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14 Facts About Reggie Leach

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Reggie Leach is best known for his time in Philadelphia, winning a Stanley Cup with the Flyers in 1975 and being a member of the LCB line.

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Reggie Leach finished his NHL career with a one-season stop with the Detroit Red Wings.

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Reggie Leach is perhaps best remembered for being one of only five players, the first Flyer, and the only non-goaltender to win the Conn Smythe Trophy, awarded to the MVP of the Stanley Cup playoffs, as a member of the losing team in the Final.

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Reggie Leach followed Roger Crozier and Glenn Hall and preceded Ron Hextall and Jean-Sebastien Giguere.

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Reggie Leach earned this distinction in 1976 while setting NHL records for most goals in a single post-season, with 19 in 16 games, surpassing the Montreal Canadiens' Newsy Lalonde's 1919 mark of 17 goals, and longest consecutive games goal-scoring streak in the playoffs at 10, bettering the 7 set by another Canadien, Maurice Richard, as his team went on to be swept in the final by Montreal.

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6.

Reggie Leach played 934 career NHL games, scoring 381 goals and 285 assists for 666 points.

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Reggie Leach was part of the Flyers' 35-game unbeaten streak in 1980, which is a record that still stands today, in addition to the Flyers' home game unbeaten streak of 22 games in the same year.

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8.

Reggie Leach played for Team Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup, helping to win the championship.

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Reggie Leach was a member of the NHL All-Star teams in 1976 and 1980.

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10.

In late 2007, Reggie Leach joined the Manitoulin Islanders of the Northern Ontario Junior Hockey League as an associate coach.

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11.

Reggie Leach is of Ojibwe ethnicity, a member of Berens River First Nation in Manitoba.

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12.

The song recites the text of Samson's own petition to have Reggie Leach inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame, and was formally presented to the HHOF in 2013.

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13.

Reggie Leach was the answer to a radio question in the TV series It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.

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14.

Reggie Leach is cited as inspirational example in Richard Wagamese's novel Indian Horse and the 2017 film adaptation directed by Stephen Campanelli.

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