Barry Wilcox, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Barry Wilcox

Canadian ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 23-Apr-1948

Place of Birth: New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus


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About Barry Wilcox

  • Barry Fredrick Wilcox (born April 23, 1948 in New Westminster, British Columbia) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played in the National Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks from 1972–1975.
  • Right-winger Barry Wilcox spent parts of two seasons with the Vancouver Canucks in the 1970s.
  • He played for the hometown Royals of the BCJHL in 1967-69 before spending three years at the University of British Columbia.
  • Following his tenure with the Thunderbirds, Vancouver signed Wilcox as a free agent.
  • Wilcox scored 17 goals as a rookie pro in 1971-72 with the Rochester Americans of the AHL.
  • The following season, he played 31 NHL games for the Canucks as an injury replacement before he was sent down to the WHL's Seattle Totems.
  • Wilcox spent most of the next three years in the WHL and CHL before retiring in 1976.
  • He can now be found working as a secondary school counsellor in Surrey. In 1973, Barry was part of a Canucks promotional tour of the BC interior, along with Jim Robson and Ken Caravetta.
  • During the trip, Barry signed autographs in every Super-Valu in the region.

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