Bob Plager

Bob Plager
Date of birth	March 11, 1943
place of birth	Kirkland Lake , Ontario , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	88 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1960-1963	Guelph Royals
1962-1967	Baltimore Clippers
1964-1965	Vancouver Canucks
1965-1967	New York Rangers
1967-1978	St. Louis Blues
1978	Salt Lake Golden Eagles

Robert Bryant "Bob" Plager (born March 11, 1943 in Kirkland Lake , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League has played.

Career

Bob Plager followed his older brother Barclay in many ways. As with Barclay, it was the commitment that set Bob apart. As the sons of a referee chairman, one could assume that they both played according to the rules, but the statistics show otherwise. Barclay held the record for penalty minutes in the Ontario Hockey Association , but Bob beat that number during his time with the Guelph Royals . He played on a team with Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle . He didn't spare his opponents, and he wasn't squeamish with his brother either. When the two faced each other in a game, the fight broke out, which continued on the penalty bench and in the cabin corridor.

His rights for the National Hockey League were with the New York Rangers , for whom he played on various farm teams , including the St. Paul Rangers in the Central Professional Hockey League and the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Hockey League . In the 1964/65 season he made his debut in the NHL. In the following two seasons, he also repeatedly replaced injured players. When the NHL was expanded by six teams for the 1967/68 season , he moved to the St. Louis Blues with some players in exchange for Rod Seiling . When the team signed Barcley a few months later, the brothers were united for the first time. They formed one of the toughest defenders in the league. The following year, Bill , the third brother, also joined the team.

His style of play also took its toll and so he ended his active career in 1978. But he stayed true to the blues and took on numerous tasks in the organization in the following years. He was particularly successful as coach of the Peoria Rivermen . He won the Turner Cup in 1991 with the Blues farm team . At the beginning of the 1992/93 season he stood for eleven games as head coach behind the gang of the Blues.

Bob Plager converted to Judaism .

After his number 5 had been honored for years and had not been awarded, it was officially banned on February 2, 2017 .

Achievements and Awards

• 1991 Commissioner's Trophy
• 1991 Turner Cup win with the Peoria Rivermen
• 2017 jersey number 5 blocked by the St. Louis Blues

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	644	20th	125	146	802
Playoffs	9	74	2	17th	19th	195

Web links

• Bob Plager at hockeydb.com (English)
• Bob Plager at legendsofhockey.net (English)