Ron Plumb Gets Kingston Hall Nod

Sixth in a series of profiles of this year's inductees for the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame. The new members will be inducted tomorrow night in a ceremony at the Ambassador Hotel. Born July 17, 1950, at Kingston, Ron Plumb was a graduate of the Rotary-Kiwanis Minor Hockey Association when, in 1967, he joined the Peterborough Petes of the Ontario Hockey Association. He played there for three years and was named the league's top defenceman in 1970 before being selected in the first round, ninth overall, in that year's National Hockey League draft by the Boston Bruins. Plumb played two seasons in Oklahoma City of the Central league, followed by seven years with World Hockey Association teams in Philadelphia, Vancouver, San Diego, Cincinnati and New England. With Cincinnati in 1977, Plumb was named the WHA's top defenceman. With 264 assists, he stood 14th all-time in the WHA when New England joined the NHL in 1979. Plumb played three years with Springfield in the AHL, serving one year as captain, before playing overseas in Frieburg, Germany. He later was player-coach on teams in Jujo, Japan and Fife, Scotland, where he was named the British league's coach of the year. Plumb was a first-team all-star in the Central league in 1972, in the WHA with Cincinnati in 1977 and in the British league in 1985. He also coached the varsity hockey team at Queen's University, 1986-88.