Norm Ullman

Norm Ullman
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m) 185 lb (84 kg)
Teams	Detroit Red Wings Toronto Maple Leafs Edmonton Oilers (WHA)
Nationality	Canadian
Born	December 26,1935, Provost, AB, CAN
Pro Career	1955 – 1977
Hall of Fame, 1982

Norman Victor Alexander "Norm" Ullman (born December 26, 1935, in Provost, Alberta, Canada) is a former centre.

Playing Career

Norm Ullman began his career with the Edmonton Oil Kings of the WCJHL, before moving to the Edmonton Flyers of the WHL. He turned pro with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League in the 1955–56 NHL season.

He was a first all star with the Oil Kings in 1953-54 and 1954-55, and won the league scoring title in 1954-55.

He was renowned as an excellent stick handler, as well as one of the paramount forecheckers in hockey history and for his stamina and consistency. He centered a line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay in only his second season with Detroit.

His career statistics rank him among the greatest centers to ever play in the NHL, with 490 career regular season goals and 739 assists for 1229 points. He had sixteen NHL seasons of 20 or more goals.

Ullman led Detroit in goals in 1961, 1965, and 1966 and led the league in 1964–65 with 42 goals. In that same season he missed the overall scoring title by just 4 points, second only to Stan Mikita, and was voted a first team All Star.

He appeared in eleven All Star games during his 20 year career. He also scored 30 goals and added 53 assists during Stanley Cup Playoff action in 106 games played. Ullman was twice the playoff scoring leader.

On March 3, 1968, midway through his thirteenth season with Detroit, Ullman, along with Paul Henderson and Floyd Smith, were dealt to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Frank Mahovlich, Pete Stemkowski, Garry Unger, and the rights to Carl Brewer.

Ullman finished his NHL career with Toronto and ended his hockey career after two seasons with the WHA's Edmonton Oilers.

Although Ullman was never on a Stanley Cup winning team, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982. In 1998, he was ranked number 90 on List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News.

Career History

• Edmonton Oil Kings, WCJHL 1951–54
• Edmonton Flyers, WHL 1953–54 1954–55
• Detroit Red Wings, NHL 1955–56 – 1967–68
• Toronto Maple Leafs, NHL 1967–68 – 1974–75
• Edmonton Oilers, WHA 1975–76 – 1976–77

Career Statistics

				Regular Season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1951–52	Edmonton Oil Kings	WCJHL		1	1	0	1	0		1	0	0	0	0
1952–53	Edmonton Oil Kings	WCJHL		36	29	47	76	4		13	4	6	10	0
1953–54	Edmonton Oil Kings	WCJHL		36	56	45	101	17		10	11	26	37	0
1953–54	Edmonton Flyers	WHL		1	1	0	1	0		--	--	--	--	--
1954–55	Edmonton Flyers	WHL		60	25	34	59	23		9	3	1	4	6
1955–56	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		66	9	9	18	26		10	1	3	4	13
1956–57	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		64	16	36	52	47		5	1	1	2	6
1957–58	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	23	28	51	38		4	0	2	2	4
1958–59	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	22	36	58	42
1959–60	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	24	34	58	46		6	2	2	4	0
1960–61	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	28	42	70	34		11	0	4	4	4
1961–62	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	26	38	64	54		--	--	--	--	--
1962–63	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	26	30	56	53		11	4	12	16	14
1963–64	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		61	21	30	51	55		14	7	10	17	6
1964–65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	42	41	83	70		7	6	4	10	2
1965–66	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		70	31	41	72	35		12	6	9	15	12
1966–67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		68	26	44	70	26
1967–68	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		58	30	25	55	26
1967–68	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		13	5	12	17	2
1968–69	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		75	35	42	77	41		4	1	0	1	0
1969–70	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		74	18	42	60	37
1970–71	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		73	34	51	85	24		6	0	2	2	2
1971–72	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		77	23	50	73	26		5	1	3	4	6
1972–73	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		65	20	35	55	10
1973–74	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		78	22	47	69	12		4	1	1	2	0
1974–75	Toronto Maple Leafs	NHL		80	9	26	35	8		7	0	0	0	2
1975–76	Edmonton Oilers	WHA		77	31	56	87	12		4	1	3	4	2
1976–77	Edmonton Oilers	WHA		67	16	27	43	28		5	0	3	3	0
WCJHL/WHL Totals				134	112	126	238	44		33	18	33	51	6
WHA Totals				144	47	83	130	40		9	1	6	7	2
NHL Totals				1410	490	739	1229	712		106	30	53	83	67

Career Awards

• 1965: Most goals (Later called Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy)

Gallery

Norm Ullman and Pierre Pilote battle for the puck while Al Arbour and Glenn Hall look on, January 19, 1957.

Norm Ullman from Paul Henderson, March 9, 1968.

Video

Leafs-Seals game from February 7, 1970 with Norm Ullman interviewed.

1970 Oakland vs Toronto with Norm Ullman

Preceded by Bobby Hull	NHL Goal Leader 1965	Succeeded by Bobby Hull
Preceded by Mike Rogers	Edmonton Oilers Regular Season Scoring Leader 1975/1976	Succeeded by Bryan Campbell & Bill Flett