Larry Bolonchuk

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1952)}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | position = Defence | shoots = Right |image=File:LarryBolonchuk.png |caption=Bolonchuk in 1978 photo | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 10 | weight_lb = 185 | played_for = Washington Capitals <br>Vancouver Canucks | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|2|26|mf=y}} | birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | career_start = 1972 | career_end = 1980 | draft = 67th overall | draft_year = 1972 | draft_team = Vancouver Canucks }} '''Kenneth Lawrence Mitchell Bolonchuk''' (born February 26, 1952) is a Canadian former ice hockey defenceman.

Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Bolonchuk was drafted by the Vancouver Canucks in 1972, Bolonchuk was left unprotected for the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft by the Vancouver Canucks, and was claimed by the Washington Capitals, where he played parts of three seasons until the end of the 1977–78 season. He signed as a free agent in 1978 with the Birmingham Bulls of the World Hockey Association but never played a game in the final 1978-79 WHA season.<ref>https://archive.ukrweekly.com/wp-content/uploads/The_Ukrainian_Weekly_1978-42.pdf</ref> The majority of his career was spent in the International Hockey League, a minor professional league.

In 2010, Bolonchuk was employed as a senior fire prevention officer with the Winnipeg Fire Department.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winnipeg.ca/isext/document_library/cityofwinnipegcompensationdisclosure.pdf |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-04-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120229233509/http://www.winnipeg.ca/ISExt/document_library/cityofwinnipegcompensationdisclosure.pdf |archivedate=2012-02-29 }} (2010 City of Winnipeg Compensation Disclosure)</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 | Winnipeg Jets | WCHL | 66 || 4 || 31 || 35 || 140 | 12 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 66 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1971–72 | Winnipeg Jets | WCHL | 67 || 7 || 32 || 39 || 175 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1972–73 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 59 || 2 || 9 || 11 || 97 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1972–73 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 15 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1973–74 | Des Moines Capitols | IHL | 71 || 6 || 27 || 33 || 166 | 10 || 2 || 4 || 6 || 37 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1973–74 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 3 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1974–75 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 58 || 9 || 21 || 30 || 139 | 14 || 0 || 13 || 13 || 31 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 1 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1975–76 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 77 || 4 || 39 || 43 || 174 | 15 || 0 || 11 || 11 || 59 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1976–77 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 9 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1976–77 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 71 || 2 || 21 || 23 || 124 | 4 || 0 || 2 || 2 || 6 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 49 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 79 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1977–78 | Hampton Gulls | AHL | 14 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 38 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1977–78 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 19 || 0 || 7 || 7 || 12 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1978–79 | Binghamton Dusters | AHL | 75 || 2 || 28 || 30 || 108 | 10 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 18 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Cincinnati Stingers | CHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1979–80 | Dayton Gems | IHL | 73 || 7 || 32 || 39 || 139 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"|IHL totals ! 350 !! 28 !! 140 !! 168 !! 742 ! 43 !! 2 !! 30 !! 32 !! 133 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3"|NHL totals ! 74 !! 3 !! 9 !! 12 !! 97 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

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==External links== *{{icehockeystats|legends=12037}} *[http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1972/72067.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]

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