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Line 1: {{Short description\|Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player \| image = NormUllman.jpg Line 11: \| weight_lb = 185 \| birth_date = {{birth date and age\|1935\|12\|26}} \| birth_place = [[Provost, ~~Alberta\|Provost]], [[~~Alberta]], Canada \| career_start = 1955 \| career_end = 1977 \| halloffame = 1982 }} '''Norman Victor Alexander Ullman''' (born December 26, 1935) is a Canadian former [[ice hockey]] [[forward (ice hockey)\|forward]]. He previously played for the [[Detroit Red Wings]] and [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] of the [[National Hockey League]] (NHL) from 1955 to 1975, and with the [[Edmonton Oilers]] of the [[World Hockey Association]] from 1975 to 1977. He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1982. ==Playing career== Norm Ullman began his career with the [[Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL)\|Edmonton Oil Kings]] of the [[Western Hockey League\|WCJHL]], before moving to the [[Edmonton Flyers]] of the [[Western Hockey League (~~minor pro~~1952–1974)\|WHL]]. He turned pro with the [[Detroit Red Wings]] of the [[National Hockey League]] in the [[1955–56 NHL season]]. He was renowned as an excellent stick handler, as well as one of the paramount [[forecheck]]ers in hockey history - and for his stamina and consistency which was important ~~centring~~in centering a line with [[Gordie Howe]] and [[Ted Lindsay]] in only his second season with Detroit. His career statistics rank him among the greatest centres to ever play in the NHL, with 490 career regular-season goals and 739 assists for 1229 points. He had sixteen NHL seasons of 20 or more goals. Ullman led Detroit in goals in 1961, 1965, and 1966 and led the league in 1964–65 with 42 goals. In that same season, he missed the overall scoring title by 4 points, second to [[Stan Mikita]], and was voted a [[NHL All-Star team\|first team All -Star]]. He appeared in eleven All -Star games during his 20-year career ~~and~~ scored 30 goals and added 53 assists during [[Stanley Cup]] Playoff action in 106 games played. Ullman was twice the playoff -scoring leader. OnHe ~~March~~was 3,part ~~1968,~~of ~~midway~~a ~~through~~six-player ~~his~~blockbuster ~~thirteenth~~transaction ~~season~~in ~~with~~which ~~Detroit, it~~he was ~~announced that Norm Ullman,~~traded along with [[Paul Henderson]] and [[Floyd Smith (ice hockey)\|Floyd Smith]], ~~were~~from ~~being~~the ~~dealt~~[[1967–68 Detroit Red Wings season\|Red Wings]] to the [[1967–68 Toronto Maple Leafs season\|Toronto Maple Leafs]] for [[Frank Mahovlich]], [[Pete Stemkowski]], and [[Garry Unger]] on March 4, 1968. The Maple Leafs and Red Wings were in fifth and sixth place respectively at the ~~rights~~bottom toof the [[~~Carl~~East ~~Brewer~~Division (~~ice~~NHL)\|East Division]] standings at the time of the deal.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zCpmAAAAIBAJ&sjid=EoINAAAAIBAJ&pg=842%2C726774 "Mahovlich, Ullman Traded," ''The Edmonton Journal'', Monday, March 4, 1968.] Retrieved January 25, 2023.</ref> Ullman finished his NHL career with Toronto and ended his hockey) career after two seasons with the [[World Hockey Association\|~~Carl~~WHA]]'s [[Edmonton ~~Brewer~~Oilers]]. ~~Ullman finished his NHL career with Toronto and ended his hockey career after two seasons with the [[World Hockey Association\|WHA]]'s [[Edmonton Oilers]].~~ He was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] on September 8, 1982.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Norm Ullman\|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?type=Player&mem=P198203&list=ByName\|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame\|website=www.legendsofhockey.net/\|access-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref><ref>{{cite web\|title=Induction Facts & Figures\|url=http://www.hhof.com/htmlInduct/ind02facts.shtml\|publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame\|website=www.hhof.com/\|access-date=December 29, 2013}}</ref> In 1998, he was ranked number 90 on [[List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News\|''The Hockey News''' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players]]. ==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {\| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" Line 232 ⟶ 229: 1965: Most goals (Later called [[Maurice 'Rocket' Richard Trophy]]) == Personal life == Ullman is the uncle of ballet dancer and choreographer [[Darren Anderson (dancer)\|Darren Anderson]]., ~~Ullman~~and he is the father of lawyer Gordon Ullman and grandfather of Maxwell Ullman.{{citation needed\|date=May 2023}}▼ ▲Ullman is the uncle of ballet dancer and choreographer [[Darren Anderson (dancer)\|Darren Anderson]]. Ullman is the father of lawyer Gordon Ullman and grandfather of Maxwell Ullman. ==See also== [[List of NHL statistical leaders]] * [[List of NHL players with 1,000 points]] *[[List of NHL players with 1,000 games played]] Line 253 ⟶ 249: {{DEFAULTSORT:Ullman, Norm}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]] [[Category:Canadian ice hockey centres]] [[Category:Canadian people of German descent]]