Robert Arthur "Steady" Falkenberg (born January 1, 1946) is a Canadian retired professional

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who played 54 games in the

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with the Detroit Red Wings between 1966 and 1971 and 378 games in the

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with Alberta/Edmonton Oilers, and

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between 1972 and 1978.

Playing career

During his eight seasons with the Wings, Falkenberg spent the majority of his time with their farm teams in the minor professional leagues (

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). Falkenberg jumped to the new WHA for its inaugural ( 1972–73) season, where he consistently played the next five seasons with the Alberta Oilers (renamed Edmonton in their second season), then the Mariners. He retired from hockey after a brief two games, back with the Oilers, at the start of his sixth WHA season ( 1977–78).

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Regular season and playoffs

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