Bryon Baltimore
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Bryon Donald Baltimore is a former NHL
and WHA
player.
Baltimore started his hockey career playing for the University of Alberta
for 2 seasons. He then headed to the AHL's
Springfield Kings. He was called up by the Los Angeles Kings
for the 1974 playoffs but he didn't see any ice time. In 1974, he signed with the Chicago Cougars
of the WHA. He would play in the WHA until it folded. In the ensuing dispersal draft he was picked up by the Edmonton Oilers
, where he played 2 games in the 1979–80 season. Baltimore is the only Yukon-raised player to participate in an NHL game.
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
and WHA
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
player.
Baltimore started his hockey career playing for the University of Alberta
University of Alberta
The University of Alberta is a public research university located in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Founded in 1908 by Alexander Cameron Rutherford, the first premier of Alberta and Henry Marshall Tory, its first president, it is widely recognized as one of the best universities in Canada...
for 2 seasons. He then headed to the AHL's
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
Springfield Kings. He was called up by the Los Angeles Kings
Los Angeles Kings
The Los Angeles Kings are a professional ice hockey team based in Los Angeles, California. They are members of the Pacific Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League...
for the 1974 playoffs but he didn't see any ice time. In 1974, he signed with the Chicago Cougars
Chicago Cougars
The Chicago Cougars were an original franchise in the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1975. The Cougars played their home games in the dilapidated International Amphitheatre. During the 1974 Avco Cup Finals against Gordie Howe and the Houston Aeros, the team's two home games were played at...
of the WHA. He would play in the WHA until it folded. In the ensuing dispersal draft he was picked up by the Edmonton Oilers
Edmonton Oilers
The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
, where he played 2 games in the 1979–80 season. Baltimore is the only Yukon-raised player to participate in an NHL game.