Ed Beers
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| Ed Beers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
October 12, 1959 | ||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (188 cm) | ||
| Weight | 195 lb (88 kg; 13 st 13 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Calgary Flames St. Louis Blues | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1982–1986 | ||
Edward Joseph "Eddy" Beers (born October 12, 1959) is a Dutch-born Canadian former professional ice hockey winger who played 250 games in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues between 1982 and 1986. He was nearly a point per game player in his time in the NHL, but his NHL career was cut short by injury.
Playing career
[edit | edit source]Born in Zwaag, Netherlands, Beers played for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. He also played for the University of Denver in the NCAA from 1979 to 1982 and led the NCAA in scoring his senior season. In 1982, Beers became the second player born in the Netherlands to play in the NHL.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]Regular season and playoffs
[edit | edit source]| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | 30 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | 63 | 54 | 61 | 115 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | University of Denver | WCHA | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | University of Denver | WCHA | 36 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | University of Denver | WCHA | 39 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | University of Denver | WCHA | 42 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 41 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 29 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 73 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1984–85 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 74 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 33 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 24 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 250 | 94 | 116 | 210 | 256 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 47 | ||||
Awards and honours
[edit | edit source]| Award | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| All-WCHA First Team | 1981–82 | [1] |
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or ESPN.com, or Eurohockey.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database, or ThePWHL.com
Categories:
- 1959 births
- Living people
- Calgary Flames players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Colorado Flames players
- Denver Pioneers men's ice hockey players
- Dutch emigrants to Canada
- Dutch ice hockey left wingers
- Ice hockey people from British Columbia
- Merritt Centennials players
- People from Zwaag
- St. Louis Blues players
- Sportspeople from North Holland
- Undrafted National Hockey League players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1950s birth stubs
- Dutch winter sports biography stubs
- European ice hockey biography stubs