Playing career

Galley played at Bowling Green (CCHA) from 81-82 to 83-84 and was named to the CCHA first all-star team and NCAA All-American in 1984. Galley was drafted 100th overall (5th round) by the Los Angeles Kings in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft. He played in 1,149 career NHL games, scoring 125 goals and 474 assists for 599 points. He also registered 1,218 career penalty minutes. His best offensive season was the 1993-94 season, when he registered 60 assists and 70 points, both career highs.

Galley played two and a half seasons (84-85 to 86-87) with the Los Angeles Kings before being traded to the Washington Capitals in February 1987. He played the rest of the 1986-87 season and competed in the 87-88 season with the Capitals. In July 1988, he signed as a free agent with the Boston Bruins, where he played from 1988-89 to 1991-92. Galley played in the 1991 All-Star Game. Boston traded Galley to the Philadelphia Flyers in January 1992, and he stayed with the Flyers through to the 1994-95 season, when he was traded to the Buffalo Sabres in April 1995. He played in the 1994 All-Star Game. He played with Buffalo from the end of the 1994-95 season to the 1996-97 season. He then returned to the Kings in July 1997 as a free agent. He played another 3 years with the Kings from 1997-98 to 1999-2000. He played one year for the New York Islanders for the 2000-2001 season and then retired. After he retired he moved to Ottawa, Ontario where he is working on the radio show the Team 1200. Just last year he and his family spent some time in New Orleans where he donated 50,000 dollars.

Trade history

• Traded to Washington by Los Angeles for Al Jensen, February 14, 1987.
• Signed as a free agent by Boston, July 8, 1988.
• Traded to Philadelphia by Boston with Wes Walz and Boston's third round choice (Milos Holan) in 1993 Entry Draft for Gord Murphy, Brian Dobbin, Philadelphia's third round choice (Sergei Zholtok) in 1992 Entry Draft and fourth round choice (Charles Paquette) in 1993 Entry Draft, January 2, 1992.
• Traded to Buffalo by Philadelphia for Petr Svoboda, April 7, 1995.
• Signed as a free agent by Los Angeles, July 15, 1997.
• Signed as a free agent by NY Islanders, September 25, 2000.

"Legends of Hockey". Legends of Hockey. Retrieved 2006-03-09.

Post hockey career

• Galley has pursued a career in broadcasting. In addition to a radio show on Team 1200, he is also a colour analyst. He was the analyst for Ottawa Senators games on Rogers Sportsnet East until the conclusion of the 09-10 season. He started working on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada in 2008 and re-joined Sportsnet in the 2014-15 season when its parent company, Rogers Media acquired the sole national rights to the NHL in addition to his HNIC role. He is usually teamed with Dave Randorf or Bob Cole.
• On May 12, 2008, the Nepean Raiders Junior A Hockey Club announced that Garry Galley would be the new head coach for their team beginning in the 2008-09 season.

Awards and honours

Award	Year
All-CCHA First Team	1982-83
CCHA All-Tournament Team	1983
All-CCHA First Team	1983-84
AHCA West First-Team All-American	1983-84
All-NCAA All-Tournament Team	1984
NHL All-Star Game	1991
NHL All-Star Game	1994
Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame	2010

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1981-82	Bowling Green State University	NCAA		42	3	36	39	48		—	—	—	—	—
1982-83	Bowling Green State University	NCAA		40	17	29	46	40		—	—	—	—	—
1983-84	Bowling Green State University	NCAA		44	15	52	67	61		—	—	—	—	—
1984-85	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		78	8	30	38	82		3	1	0	1	2
1985-86	New Haven Nighthawks	AHL		4	2	6	8	6		—	—	—	—	—
1985-86	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		49	9	13	22	46		—	—	—	—	—
1986-87	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		30	5	11	16	67		—	—	—	—	—
1986-87	Washington Capitals	NHL		18	1	10	11	10		2	0	0	0	0
1987-88	Washington Capitals	NHL		58	7	23	30	44		13	2	4	6	13
1988-89	Boston Bruins	NHL		78	8	21	29	80		9	0	1	1	33
1989-90	Boston Bruins	NHL		71	8	27	35	75		21	3	3	6	34
1990-91	Boston Bruins	NHL		70	6	21	27	84		16	1	5	6	17
1991-92	Boston Bruins	NHL		38	2	12	14	83		—	—	—	—	—
1991-92	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		39	3	15	18	34		—	—	—	—	—
1992-93	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		83	13	49	62	115		—	—	—	—	—
1993-94	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		81	10	60	70	91		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		33	2	20	22	20		—	—	—	—	—
1994-95	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		14	1	9	10	10		5	0	3	3	4
1995-96	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		78	10	44	54	81		—	—	—	—	—
1996-97	Buffalo Sabres	NHL		71	4	34	38	102		12	0	6	6	14
1997-98	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		74	9	28	37	63		4	0	1	1	2
1998-99	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		60	4	12	16	30		—	—	—	—	—
1999-00	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		70	9	21	30	52		4	0	0	0	0
2000-01	New York Islanders	NHL		56	6	14	20	59		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1149	125	474	599	1218		89	7	23	30	119

International play

Galley played for Canada at the 1993 World Championship in Munich, where the Canadian squad placed fourth (8-1-2-3-0) under head coach Mike Keenan. He won silver (losing to the Czech Republic 4-2) in the World Men's Championship (IIHF) in 1996 under head coach Tom Renney. "Hockey Canada". Hockey Canada Profiles. Retrieved 2006-03-08.

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