{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Use Canadian English|date=March 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2024}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | name = George Kuzmicz | image = | image_size = | position = Defence | played_for = Toronto Toros | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 1 | weight_lb = 205 | birth_date = {{birth date|1952|05|24}} | birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|2015|09|25|1952|05|24}} | death_place = Scarborough, Ontario, Canada | draft = 138th overall | draft_team = Detroit Red Wings | draft_year = 1972 | career_start = 1974 | career_end = 1976 }} '''George Kuzmicz''' (May 24, 1952 – September 25, 2015)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Obituary of George Kuzmicz {{!}} Ogden Funeral Homes |url=https://ogden.funeraltechweb.com/tribute/details/14164/George-Kuzmicz/obituary.html |access-date=2022-06-14 |website=ogden.funeraltechweb.com |language=en-US}}</ref> was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played in the World Hockey Association (WHA).<ref name="hdc">{{cite web|title=1972 NHL Amateur Draft -- George Kuzmicz|url=http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1972/72138.html|publisher=Hockey Draft Central|accessdate=March 26, 2014}}</ref> Kuzmicz played parts of two WHA seasons with the Toronto Toros.<ref name="ep">{{cite web |title=Ralph Hopiavouri at eliteprospects.com |url=https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/116370/ralph-hopiavouri |website=www.eliteprospects.com |access-date=October 16, 2023}}</ref> He was drafted in the ninth round of the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft by the Detroit Red Wings.<ref name="hdc"/> As a youth, he played in the 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Cedar Hill.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-04|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
==Career statistics== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Regular season ! rowspan="99" bgcolor="#ffffff" | ! colspan="5" | Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM ! GP ! G ! A ! Pts ! PIM |- | 1971–72 | Cornell University | NCAA | 13 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | Cornell University | NCAA | 29 || 5 || 13 || 18 || 30 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1973–74 | Cornell University | NCAA | 25 || 7 || 23 || 30 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1974–75 | Toronto Toros | WHA | 34 || 0 || 12 || 12 || 22 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | Mohawk Valley Comets | NAHL-Sr. | 13 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 21 | 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Toronto Toros | WHA | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1975–76 | Buffalo Norsemen | NAHL-Sr. | 38 || 1 || 8 || 9 || 35 | — || — || — || — || — |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! ALIGN="center" | 35 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 12 ! ALIGN="center" | 12 ! ALIGN="center" | 22 ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — ! ALIGN="center" | — |- |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NAHL-Sr. totals ! ALIGN="center" | 51 ! ALIGN="center" | 1 ! ALIGN="center" | 11 ! ALIGN="center" | 12 ! ALIGN="center" | 56 ! ALIGN="center" | 2 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 ! ALIGN="center" | 0 |}
==Awards and honors== {| class="wikitable" ! Award ! Year ! |- | All-ECAC First Team | 1973–74 |<ref name="hdc"/><ref>{{cite news|title=ECAC All-Teams|url=http://www.augenblick.org/chha/ecac_all.html|publisher=College Hockey Historical Archives|accessdate=May 19, 2013}}</ref> |- | AHCA East All-American | 1973–74 |<ref name="hdc"/><ref name="ep"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Men's Ice Hockey Award Winners|url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/m_icehockey_rb/2013/MIH%20awards%20for%202013.pdf|publisher=NCAA.org|accessdate=June 11, 2013}}</ref> |- |}
*1973–74 Cornell Boosters Award (dedication and team play)<ref name="hdc"/> *1973–74 Ivy League First All-Star Team<ref name="hdc"/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{Ice hockey stats}}
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