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Canada Al Hamilton
Houston Apollos / CenHL - 79/80
Date of Birth
Aug 20, 1946
Position
D
Age
78
Height
6'2" / 188 cm
Place of Birth
Flin Flon, MB, CAN
Weight
194 lbs / 88 kg
Nation
Canada
Shoots
L
Youth Team
-
Status
Retired

Son: Steve Hamilton

Team Staff profile of Al Hamilton also available

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Al Hamilton Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1962-63 Flin Flon Bombers SJHL -* -* -* -* -* -* |
1963-64 Edmonton Oil Kings CABHL 14* 4* 7* 11* 26* -* | Playoffs 5 2 3 5 15 -
1964-65 Edmonton Oil Kings CABHL 30* 10* 15* 25* -* -* |
St. Paul Rangers CenPHL 3* 0* 2* 2* 0* -* |
1965-66 Edmonton Oil Kings CABHL 28* 15* 22* 37* 99* -* | Playoffs 8 3 10 13 16 -
New York Rangers NHL 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |
1966-67 Omaha Knights CenPHL 68* 11* 25* 36* 96* -* | Playoffs 12 4 3 7 16 -
1967-68 New York Rangers NHL 2* 0* 0* 0* 0* 0* |
Buffalo Bisons AHL 72* 9* 21* 30* 82* -* | Playoffs 5 0 4 4 23 -
1968-69 New York Rangers NHL 16* 0* 0* 0* 8* 0* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
Buffalo Bisons AHL 41* 4* 14* 18* 61* -* | Playoffs 6 0 4 4 12 -
1969-70 New York Rangers NHL 59* 0* 5* 5* 54* -8* | Playoffs 5 0 0 0 2 -
1970-71 Buffalo Sabres NHL 69* 2* 28* 30* 71* -23* |
1971-72 Buffalo Sabres NHL 76* 4* 30* 34* 105* -12* |
1972-73 Alberta Oilers “C” WHA 78* 11* 50* 61* 124* -* |
1973-74 Edmonton Oilers “C” WHA 78* 14* 45* 59* 104* -* | Playoffs 4 1 1 2 15 -
1974-75 Edmonton Oilers “C” WHA 25* 1* 13* 14* 42* -* |
1975-76 Edmonton Oilers “C” WHA 54* 2* 32* 34* 78* -8* | Playoffs 4 0 1 1 6 -2
1976-77 Edmonton Oilers WHA 81* 8* 37* 45* 60* -19* | Playoffs 5 0 4 4 4 1
1977-78 Edmonton Oilers WHA 59* 11* 43* 54* 46* 24* |
1978-79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 80* 6* 38* 44* 38* 22* | Playoffs 13 4 5 9 4 1
1979-80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 31* 4* 15* 19* 20* -* | Playoffs 1 0 0 0 0 -
Houston Apollos CenHL 4* 0* 0* 0* 0* -* |

Al Hamilton Tournament Statistics

S Team League GP G A TP PIM +/-   POST GP G A TP PIM +/-
1963-64 Edmonton Oil Kings Memorial Cup 19* 4* 8* 12* 15* -* |
1964-65 Edmonton Oil Kings Memorial Cup 20* 4* 12* 16* 40* -* |
1965-66 Edmonton Oil Kings Memorial Cup 19* 9* 23* 32* 29* -* |
1974-75 Canada Summit Summit74 3* 0* 1* 1* 4* -* |

Al Hamilton Career Totals

League Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/- | Years GP G A TP PPG PIM +/-
AHL 2 113* 13* 35* 48* 0.42* 143* -* | 2 11 0 * 8 * 8 * 0.73 * 35 * - *
CABHL 3 72* 29* 44* 73* 1.01* 125* -* | 2 13 5 * 13 * 18 * 1.38 * 31 * - *
CenHL (CenPHL) 3 75* 11* 27* 38* 0.51* 96* -* | 1 12 4 * 3 * 7 * 0.58 * 16 * - *
Memorial Cup 3 58* 17* 43* 60* 1.03* 84* -* | 0 * * * * * *
NHL 7 257* 10* 78* 88* 0.34* 258* -43* | 3 7 0 * 0 * 0 * 0.00 * 2 * - *
SJHL 1 -* -* -* -* -* -* -* | 0 * * * * * *
Summit74 1 3* 0* 1* 1* 0.33* 4* -* | 0 * * * * * *
WHA 7 455* 53* 258* 311* 0.68* 492* 19* | 4 26 5 * 11 * 16 * 0.62 * 29 * 0 *
* Some data is missing to provide a correct summary.

Al Hamilton Career Highlights

Season
Awards by season
Player Biography and Trivia

Drafted 1970, 1 #3 overall by Buffalo Sabres in the NHL Expansion Draft

Number 3 retired by Edmonton Oilers

Cult/Star player for Edmonton Oilers

Career transactions
- 1979-06-09 • Rights retained prior to NHL Expansion Draft by the Edmonton Oilersb - 1972-02-12 • Selectedin the WHA General Player Draft by the Alberta Oilers
- 1970-06-10 • Claimed in the NHL Expansion Draft by the New York Rangers

- First captain in Edmonton Oilers history.