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Line 1: {{short description\|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{BLP no footnotes\|date=September 2023}} {{similar names\|Lawrence Johnston (disambiguation){{!}}Lawrence Johnston}} {{Infobox ice hockey player \| image = Line 4 ⟶ 7: \| caption = \| position = [[Defenceman\|Defence]] \| played_for = '''''[[National Hockey League\|NHL]]'''''<br>[[Los Angeles Kings]]<br/>[[Detroit Red Wings]]<br/>[[Kansas City Scouts]]<br/>[[Colorado Rockies (NHL)\|Colorado Rockies]]<br>'''''[[World Hockey Association\|WHA]]'''''<br>[[Michigan Stags\|Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades]] \| shoots = Right \| height_ft = 5 Line 16 ⟶ 19: }} '''Larry Stuart Roy Johnston''' (born July 20, 1943 ~~in [[Kitchener, Ontario\|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]]~~) is a Canadian former professional [[ice hockey]] [[defenceman (ice hockey)\|defenceman]] who played for over 14 years in seven different hockey leagues. He spent the most time with the [[Springfield Indians\|Springfield Indians/Kings]] of the [[American Hockey League]] and the [[Detroit Red Wings]] of the [[National Hockey League]], where he served a short term as [[captain (ice hockey)\|~~Captain~~captain]]. ==Playing career== Line 25 ⟶ 28: ===Reaching the NHL=== The following season, Johnston played 12 games with the [[~~Tidewater~~Virginia ~~Red~~Wings\|Tidewater Wings]] of the AHL before he was brought up to the Detroit Red Wings to finish out the [[1971–72 NHL season\|1971–72 season]]. After ten seasons in the minor leagues, Johnston finally found his place in the NHL with Detroit. He would finish his first season with a +20 rating, 24 points and 111 penalty minutes. He was a bright spot on a team that was losing its direction after the [[Stanley Cup]]-winning seasons of the 1950s. He played three seasons in Detroit before signing with the [[Michigan Stags]] of the [[World Hockey Association\|WHA]] in July 1974 and played there until a rash of injuries shut him down. The Stags ~~folded~~transferred ~~late~~to inBaltimore during the [[1974–75 NHL season\|1974–75 season]], ~~and~~becoming the ~~[[Kansas~~Baltimore City Scouts]] turned to Johnston to add muscle and organization to their young defence. Johnston had one full season with Kansas City in [[1975–76 NHL season\|1975–76]] before the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado, as the [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)\|Colorado Rockies]]. Johnston suited up for 25 games in the [[1976–77 NHL season\|1976–77 season]], which were his last in the NHLBlades. According to the book ''Icing On The Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts'' (pp. 137–138, Troy Treasure, Balboa Press), when the Michigan franchise moved to Baltimore to be operated by the WHA, Johnston claimed the league failed to properly abide by the terms of his contract. The WHA countered Johnston was not putting forth proper effort on the ice. "Johnston didn't want to play here and he wasn't performing up to expectations," Blades executive director Skip Feldman told the ''Kansas City Star''. "He was just going through the motions. His release was by mutual agreement." According to published reports, Johnston's agent Bob Wolfe told Baltimore media his client had effectively bought out the remainder of his contract for what he was owed for the rest of the season. The [[Kansas City Scouts]] acquired Johnston on March 1, 1975, in exchange for an undetermined amount of cash to add muscle and organization to their young defence. Johnston signed for the remainder of the 1974–75 season and the following year. Johnston had one full season with Kansas City in [[1975–76 NHL season\|1975–76]] before the franchise relocated to Denver, Colorado, as the [[Colorado Rockies (NHL)\|Colorado Rockies]]. Johnston suited up for 25 games in the [[1976–77 NHL season\|1976–77 season]], which were his last in the NHL. Johnston played the remainder of that season for the [[Maine Nordiques]] of the [[North American Hockey League]] and retired in 1977. Line 235 ⟶ 244: \|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| [[1971–72 AHL season\|1971–72]] \| [[Virginia Wings\|Tidewater Wings]] \| AHL \| 12 Line 277 ⟶ 286: \|- \| [[1974–75 WHA season\|1974–75]] \| [[Michigan Stags\|Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades]] \| [[World Hockey Association\|WHA]] \| 49 Line 373 ⟶ 382: ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{icehockeystats\|legends=13126}} Line 381 ⟶ 392: {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Larry}} [[Category:1943 births]] [[Category:Living people]]▼ [[Category:Baltimore Blades players]] [[Category:Baltimore Clippers players]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey defencemen]] [[Category:Colorado Rockies (NHL) players]] [[Category:Detroit Red Wings captains]] [[Category:Detroit Red Wings players]] [[Category:~~Eastern~~Canadian ~~Hockey~~expatriate ~~League~~ice hockey players in the United States]] [[Category:~~Ice~~Fort ~~hockey~~Worth ~~people~~Wings ~~from Ontario~~players]] [[Category:Sportspeople from Kitchener, Ontario]]▼ [[Category:Johnstown Jets players]] [[Category:Kansas City Scouts players]] ▲[[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Los Angeles Kings players]] [[Category:Maine Nordiques players]] [[Category:Michigan Stags players]] ▲[[Category:~~Sportspeople~~Ice hockey people from Kitchener, Ontario]] [[Category:Springfield Indians players]] [[Category:Springfield Kings players]] [[Category:Tulsa Oilers (~~1964–84~~1964–1984) players]] ~~[[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]~~