Michael Joseph Pelyk (born September 29, 1947) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played 441 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 150 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1967 and 1978.
He played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Blazers, and Cincinnati Stingers.
Although a gifted skater, Pelyk struggled with inconsistency early in his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
In the 1973–74 season he seemed to be finally reaching his potential, leading Leaf defencemen with 12 goals,[1] when he was lured away from the Leafs with a million-dollar contact to the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA.
[2][3] Pelyk was captain of the WHA Cincinnati Stingers for the 1975–76 season.