Cliff Schmautz
Canadian ice hockey player
Intro | Canadian ice hockey player | |
Places | Canada | |
was | Athlete Ice hockey player | |
Work field | Sports | |
Gender |
| |
Birth | 17 March 1939 | |
Death | 11 February 2002 (aged 62 years) |
Clifford Harvey Schmautz (March 17, 1939 – February 11, 2002) was a professional ice hockey right wing. The majority of his career, together with his brother Arnie Schmautz, was spent in the Western Hockey League with the Portland Buckaroos, topping forty goals three times and leading the league in scoring in the 1965–66 season. He also played 56 games in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres and Philadelphia Flyers during the 1970–71 season. In his short NHL career, Schmautz scored thirteen goals and added nineteen assists. His younger brother Bobby Schmautz also played in the NHL.