{"id":3713,"date":"2025-05-10T12:18:56","date_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:18:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/?page_id=3713"},"modified":"2025-05-10T12:19:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-10T16:19:06","slug":"joe-hardy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/hall-of-fame\/reds-in-other-hofs\/joe-hardy\/","title":{"rendered":"Joe Hardy"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-title title fusion-title-1 fusion-sep-none fusion-title-text fusion-title-size-one\"><h1 class=\"fusion-title-heading title-heading-left\" style=\"margin:0;\"><p><strong>Joseph \u201cGypsy Joe\u201d Hardy<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p><\/h1><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-1 fusion_builder_column_2_3 2_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:66.666666666667%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:2.88%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:2.88%;--awb-width-medium:66.666666666667%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:2.88%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:2.88%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>Born December 5, 1945 in Kenogami, Quebec, Canada<br \/>\nHeight: 6\u20190\u201d. Weight: 185 lbs<\/p>\n<p>Joe\u2019s modest scoring, 11 goals &#8211; 27 assists, during his 1969-70 season with the Reds was just a hint as to the scoring prowess of this honoree in the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.<\/p>\n<p>He signed as a free agent with the Oakland in 1969 at a time when Reds were the Seals\u2019 AHL affiliate. In 1971, his scoring touch improved as he helped lead the Nova Scotia Voyageurs to the AHL\u2019s Calder Cup title.<\/p>\n<p>Joe would enjoy one NHL campaign with the California Golden Seals before being tagged with his \u201cGypsy Joe\u201d nickname skated for 6 teams over the following seven years. His 1966 season, however, would be historic.<\/p>\n<p>With Beauce Jaros of the North American Hockey League he would tally 60 goals and 148 assists for an unprecedented 208 points \u2013 the first North American hockey player to eclipse the 200-point plateau.<\/p>\n<p>He retired after the 1978 season, having led the AHL with 68 assists with the Binghamton Broom Duster franchise, which previously operated as our Providence Reds.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-2 fusion_builder_column_1_3 1_3 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:33.333333333333%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:5.76%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:5.76%;--awb-width-medium:33.333333333333%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:5.76%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:5.76%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-image-element \" style=\"text-align:center;--awb-margin-bottom:15px;--awb-caption-margin-top:10px;--awb-caption-title-font-family:&quot;Roboto&quot;;--awb-caption-title-font-weight:400;--awb-caption-title-font-style:normal;--awb-caption-title-size:13px;--awb-caption-title-transform:var(--h2_typography-text-transform);--awb-caption-title-line-height:var(--h2_typography-line-height);--awb-caption-title-letter-spacing:var(--h2_typography-letter-spacing);\"><span class=\" fusion-imageframe imageframe-none imageframe-1 hover-type-none\" style=\"border:1px solid #e5e5e5;\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"180\" height=\"300\" title=\"HOF Joe Hardy\" src=\"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Joe-Hardy-180x300.jpg\" alt class=\"img-responsive wp-image-3719\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Joe-Hardy-200x333.jpg 200w, https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/HOF-Joe-Hardy.jpg 288w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 180px\" \/><\/span><\/div><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-2\" style=\"--awb-font-size:13px;--awb-line-height:18px;\"><p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Joseph \u201cGypsy Joe\u201d Hardy<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":59,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3713","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3713"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3713\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3722,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3713\/revisions\/3722"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/59"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/rihhof.com\/rireds.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}