Gerry Methe
| Gerry Methe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
December 12, 1951 | ||
| 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 | ||
Gerald Paul "Gerry" Methe (born December 12, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.
Career
[edit | edit source]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 | edit source]| 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 | edit source]- ^ Hartford/New England Whalers All-Time Roster
- ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
- ^ Toledo Blade - Garvin Deals for Defenseman
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
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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
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey defenceman, 1950s birth stubs