Andy Hebenton

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Andy Hebenton
Date of birth October 3, 1929
place of birth Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
date of death 29 January 2019
Place of death Portland , Oregon , USA
Nickname Spud
size 175 cm
Weight 83 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1947-1949 Winnipeg Canadians
1949-1950 Cincinnati Mohawks
1950-1955 Victoria Cougars
1955-1963 New York Rangers
1963-1964 Boston Bruins
1964-1965 Portland Buckaroos
1965-1967 Victoria Maple Leafs
1967-1975 Portland Buckaroos

Andrew Alexander "Andy" Hebenton (born October 3, 1929 in Winnipeg , Manitoba , † January 29, 2019 in Portland , Oregon ) was a Canadian ice hockey player . In his more than 25-year career, the right winger completed 630 games for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League , which he played without interruption, which was the longest series of its kind at the time. However, he spent most of his career in the Western Hockey League , in which he was active with the Victoria Cougars , Portland Buckaroos and Victoria Maple Leafs . In both leagues Hebenton was recognized for his fair play, for example by the NHL in 1957 with the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy .

Career

Hebenton played during his junior years between 1947 and 1949 with the Winnipeg Canadiens in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . After a year with the Cincinnati Mohawks in the American Hockey League , the striker moved to the Pacific Coast Hockey League for the Victoria Cougars . He played there for five years and switched to the Western Hockey League with the team in the summer of 1952 . At the end of the 1950/51 season he won the Lester Patrick Cup , the PCHL championship trophy, with the team .

After a successful year with the Cougars, at the end of which he was elected to the Second All-Star Team of the WHL, the team from Victoria sold him in April 1955 to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . At the beginning of the 1955/56 season, the Canadian was in the Rangers' squad for eight seasons and did not miss a single game during this time. He was always characterized by his fair play and Hebenton received very few penalties. In the spring of 1957 this earned him the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy . In the 1958/59 season he made it into the top ten scorers in the league. For the 1963/64 season, the Boston Bruins brought him into their squad via the Intra-League Draft in June 1963. After a year in which he had played all games again, the Bruins sold him to the Portland Buckaroos from the WHL. His series of 630 NHL games played in a row was a record at the time. This mark was only surpassed by Garry Unger about ten years later.

In Portland, the attacker initially only played one season, in which he again won the Lester Patrick Cup and was awarded the Fred J. Hume Cup as the fairest player in the WHL. In June 1965 Hebentons transfer rights were transferred together with Orland Kurtenbach and Pat Stapleton to the Toronto Maple Leafs , which in return gave Ron Stewart to Boston. In the Maple Leafs, however, he was never used, but only played for their WHL farm team , the Victoria Maple Leafs in the WHL. After two seasons with the Victoria Maple Leafs and winning the Lester Patrick Cup again, he returned to the Portland Buckaroos via the Phoenix Roadrunners . In the following years he was awarded several times in the WHL for his fair style of play. At 45 he became the Buckaroos player-coach and at 46 was the oldest player in the history of the Central Hockey League , where he had played four games for the Seattle Totems . After the end of his active career in 1976, he trained the Tulsa Oilers in the CHL for a year , but did not pursue this career further.

Hebenton died in January 2019 at the age of 89 in his adopted home Portland , Oregon .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1970 Fred J. Hume Cup
  • 1970 WHL Second All-Star Team
  • 1971 Lester Patrick Cup win with the Portland Buckaroos
  • 1971 Fred J. Hume Cup
  • 1971 WHL First All-Star Team
  • 1972 Fred J. Hume Cup
  • 1973 Fred J. Hume Cup
  • 1973 WHL First All-Star Team
  • 1974 Fred J. Hume Cup

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1946/47 St. Boniface Canadiens MAHA - - - - - - - - - -
1946/47 Winnipeg Canadians MJHL 24 21st 13 34 15th - - - - -
1947/48 Winnipeg Canadians MJHL 30th 30th 13 43 34 6th 5 3 8th 6th
1949/50 Cincinnati Mohawks AHL 44 8th 7th 15th 0 - - - - -
1949/50 Royaux de Montréal LHSQ 5 0 2 2 0 - - - - -
1950/51 Victoria Cougars PCHL 56 16 16 32 12 12 6th 3 9 2
1951/52 Victoria Cougars PCHL 67 31 25th 56 81 13 6th 6th 12 5
1952/53 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 27 24 51 46 - - - - -
1953/54 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 21st 24 45 29 5 3 1 4th 0
1954/55 Victoria Cougars WHL 70 46 34 80 20th 5 1 1 2 2
1955/56 New York Rangers NHL 70 24 14th 38 8th 5 1 0 1 2
1956/57 New York Rangers NHL 70 21st 23 44 10 5 2 0 2 2
1957/58 New York Rangers NHL 70 21st 24 45 17th 6th 2 3 5 4th
1958/59 New York Rangers NHL 70 33 29 62 8th - - - - -
1959/60 New York Rangers NHL 70 19th 27 46 4th - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 70 26th 28 54 10 - - - - -
1961/62 New York Rangers NHL 70 18th 24 42 10 6th 1 2 3 0
1962/63 New York Rangers NHL 70 15th 22nd 37 8th - - - - -
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 70 12 11 23 8th - - - - -
1964/65 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 34 40 74 16 10 7th 6th 13 0
1965/66 Victoria Maple Leafs WHL 72 31 45 76 12 14th 6th 11 17th 14th
1966/67 Victoria Maple Leafs WHL 72 24 36 60 19th - - - - -
1967/68 Portland Buckaroos WHL 70 16 29 45 10 12 4th 3 7th 0
1968/69 Portland Buckaroos WHL 74 26th 51 77 26th 11 2 1 3 0
1969/70 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 36 42 78 9 11 2 7th 9 0
1970/71 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 29 52 81 10 11 6th 3 9 14th
1971/72 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 30th 34 64 12 11 3 4th 7th 2
1972/73 Portland Buckaroos WHL 72 30th 36 66 26th - - - - -
1973/74 Portland Buckaroos WHL 78 28 44 72 16 10 2 4th 6th 2
1974/75 Seattle totems CHL 4th 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1974/75 Portland Buckaroos WIHL 20th 4th 11 15th 0 - - - - -
WHL overall 934 378 491 869 251 100 35 42 77 34
NHL overall 630 189 202 391 83 22nd 6th 5 11 8th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Andy Hebenton  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Cleve Dheensaw: Obituary: Former NHL iron man Andy Hebenton played for Victoria Cougars. In: timescolonist.com. Times Colonist, January 31, 2019, accessed February 1, 2019 .
  2. ↑ Joe Pelletier: New York Rangers Legends: Andy Hebenton. greatesthockeylegends.com, February 2007, accessed February 1, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Hebenton, Andy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hebenton, Andrew Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 3, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
DATE OF DEATH 29 January 2019
Place of death Portland (Oregon) , Oregon , United States