Bert Wilson (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Bert Wilson Ice hockey player
Date of birth October 17, 1949
place of birth Orangeville , Ontario , Canada
date of death February 28, 1992
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Beltin 'Bert
size 183 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1969 , 2nd lap, 23rd position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1967-1969 London Nationals / Knights
1969-1971 Omaha Knights
1971-1974 Providence Reds
1974-1975 New York Rangers
1975-1976 St. Louis Blues
1976-1980 Los Angeles Kings
1980-1981 Calgary Flames
1981-1983 Salt Lake Golden Eagles

Bertwin Hilliard "Bert" Wilson (born October 17, 1949 in Orangeville , Ontario ; † February 28, 1992 in Toronto , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his playing career between 1967 and 1983, among other things, 499 games for New York Rangers , St. Louis Blues , Los Angeles Kings and Calgary Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of left winger . However, Wilson celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Omaha Knights from the Central Hockey League (CHL) by winning the Adams Cup in 1970 and 1971 as well as with the Buffalo Bison from the American Hockey League (AHL), with whom he was also in Won the Calder Cup in 1970 .

Career

Wilson spent his junior years from 1967 at the London Nationals in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), which operated under the nickname Knights from the 1968/69 season . In his two-year membership in the franchise , the left winger completed 108 games in which he scored 48 points . Although his limited play on the offensive, he was selected due to his physical presence on the ice in the NHL Amateur Draft 1969 in the second round in 23rd place by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL).

For the season 1969/70 the shortly before his 20th birthday Wilson moved into the professional field and was used by the New York Rangers in the following five years almost exclusively in their farm teams in the minor leagues . First the attacker ran for two seasons between 1969 and 1971 for the Omaha Knights in the Central Hockey League (CHL). With the team he was able to secure the Adams Cup , the championship trophy of the CHL, in both years . He was also used in the 1969/70 season in a playoff game for the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League (AHL), so that he also belonged to the later winning team of the Calder Cup there . With the beginning of the game year 1971/72 Wilson was permanently in the AHL on the ice. There he was active for the Providence Reds until the end of the 1973/74 season . In the same season he also made his NHL debut. A total of five times he was used towards the end of the season in February and March 1974 for the "Broadway Blueshirts" . In the 1974/75 season , the offensive player was 25 years old for the first time in the Rangers NHL regular squad and played 61 games.

Although Wilson had established himself in the NHL, the Rangers did not hold on to him and transferred him in June 1975 together with Ted Irvine and Jerry Butler to the St. Louis Blues , which received in return Bill Collins and John Davidson . In St. Louis, however, the Canadian did not find a new sporting home at first, as after only 45 appearances in March 1976 he was again part of a transfer business. With the NHL transfer rights to Curt Brackenbury , who was playing in the World Hockey Association (WHA) at the time, Wilson was sold to the Los Angeles Kings . With the Californians, the winger spent the most successful four years of his career until the summer of 1980. With 23 scorer points, he completed his most profitable year in the league in the 1977/78 season .

In June 1980 Wilson was finally transferred one more time and sent to the Calgary Flames together with Randy Holt . As compensation, the Kings received Garry Unger . Back in his Canadian homeland, the striker was loyal to injury misfortune in the 1980/81 season . An infection in the elbow led to an extended hospital stay in February 1981. In addition, on his comeback in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1981 he was hit in the eye by an opponent's stick so badly that he was also out. The Flames did not extend his expiring contract, so Wilson harbored thoughts of resignation after an unsuccessful trial training with the Edmonton Oilers . In November 1981, the free agent signed a contract with his ex-team St. Louis Blues. There he was active in the CHL for their cooperation partner, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , for the next two years , before he finally declared his active career over in the summer of 1983 at the age of 33.

Wilson died in Toronto in February 1992 at the age of 42 from complications from gastric cancer . In 2013, he was posthumously into the Shelburne & District Sports Hall of Fame added to which his birth Orangeville in the province of Ontario is a member.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 London Nationals OHA 45 8th 3 11 94 3 1 0 1 2
1968/69 London Knights OHA 54 13 19th 32 160 6th 2 2 4th 7th
1969/70 Omaha Knights CHL 32 7th 6th 13 103 12 3 2 5 15th
1969/70 Buffalo bison AHL - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
1970/71 Omaha Knights CHL 69 13 15th 28 164 11 0 4th 4th 29
1971/72 Providence Reds AHL 59 11 12 23 105 5 0 2 2 16
1972/73 Providence Reds AHL 72 15th 24 39 131 4th 2 0 2 15th
1973/74 Providence Reds AHL 72 24 31 55 200 15th 5 6th 11 22nd
1973/74 New York Rangers NHL 5 1 1 2 2 - - - - -
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 61 5 1 6th 66 - - - - -
1975/76 St. Louis Blues NHL 45 2 3 5 47 - - - - -
1975/76 Los Angeles Kings NHL 13 0 0 0 17th 8th 0 0 0 24
1976/77 Los Angeles Kings NHL 77 4th 3 7th 64 8th 0 2 2 12
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 79 7th 16 23 127 2 0 0 0 2
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 9 10 19th 138 - - - - -
1979/80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 75 4th 3 7th 91 2 0 0 0 4th
1980/81 Calgary Flames NHL 50 5 7th 12 94 1 0 0 0 0
1981/82 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 52 6th 23 29 124 10 3 2 5 30th
1982/83 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL 69 11 13 24 114 6th 1 2 3 2
OHA total 99 21st 22nd 43 254 9 3 2 5 9
CHL total 222 37 57 94 505 39 7th 10 17th 76
AHL total 203 50 67 117 436 25th 7th 8th 15th 53
NHL overall 478 37 44 81 646 21st 0 2 2 42

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Wilson, Bert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wilson, Bertwin Hilliard (full name); Beltin 'Bert (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Orangeville , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH February 28, 1992
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada