Played For: | Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades Calgary Cowboys |
Position: | Defence |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 190 |
Birth Date: | 25 May 1954 |
Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
Draft: | 72nd overall |
Draft Year: | 1974 |
Draft Team: | Boston Bruins |
Wha Draft: | 4th overall |
Wha Draft Year: | 1974 |
Wha Draft Team: | Michigan Stags |
Career Start: | 1974 |
Career End: | 1981 |
William Ernest Reed (born May 25, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey defenceman. He was drafted in the fourth round, 72nd overall, by the Boston Bruins in the 1974 NHL Entry Draft.
Reed never played in the NHL, but did play 40 games in the World Hockey Association with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades and Calgary Cowboys during the 1974–75 and 1975–76 WHA seasons.[1]
As a youth, he played in the 1966 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with the Toronto Faustina minor ice hockey team from.[2]
Reed also appeared in the movie Slap Shot. During the opening sequence Reed, wearing jersey #2, collides with a teammate wearing the #14 allowing the Chiefs to score. The player Reed runs into was his real life Johnstown Jets teammate, Vern Campigatto.[3]