Throwback Thursday: Al Secord

Chicago Black Hawks Al Secord (Photo courtesy of fans.blackhawks.nhl.com)

Al Secord # 20

Chicago Blackhawks Career – 1980 – 1987, 1989-1990

Games – 466

Goals – 213

Assists – 159

PIM – 1426

Second Blackhawk to reach 50-goal plateau

Chicago Blackhawks enforcer

It is that time of the week again where we spotlight a throwback player from the Chicago Blackhawks past. This week’s selection for Throwback Thursday is Blackhawks great Al Secord. I hope this may bring back some of those special memories of his playing time with the Chicago Blackhawks and if not maybe it will shed some light on a player you may not have known much about.

Al Secord was drafted in the 1^st round, 16^th overall by the Boston Bruins during the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft.  He made the team several games into the 1978-79 season and was already playing at the young age of 20. He was able to put up 16 goals and 7 assists in 71 games in that first season and then 23 goals and 16 assists in his second. During his 3^rd season something strange happened though, in his first 18 appearances he failed to score any goals and only had 3 assists. As a result, Al Secord was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks on December 18, 1980 in exchange for defenceman Mike O’Connell.