{{short description|American lawyer and ice hockey player/executive}} {{BLP sources|date=September 2023}} {{Use mdy dates|date=September 2013}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | image_size = 225px | played_for = Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades<br>Edmonton Oilers<br>Cleveland Crusaders | position = Center | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 2 | weight_lb = 190 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|02|21}} | birth_place = Royal Oak, Michigan, U.S. | draft = 45th overall | draft_team = Detroit Red Wings | draft_year = 1974 | wha_draft = 22nd overall | wha_draft_year = 1974 | wha_draft_team = Cincinnati Stingers | career_start = 1974 | career_end = 1979 }} '''Bill Evo''' (born February 21, 1954) is an American lawyer and a former professional ice hockey player and executive.
==Hockey career== Evo played major junior hockey in the Ontario Hockey League with the Peterborough Petes from 1971 to 1974. He was selected by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL) in the third round (45th overall) of the 1974 NHL amateur draft and was also drafted by the Cincinnati Stingers in the second round (22nd overall) of the 1974 WHA Secret Amateur Draft. Between 1974 and 1976, Evo played 97 games in the World Hockey Association, with the Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades (the team moved mid-season), Edmonton Oilers and Cleveland Crusaders, scoring 14 goals and 18 assists for 32 points while earning 85 penalty minutes.
Evo was appointed the president of the Detroit Red Wings in September 1995,<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=110&dat=19960724&id=_A5QAAAAIBAJ&sjid=O1UDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6005,2247939 Ludington Daily News - July 24, 1996, Page 7]</ref> but resigned on July 23, 1996, after serving just 10 months at the Red Wing's helm.<ref>[https://apnews.com/adc332ca9a607d6dc0c9210f5f5ad147 Evo Resigns As Red Wings President<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==Legal career== Evo graduated from the University of Western Ontario, and earned his Juris Doctor degree from the University of Detroit Law School.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://harmoniepark.com/bio_billevo.htm |title=Bio: Bill Evo<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=September 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120213185337/http://harmoniepark.com/bio_billevo.htm |archive-date=February 13, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- |1970–71 || Preston Raiders || COJHL ||! colspan="11"|Statistics Unavailable |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1971–72 || Peterborough Petes || OHA || 54 || 9 || 8 || 17 || 83 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- |1972–73 || Peterborough Petes || OHA || 58 || 23 || 28 || 51 || 107 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1973–74 || Peterborough Petes || OHA || 65 || 24 || 28 || 52 || 158 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- |1974–75 || Syracuse Blazers || NAHL || 20 || 6 || 7 || 13 || 18 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1974–75 || Michigan Stags/Baltimore Blades ||WHA || 49 || 13 || 9 || 22 || 32 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- |1975–76 || Philadelphia Firebirds || NAHL || 20 || 9 || 9 || 18 || 73 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1975–76 || Edmonton Oilers || WHA || 8 || 0 || 4 || 4 || 0 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- |1975–76 || Cleveland Crusaders || WHA || 40 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 32 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" |1977–78 || San Francisco Shamrocks || PHL || 40 || 26 || 18 || 44 || 61 || –– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- |1978–79 || San Francisco Shamrocks || PHL || 13 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 24 ||–– || –– || –– || –– || –– |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"| WHA totals ! 97 !!14 !!18!! 32!! 64 ! — !! — !! — !! — !!— |}
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{Ice hockey stats}}
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