Dale Rolfe

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Dale Rolfe
Dale Rolfe 1971.JPG
Rolfe in 1971
Born (1940-04-30) April 30, 1940 (age 81)
Timmins, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb)
Position Defenceman
Shot Left
Played for Boston Bruins
Los Angeles Kings
Detroit Red Wings
New York Rangers
Playing career 1956–1975

Dale Roland Carl Rolfe (born April 30, 1940) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenseman. He played for four teams in the National Hockey League between 1960 and 1975. He spent his junior career with the Barrie Flyers through the 1956–57 and 1959–60 seasons. During the 1959–60 NHL season, Rolfe played three games with the Boston Bruins as well as two games with the Kingston Frontenacs of the EPHL.

Professional career[]

Rolfe then spent the 1960–61 and 1961–62 season with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League. Rolfe then moved to the AHL where he spent the next season with the Hershey Bears and the following four seasons with the Springfield Indians. In the 1967–68 season, he returned to the NHL, playing for the Los Angeles Kings. He played for the Kings until he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings on February 20, 1970. Rolfe stayed in Detroit for the remainder of the 1969–70 season and the majority of the 1970–71 season before being traded to the New York Rangers for Jim Krulicki where he would spend the rest of his professional career, retiring after the 1974–75 NHL season.

Rolfe played a total of 509 NHL regular season games with 25 goals, 125 assists and 556 penalty minutes.

He was recognized by opponents to be a smart defender who used tremendous reach and strength to play the puck or take a man out of the play.

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1956–57 Barrie Flyers OHA 52 18 16 34 37 3 0 0 0 2
1957–58 Barrie Flyers OHA 50 5 22 27 83 4 0 0 0 8
1958–59 Barrie Flyers OHA 44 9 25 34 132 6 1 4 5 24
1959–60 Barrie Flyers OHA 48 8 39 47 127 6 1 6 7 25
1959–60 Boston Bruins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1959–60 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 2 0 1 1 2 — — — — —
1960–61 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 4 12 16 52 14 2 5 7 8
1961–62 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 7 15 22 65 7 1 2 3 8
1962–63 Hershey Bears AHL 53 3 9 12 78 11 1 3 4 26
1963–64 Springfield Indians AHL 71 2 16 18 103 — — — — —
1964–65 Springfield Indians AHL 69 10 25 35 68 — — — — —
1965–66 Springfield Indians AHL 71 5 27 32 94 6 0 1 1 16
1966–67 Springfield Indians AHL 67 14 35 49 94 — — — — —
1967–68 Los Angeles Kings NHL 68 3 13 16 84 7 0 1 1 14
1967–68 Springfield Indians AHL 6 1 5 6 2 — — — — —
1968–69 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 3 19 22 85 10 0 4 4 8
1969–70 Los Angeles Kings NHL 55 1 9 10 77 — — — — —
1969–70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 20 2 9 11 12 4 0 2 2 8
1970–71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 3 9 12 48 — — — — —
1970–71 New York Rangers NHL 14 0 7 7 23 13 0 1 1 14
1971–72 New York Rangers NHL 68 2 14 16 67 16 4 3 7 16
1972–73 New York Rangers NHL 72 7 25 32 74 8 0 5 5 6
1973–74 New York Rangers NHL 48 3 12 15 56 13 1 8 9 23
1974–75 New York Rangers NHL 42 1 8 9 30 — — — — —
NHL totals 509 25 125 150 556 71 5 24 29 89

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