Jack Egers
Template:Short description Template:Infobox ice hockey player John Richard Egers (January 28, 1949 – September 10, 2021) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger. He played in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, St. Louis Blues, and Washington Capitals between 1969 and 1975.
Biography
Originally drafted in 1966 by the New York Rangers, Egers would also play for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. Egers was an original member of the Capitals, who claimed him in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He holds the distinction of scoring the first game-winning goal for the team, on October 17, 1974, against the Chicago Black Hawks.
Egers was later a captain in the Kitchener Fire Department. He died at the age of 72 on September 10, 2021.[1]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1964–65 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Kitchener Greenshirts | COJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1966–67 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 40 | 18 | 9 | 27 | 48 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
| 1967–68 | Kitchener Rangers | OHA | 54 | 53 | 37 | 90 | 78 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 21 | ||
| 1968–69 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 59 | 28 | 30 | 58 | 47 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 | ||
| 1969–70 | New York Rangers | NHL | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 | ||
| 1969–70 | Omaha Knights | CHL | 70 | 42 | 48 | 90 | 83 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 2 | ||
| 1970–71 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 50 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1971–72 | New York Rangers | NHL | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 63 | 21 | 25 | 46 | 34 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | ||
| 1972–73 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 24 | 24 | 48 | 26 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | New York Rangers | NHL | 28 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
| 1974–75 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 14 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Washington Capitals | NHL | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Baltimore Clippers | AHL | 15 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Brantford Alexanders | OHA Sr | 30 | 20 | 19 | 39 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 284 | 64 | 69 | 133 | 154 | 32 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | ||||
References
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- 1949 births
- 2021 deaths
- Baltimore Clippers players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Ice hockey people from Greater Sudbury
- Kitchener Rangers players
- New York Rangers draft picks
- New York Rangers players
- Omaha Knights (CHL) players
- Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
- St. Louis Blues players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Washington Capitals players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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