for Ken Murray and Brian Lavender to the New York Islanders on January 17, 1973. Cook had his longest stay in the NHL with New York, playing in 55 games throughout the 1972–73 and 1973–74 seasons. His time with the Islanders is notable for his hat trick in a game against his former team, the Vancouver Canucks, on March 3, 1973, when he became the second player in franchise history to record a hat trick as a rookie, a feat duplicated only nine more times in the first 50 years of the franchise. However, Cook netted only 17 points in his season with the Islander and was sent down to Baltimore Clippers of the AHL for the remainder of the season. He again found his form, scoring 19 goals and 19 assists and helping the Clippers into the playoffs. He scored 10 points in the playoffs but the Clippers lost to the eventual champions, the Hershey Bears. For the 1974–75 season, Cook began play with the Fort Worth Texans of the CHL but ended the season with the New Haven Nighthawks of the AHL. The Nighthawks were a minor league team for the Minnesota North Stars of the NHL and Cook was called up to play his last two NHL games with them midway through the season. Those games would be his last and Cook retired at the end of 1975 after helping yet another team reach the finals, but the Nighthawks would fall to the Springfield Indians in five games. From 1975 to 1976, in the ending slope of his career, Cook played for the London Kings in the Colorado Springs Adult Hockey League (CSAHL). Post-hockey life After retiring from hockey, Cook returned to London, Ontario, where he died on March 29, 1978 at 32 years of age. He is buried in Cowal-McBrides Cemetery in Elgin County, Ontario. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links 1946 births 1978 deaths Baltimore Clippers players Canadian ice hockey right wingers Detroit Red Wings players Fort Worth Texans players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kitchener Rangers players London Nationals players Minnesota North Stars players New Haven Nighthawks players New York Islanders players Rochester Americans players Seattle Totems (WHL) players Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury Tidewater Wings players Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players Vancouver Canucks players Virginia Wings players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States