Ronald John Greschner is a retired professional ice hockey

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...

 defenceman who played in the NHL

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 16 seasons between 1974 and 1990.

Greschner was selected 32nd overall by the 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...

 in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft

1974 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1974 NHL Amateur Draft was held via conference call at the NHL office in Montreal, Quebec. In an effort to prevent the WHA from poaching players, the draft was conducted early and in secret. This failed to prevent tampering as information leaked out via agents and other sources over the three...

. He played in 982 career NHL games, all with the Rangers, scoring 179 goals and 431 assists for 610 points. He also compiled 1,226 penalty minutes. Greschner's best offensive season was the 1977–78 season when he scored 24 goals and 48 assists for 72 points (all career highs).

In 2009, Greschner was ranked No. 12 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons

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).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1971–72	New Westminster Bruins New Westminster Bruins The New Westminster Bruins were a junior ice hockey team from the Western Hockey League. There were two franchises that carried this name:* 1971–1981...	WCHL Western Hockey League The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...		44	1	9	10	126		—	—	—	—	—
1972–73	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL		68	22	47	69	169		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	New Westminster Bruins	WCHL		67	33	70	103	170		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75 1974–75 AHL season The 1974–75 AHL season was the 39th season of the American Hockey League. Ten teams were scheduled to play 76 games each in the schedule, but the Baltimore Clippers were unable to complete the season. The Providence Reds finished first overall in the regular season...	Providence Reds Providence Reds The Providence Reds were a hockey team that played in the Canadian-American Hockey League between 1926–1936 and the American Hockey League from 1936 to 1977, the last season of which they played as the Rhode Island Reds. The team won the Calder Cup in 1938, 1940, 1949, and 1956...	AHL American Hockey League The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...		7	5	6	11	10		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	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...	NHL		70	8	37	45	93		3	0	1	1	2
1975–76	New York Rangers	NHL		77	6	21	27	93		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	New York Rangers	NHL		80	11	36	47	89		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	New York Rangers	NHL		78	24	48	72	100		3	0	0	0	2
1978–79	New York Rangers	NHL		60	17	36	53	66		18	7	5	12	16
1979–80	New York Rangers	NHL		76	21	37	58	103		9	0	6	6	10
1980–81	New York Rangers	NHL		74	27	41	68	112		14	4	8	12	17
1981–82	New York Rangers	NHL		29	5	11	16	16		—	—	—	—	—
1982–83	New York Rangers	NHL		10	3	5	8	0		8	2	2	4	12
1983–84	New York Rangers	NHL		77	12	44	56	117		2	1	0	1	2
1984–85	New York Rangers	NHL		47	16	29	45	42		2	0	3	3	12
1985–86	New York Rangers	NHL		78	20	28	48	104		5	3	1	4	11
1986–87	New York Rangers	NHL		61	6	34	40	62		6	0	5	5	0
1987–88	New York Rangers	NHL		51	1	5	6	82		—	—	—	—	—
1988–89	New York Rangers	NHL		58	1	10	11	94		4	0	1	1	6
1989–90	New York Rangers	NHL		55	1	9	10	53		10	0	0	0	16
16 seasons	NHL total			981	179	431	610	1226		84	17	32	49	106

Personal life and charity work

Greschner was previously married to supermodel Carol Alt

Carol Alt

Carol Ann Alt is an American model and actress.- Early life:Alt was born in Flushing, Queens, New York, the daughter of Muriel, an airline employee and model, and Anthony Alt, a fire chief. She was noticed waiting tables in her hometown of East Williston, New York. When she was 18, she decided to...

. He has five children with his wife, Lori; the family lives in West Palm Beach. Florida

Florida

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. He also heads the Ron Greschner Foundation to support autism

Autism

Autism is a disorder of neural development characterized by impaired social interaction and communication, and by restricted and repetitive behavior. These signs all begin before a child is three years old. Autism affects information processing in the brain by altering how nerve cells and their...

 research and awareness.

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