Gerry Methe
| Gerry Methe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 12, 1951 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb) | ||
| Position | Defence | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New England Whalers (WHA) | ||
| NHL draft |
46th overall, 1971 Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
| Playing career | 1972–1977 | ||
Gerry Methe (born December 12, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Career[edit]
Methe was selected by the Pittsburgh Penguins in the fourth round (46th overall) of the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. Methe played five regular season and two playoff games with the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association during the 1974–75 season.[1]
As a youth, he played in the 1964 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Richmond Hill, Ontario.[2] Prior to turning professional, Methe played major junior hockey with the Oshawa Generals of the Ontario Hockey Association.
The Toledo Goaldiggers of the International Hockey League acquired Methe halfway through the 1975-76 season after the Cape Codders folded mid-season.[3]
Career statistics[edit]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1968–69 | Oshawa Generals | OHA-Jr. | 46 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1969–70 | Oshawa Generals | OHA-Jr. | 54 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 126 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Oshawa Generals | OHA-Jr. | 59 | 24 | 34 | 58 | 176 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Fort Wayne Komets | IHL | 42 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 62 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1972–73 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 74 | 14 | 27 | 41 | 140 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 13 | ||
| 1973–74 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 50 | 10 | 16 | 26 | 62 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 28 | ||
| 1974–75 | New England Whalers | WHA | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1974–75 | Cape Cod Codders | NAHL-Sr. | 56 | 17 | 22 | 39 | 117 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 1975–76 | Cape Cod Codders | NAHL-Sr. | 22 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Toledo Goaldiggers | IHL | 11 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 45 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1976–77 | Broome Dusters | NAHL-Sr. | 65 | 23 | 45 | 68 | 105 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 19 | ||
| WHA totals | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| AHL totals | 124 | 24 | 43 | 67 | 202 | 21 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 41 | ||||
| IHL totals | 53 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 107 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 16 | ||||
References[edit]
- ^ Hartford/New England Whalers All-Time Roster
- ^ "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2019.
- ^ Toledo Blade - Garvin Deals for Defenseman
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1951 births
- Living people
- Binghamton Dusters players
- Canadian ice hockey defencemen
- Cape Codders players
- Fort Wayne Komets players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Hershey Bears players
- Ice hockey people from Ottawa
- New England Whalers players
- Oshawa Generals players
- Pittsburgh Penguins draft picks
- Toledo Goaldiggers players
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s births stubs