Bill Reed

For other people named William Reed or Bill Reed, see William Reed (disambiguation).
Bill Reed
Born (1954-05-25) May 25, 1954 (age 70)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Defence
Played for Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades
Calgary Cowboys
NHL draft 72nd overall, 1974
Boston Bruins
WHA draft 4th overall, 1974
Michigan Stags
Playing career 1974–1981

William Ernest Reed[1] (born May 25, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the fourth round, 72nd overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft.[1]

Reed never played in the NHL, but did play 40 games in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Calgary Cowboys during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 WHA seasons.[2]

As a youth, he played in the 1966 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Faustina minor ice hockey team from.[3]

Reed also appeared in the movie Slap Shot. During the opening sequence Reed, wearing jersey #2, collides with a teammate wearing the #14 allowing the Chiefs to score. The player Reed runs into was his real life Johnstown Jets teammate, Vern Campigatto.[1]

  1. ^ a b c "1974 NHL DRAFT PICK: Bill Reed". Hockey Draft Central.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  2. ^ "Bill Reed's profile". Hockey Reference.com. Retrieved May 18, 2010.
  3. ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 6, 2019.