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Place of Birth: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
About Mike Pelyk
- Michael Joseph "Mike Mikita" Pelyk (born September 29, 1947) is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 441 games in the National Hockey League and 150 games in the World Hockey Association.
- He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Blazers, and Cincinnati Stingers. Mike attended Michael Power St.
- Joseph High School in Etobicoke. Although a gifted skater, Pelyk struggled with inconsistency early in his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
- In the 1973-74 season he seemed to be finally reaching his potential, leading Leaf defensemen with 12 goals, when he was lured away from the Leafs with a million-dollar contact to the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA.
- However, he was never quite able to return to the potential shown in the 73-74 season either in his two years in the WHA, or with his return to the NHL with the Maple Leafs in 1976.
- After two years alternating between the NHL and CHL he retired in 1978.Mike Pelyk was captain of the WHA Cincinnati Stingers for the 1975-76 season.
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