Barclay Plager

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CanadaCanada  Barclay Plager Ice hockey player
Date of birth March 26, 1941
place of birth Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
date of death February 6, 1988
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1957-1961 Peterborough Petes
1961–1962 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens
1962-1963 Edmonton Flyers
1963-1964 Omaha Knights
1964-1967 Springfield Indians
1967 Omaha Knights
Buffalo bison
1967-1976 St. Louis Blues
1976-1977 Kansas City Blues
1977-1988 Salt Lake Golden Eagles

Barclay Graham Plager (born March 26, 1941 in Kirkland Lake , Ontario ; † February 6, 1988 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the St. Louis Blues in national hockey from 1957 to 1978 League has played.

Career

Barclay Plager grew up in an area where ice hockey was one of the few ways to escape the usual miner's job. Even if he could not have made this jump with his talent alone, his commitment impressed and concealed minor weaknesses in the play area. He played during his junior years with the Peterborough Petes in the Ontario Hockey Association before his first senior position with the Hull-Ottawa Canadiens in the Eastern Professional Hockey League . After appearances at the Quebec Aces , Pittsburgh Hornets , Edmonton Flyers and Omaha Knights , he joined the Springfield Indians in 1964 , who played in the American Hockey League . Here NHL legend Eddie Shore was his trainer and shaped him. At a time when only six teams played in the NHL, it was not enough to prevail there. The rights to it were given by Montréal via Detroit and Los Angeles to the New York Rangers . After he played the beginning of the 1967/68 season only in the farm team with the Buffalo Bisons in the AHL, he was transferred to the St. Louis Blues at the end of November 1967 together with Red Berenson . His brother Bob also played on this team, which was in its first NHL season . He made the league straight away and, with his brother, formed the heart of the Blues defense. The following year, Bill , the third brother, also joined the team. Barclay was one of the leading players on the team, so it was no surprise that he was team captain for the Blues from 1972 . His constant commitment also made him one of the audience favorites.

At the age of 35, he wanted to end his NHL career in 1976 and shone as a player-coach on the farm team for the Kansas City Blues . For two games he returned to the NHL. At the end of another season as player- coach of the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , he ended his career on the ice and was only active behind the gang. The Blues were looking for a successor to Leo Boivin and Plager took over the ailing team. From 1980 he also took on tasks as a scout and assistant coach for the Blues. In the middle of the 1982/83 season he took over the task of head coach for 48 regular season games and led the team into the playoffs. Then he moved back to the second rank.

Before that, on March 24, 1981, his jersey number 8 had been banned from the Blues. At the beginning of 1987 he was diagnosed with a brain tumor . He had survived an operation well, but soon another tumor was discovered. He succumbed to this disease on February 6, 1988. Three days later at the NHL All-Star Game there was a minute of silence in his honor.

Achievements and Awards

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 10 614 44 187 231 1115
Playoffs 8th 68 3 20th 23 182

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personal data
SURNAME Plager, Barclay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Plager, Barclay Graham (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 26, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH February 6, 1988