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Edwin Vernon "Shadow" Westfall (born September 19, 1940) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins and the New York Islanders from 1961 until 1978–79. Notable as a defensive specialist often tasked with defending against the star scorers of enemy teams, Westfall played most of his career as a right wing, although he played stints on defence in his earlier years and at centre in his later years. He is known for being on the ice and covering the right defence position for Bobby Orr when Orr scored his legendary flying goal in the 1970 Stanley Cup Finals. ==Playing career== He played his junior hockey with the Barrie Flyers & Niagara Falls Flyers,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Former Niagara Falls Flyer Ed Westfall returns to Honeymoon Capital this weekend )〕 and started his professional career with the Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) team. By 1961 he joined the Bruins, although he had stints the next two years with the Frontenacs and the AHL's Providence Reds. By 1966, he was firmly ensconced on Boston's checking line. Westfall won the Stanley Cup with the Boston Bruins in 1970 and 1972. He was on the ice on Bobby Orr's famous Stanley Cup-winning goal in 1970 and also scored the second of the three fastest goals in NHL history, when the Bruins scored three goals in 20 seconds in a 1971 game with the Vancouver Canucks.〔(【引用サイトリンク】Fastest three goals, one team )〕 During those seasons he made his reputation as a preeminent penalty killer (generally paired with centre Derek Sanderson or winger Don Marcotte), enough so that he was named to play in the All-Star Game in 1971, 1973, 1974 and 1975.〔 Westfall was chosen by the brand new New York Islanders in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft.〔(【引用サイトリンク】NYI Expansion Draft June 6, 1972 )〕 He was subsequently made the first captain of the team,〔(【引用サイトリンク】Islanders of Yesteryear: Ed Westfall, '18' )〕 a position he held until 1977. Westfall scored the first goal in franchise history〔(【引用サイトリンク】Key Islander Dates )〕 in their first game against the Atlanta Flames on October 7, 1972. His best season statistically was the 1975, when Westfall led the Islanders into their first playoffs and all the way into the Stanley Cup semifinals, exploding in the playoffs with five goals and ten assists to cap a 22-goal, 55-point regular season. He remained an effective scorer through the 1977 season, in which he was awarded the Bill Masterton Trophy for perseverance and dedication, after which he relinquished the team captaincy to Clark Gillies. His scoring declined sharply in his final two seasons, during which he spent his time on checking lines and penalty killing. 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「Ed Westfall」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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