Gregory Paul Meredith (born February 23, 1958) is a Canadian former professional
ice hockey player. He played 38 games in the
National Hockey League with the
Calgary Flames during the
1980–81 and
1982–83 seasons.
Biography
As a youth, Meredith played in the 1971
Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a
minor ice hockey team from
Toronto.
A finalist for the
Rhodes Scholarship
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, Meredith attended the
University of Notre Dame, where he set the Notre Dame all-time goals record, with 104.
Meredith was a sixth round selection, 97th overall by the
Atlanta Flames in the
1978 NHL Entry Draft
The 1978 NHL Amateur Draft was the 16th NHL Entry Draft. It was hosted at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, on June 15, 1978. It was the last draft to be called the "Amateur Draft" before the process was renamed to the NHL Entry Dra ...
. He then played 43 games in the
National Hockey League for the
Calgary Flames in
1980–81 and
1982–83, recording six goals and four assists in the regular season, and three goals and one assist in five playoff games. He retired following the 1983–84 season.
After a knee injury ended his hockey career, Meredith attended business school at
Harvard University, where he was a volunteer assistant ice hockey coach. Meredith won the
NCAA Silver Anniversary Award in 2005 for prominence as a student athlete and success in business. He was the tenth Notre Dame graduate to win the award.
In 2004, Meredith worked as the managing director for Putnam Lovell NBF Securities Inc.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Awards and honours
References
External links
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1958 births
Living people
AHCA Division I men's ice hockey All-Americans
Atlanta Flames draft picks
Birmingham Bulls (CHL) players
Calgary Flames players
Canadian ice hockey forwards
Colorado Flames players
Harvard Business School alumni
Ice hockey people from Toronto
Notre Dame Fighting Irish men's ice hockey players
Oklahoma City Stars players
Toronto Marlboros players
Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
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