Jan Popiel (born October 9, 1947) is a Danish-Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 296 games in the World Hockey Association. He played for the Chicago Cougars, Denver Spurs, Houston Aeros and Phoenix Roadrunners. He is the younger brother of former NHL player Poul Popiel.
Popiel was drafted 10th overall in the 1964 NHL entry draft by the Chicago Black Hawks making him the highest drafted Danish-born player in NHL history until Mikkel Bødker was drafted in 2008 as number 8. Popiel, however, was raised in Canada (his family moved to St. Catharines, Ontario in 1951 when he was a child http://www.crykkediles.dk/story.html) and is a Canadian citizen.https://www.surgent.net/wha/player/op/popiej.html Popiel featured in the Avco World Trophy final with the Cougars in the 1974 WHA playoffs and the Aeros in the 1976 WHA playoffs, both resulting in losses.
Popiel also played professional lacrosse, scoring five goals in six games for the Montreal Canadiens of the National Lacrosse Association of 1968.
Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM1966–67 St. Catharines Black HawksOHA 40 5 20 2 5 46 — — — — — 1968–69 Salem RebelsEHL 49 11 29 40 64 — — — — — 1969–70 Greensboro Generals EHL 74 32 37 69 98 16 8 8 16 351970–71 Tulsa OilersCHL67 22 26 48 83 — — — — — 1971–72 Tulsa Oilers CHL 63 24 37 61 109 13 6 7 13 171972–73Chicago CougarsWHA76 31 34 65 77 — — — — — 1973–74Chicago Cougars WHA 63 22 17 39 36 18 8 5 13 121974–75Chicago Cougars WHA 60 18 22 40 74 — — — — — 1975–76Denver Spurs/Ottawa Civics WHA 2 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1975–76 Houston AerosWHA 67 4 7 11 59 8 1 1 2 41976–77Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 28 3 2 5 8 — — — — — 1976–77 Oklahoma City BlazersCHL 32 23 16 39 33 — — — — — WHA totals29678 82 160 256 26 9 6 15 16
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