Earl Anderson
Encyclopedia
Earl Orlin Anderson is a retired professional ice hockey
player who played 109 regular games in the National Hockey League
for the Boston Bruins
and Detroit Red Wings
between 1973 and 1977. His career was cut short by injuries. Anderson was also a member of the United States national team at the 1973 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
player who played 109 regular games in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
for the Boston Bruins
Boston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
and Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings
The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League , and are one of the Original Six teams of the NHL, along with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Montreal Canadiens, New York...
between 1973 and 1977. His career was cut short by injuries. Anderson was also a member of the United States national team at the 1973 Ice Hockey World Championship tournament.