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Tracy Arnold Pratt (born March 8, 1943) is an American-born Canadian former professional ice hockey Defenceman who played in the National Hockey League. He was born in New York City, where his father, Hockey Hall of Fame defenseman Babe Pratt, played for the New York Rangers.
Signing with the New York Rangers, Pratt turned professional in 1963 with the St. Paul Rangers of the Central Professional Hockey League, he played four seasons in the minors before being selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft in the 14th round, 83rd overall, by the California Seals. He made his NHL debut for the renamed Oakland Seals that season, splitting the time between the Seals and their Vancouver Canucks farm team, and was one of the two players involved in the check that resulted in Bill Masterton's death that season.
Starting the 1969 season with Vancouver, he was traded mid-season to the Pittsburgh Penguins, finishing the season back in the NHL with them. At the 1970 NHL Expansion Draft, Pratt was drafted again, this time 7th overall by the Buffalo Sabres, for whom he went on to play four seasons. A noted pugilist, unusually, in that first season, Pratt had a celebrated fight with future Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Billy Smith.
In December of 1973, Pratt was dealt with John Gould to the Vancouver Canucks (which had joined the NHL in 1970 with Buffalo]] for Jerry Korab. He played two and a half seasons for the Canucks before signing as a free agent with the Colorado Rockies in 1976. After a late-season trade that year to the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pratt retired as a hockey player.
Pratt's best year was 1975, when he scored 22 points with a +7 rating, and was one of two Canucks (the other being goaltender Gary Smith) named to play in that season's NHL All-Star Game.
After retirement, Pratt coached for a single season in 1980 as head coach of the Abbotsford Flyers of the Junior A British Columbia Hockey League; the team finished out of the playoffs for the only time in the franchise's history, and he was not retained.
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Regular season and playoffs
1959–60 Vancouver College HS-BC — — 1960–61 Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 83 — 1961–62 Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 143 36 1962–63 Brandon Wheat Kings MJHL 132 38 1962–63 Brandon Wheat Kings Memorial Cup — 35 1963–64 St. Paul Rangers CPHL 128 49 1964–65 St. Paul Rangers CPHL 200 27 1965–66 St. Louis Braves CPHL 206 6 1966–67 Portland Buckaroos WHL 92 4 1967–68 Oakland Seals NHL 90 — 1967–68 Vancouver Canucks WHL 73 — 1968–69 Vancouver Canucks WHL 74 — 1968–69 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 34 — 1969–70 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 124 51 1970–71 Buffalo Sabres NHL 179 — 1971–72 Buffalo Sabres NHL 52 — 1971–72 Cincinnati Swords AHL 40 — 1972–73 Buffalo Sabres NHL 116 6 1973–74 Buffalo Sabres NHL 52 — 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 44 — 1974–75 Vancouver Canucks NHL 145 5 1975–76 Vancouver Canucks NHL 72 0 1976–77 Colorado Rockies NHL 110 — 1976–77 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 8 0
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Categories: 1943 Births, Living People, 20th-century American Sportsmen, American Men's Ice Hockey Defensemen, Brandon Wheat Kings Players, Buffalo Sabres Players, Canadian Ice Hockey Defencemen, Colorado Rockies Players, Flin Flon Bombers Players, Ice Hockey People From New York City, National Hockey League All-stars, Oakland Seals Players, Pittsburgh Penguins Players, St. Paul Rangers Players, Toronto Maple Leafs Players, Vancouver Canucks Players
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