Overview
- Pulford won four Stanley Cups with the Maple Leafs in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967, starring on Toronto’s most recent title team.
- He played 1,079 NHL games with 281 goals and 362 assists across 16 seasons with Toronto and Los Angeles.
- He served as the first president of the NHL players’ union in 1967, helping lay the groundwork for the modern NHLPA.
- As coach of the Los Angeles Kings, he led a run of regular playoff appearances and captured the 1974-75 Jack Adams Award.
- He spent 1977 to 2007 running Chicago Blackhawks hockey operations with multiple stints as coach and GM, drawing tributes from Blackhawks chairman Danny Wirtz and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman.