders minnesota north 180 left regina , sk , can 1980 left wing nhl 11 07 november 1947 ernie hicke
 1963
ernie hicke

ernest allan `` bubble '' hicke -lrb- born november 7 , 1947 in regina , saskatchewan -rrb- is a retired canadian ice hockey forward .
hicke started his national hockey league career with the oakland seals in 1970 .
he also played for the atlanta flames , new york islanders , minnesota north stars and los angeles kings .
he left the nhl after the 1978 season , and retired from hockey altogether after 1980 .
hicke 's hockey career began with the regina pats , where he played junior hockey .
after 5 years , hicke 's first professional appearance was with the houston apollos of the cphl .
in hicke 's first three professional seasons , he scored 45 goals and 63 assists in 139 games .
hicke 's national hockey league career started with the oakland seals in 1970 , where he joined his older brother , bill .
with the seals , hicke played 146 games , producing 33 goals and 37 assists .
hicke was then claimed in the 1972 nhl expansion draft by the atlanta flames .
after a single season in atlanta , he was traded to the flames ' expansion partners , the new york islanders .
hicke played 76 games with new york , but only managed to score 21 points for the team , the worst scoring slump of his career .
hicke 's production improved after being traded to the minnesota north stars , with 68 goals and 53 assists .
after four seasons with the north stars , hicke was signed by the los angeles kings .
he left the nhl after the 1978 season and went to play for the chl 's dallas black hawks .
hicke ended his hockey career with another 8 goals and 24 assists , before he retired from hockey after 1980 .
hicke went on to coach the california north stars , a san francisco bay area youth hockey team , with his son shane .
they enjoyed many years of success until a financial problem left the team without a home rink .
after a year of splitting practice between two rinks , hicke quit and relocated to las vegas , where he founded the nevada stars .
his son shane is still coaching for the stars 18aaa .
hicke is the former head coach , and general manager of the port huron fighting falcons .
