Guyle fielder biography
Guyle Abner Fielder (born November 21, ) is an American-born Canadian retired professional ice hockey centre....
Guyle Fielder
Guyle Abner Fielder (born November 21, 1930) is an American-born Canadian retired professional ice hockeycentre.
He played 9 regular season games in the National Hockey League (NHL).
Seattle's oldest living former professional hockey player still plays pool up to three times a week at the recreation center inside the Mesa, Ariz.
He played for the Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and the Boston Bruins. Fielder is the third-leading scorer in professional hockey history, behind Wayne Gretzky and Gordie Howe. He was one of only three hockey players to pass 2000 points in their playing career.
He also holds the records as the leading games played, career assists and career points in minor league hockey history.
Fielder played 22 years of professional hockey, including parts of four seasons in the NHL with the Chicago Blackhawks, Detroit Red Wings and Boston Bruins.He was born in Potlatch, Idaho but he moved to Nipawin, Saskatchewan with his Canadian parents at an early age and grew up there.
Career
[change | change source]Before playing in the NHL, Fielder played 2 seasons of with the Lethbridge Native Sons of the Western Canadian Junior Hockey League (WCJHL).
On March 9, 1951, Fielder signed a contract with the Chicago Black Hawks as a free agent.[