Gregory James Joly (born May 30, 1954) is a Canadian former ice hockey player who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Washington Capitals and Detroit Red Wings.

He won the 1981 Calder Cup with the AHL's Adirondack Red Wings.

Washington's general manager, Milt Schmidt, referred to Joly at the time as "the next Bobby Orr",[1] but over his nine seasons playing with Washington (1974–76) and the Detroit Red Wings (1976–83), Joly spent parts of seven seasons on the American Hockey League (AHL) farm teams of those two organizations.

[2][3][4] Joly scored the last goal at Detroit’s Olympia Stadium.

[5] Joly was born in Rocky Mountain House, Alberta.