Garry Peters
Encyclopedia
Garry Lorne Peters is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey
centre
and head coach who played in the National Hockey League
(NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens
, New York Rangers
, Philadelphia Flyers
and Boston Bruins
. He also played in the World Hockey Association
(WHA) for the New York Raiders and New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights.
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...
centre
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
and head coach who played 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...
(NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
, New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
, Philadelphia Flyers
Philadelphia Flyers
The Philadelphia Flyers are a professional ice hockey team based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and 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...
. He also played in the World Hockey Association
World Hockey Association
The World Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. It was the first major competition for the National Hockey League since the collapse of the Western Hockey League in 1926...
(WHA) for the New York Raiders and New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights.
Regular season
Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1960–61 | Regina | SJHL | 57 | 36 | 46 | 82 | 94 | |||||||
1961–62 | Regina | SJHL | - | - | - | - | - | |||||||
1962–63 | Hull-Ottawa | EPHL | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1963–64 | Omaha | CPHL | 72 | 32 | 49 | 81 | 82 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 17 | ||
1964–65 | Omaha | CPHL | 43 | 21 | 23 | 44 | 56 | |||||||
1964–65 | Quebec | AHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |||||||
1964–65* | Montreal | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 | |||||||
1965–66 | New York | NHL | 63 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 42 | |||||||
1966–67 | Houston | CPHL | 50 | 21 | 31 | 52 | 90 | |||||||
1967–68 | Philadelphia | NHL | 31 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 22 | |||||||
1968–69 | Philadelphia | NHL | 66 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 49 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | ||
1969–70 | Philadelphia | NHL | 59 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 69 | |||||||
1970–71 | Philadelphia | NHL | 73 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 15 | ||
1971–72* | Boston | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1972–73 | Boston | AHL | 58 | 39 | 34 | 73 | 118 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||
1972–73 | New York | WHA | 23 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 24 | |||||||
1973–74 | NY/Jersey | WHA | 34 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 18 | |||||||
WHA Totals | 57 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 42 | |||||||||
NHL Totals | 311 | 34 | 34 | 68 | 261 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 31 |
- *-Won the Stanley Cup.
Coaching career
Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | W% |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1974–75 | Syracuse | NAHL | 74 | 46 | 25 | 3 | 0.642% |