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William John Huard (born June 24, 1967) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. Huard had a professional career of over 600 games, including parts of 7 seasons at the National Hockey League (NHL) level with the Boston Bruins, Ottawa Senators, Quebec Nordiques, Dallas Stars, Edmonton Oilers and Los Angeles Kings. ==Playing career== Huard played two junior seasons with the Peterborough Petes of the OHL, after making the team as a walk-on player. After completing his junior eligibility, he signed as a free agent with the Carolina Thunderbirds of the ECHL where he won an ECHL Championship and lead the team in playoff points. He then caught the attention of the NHL's New Jersey Devils, who signed Huard to play with their farm club, the Utica Devils of the American Hockey League. Following that off-season Huard joined a local boxing gym Napper's Boxing Club where Canadian Boxing champ Tom Glesby assisted training him in boxing. Following his third year with the Utica Devils he was named the toughest player in the league by an AHL coaches poll. Although Huard failed to make the parent New Jersey Devils, he showed enough that Tom McVie (now coach of the Boston Bruins) convinced his organization to sign him. It was during his single season with the Providence Bruins that Huard got his first NHL action. Huard's first NHL game (against the Hartford Whalers) was extremely short. During the first period of play, Huard had to leave the bench after GM Harry Sinden and Mike Milbury recognized a contract mishap with him. Huard was sent back to Providence following the game, only to be recalled a week later for two more games at the NHL level. The following summer Huard signed with Ottawa, and spent the next seven seasons in the NHL, with the Senators, Nordiques, Stars and Oilers. It was in Ottawa that Huard was given the nickname "Babyface" by the local sports media. Although Huard briefly showed scoring ability at the ECHL, the AHL and the NHL level, his time there was mostly spent as an enforcer, and his penalty minutes consistently outpaced his point production. Injury's contributed to a decline in Huard's play, in particular, a battered left hand hastened his exit from the NHL. Huard played his last game with the Los Angeles Kings (although he was traded to the expansion Atlanta Thrashers franchise, he only played for their farm club). He finished his professional career in Britain, playing for the London Knights. After just two games, Huard's wife, who was seven months pregnant, had a medical scare, and returned to Canada with Huard to see their family doctor. Huard had played his last professional game. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Bill Huard」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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