Curt Bennett

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Curt Bennett
Date of birth March 27, 1948
place of birth Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 191 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1968 , 2nd lap, 16th position
St. Louis Blues
Career stations
1967-1970 Brown University
1970-1971 Kansas City Blues
1971-1972 St. Louis Blues
Denver Spurs
1972 New York Rangers
1972-1977 Atlanta Flames
1977-1979 St. Louis Blues
1979-1980 Atlanta Flames
1980-1982 Furukawa Ice Hockey Club

Curt Alexander Bennett (* 27. March 1948 in Regina , Saskatchewan ) is a retired US American - Canadian ice hockey player and - coaches , who during his playing career from 1967 to 1982 among other 601 games for the St. Louis Blues , New York Rangers and Atlanta Flames in the National Hockey League (NHL) on the position of right winger . Bennett took part in the NHL All-Star Game twice.

Career

Bennett has been in the Canadian Regina in the province of Saskatchewan born, but grew up in the US state of Rhode Iceland because his father Harvey Bennett senior there for the Providence Reds in the American Hockey League (AHL) was active. Contrary to the majority of Canadian junior player Bennett therefore ran during his junior time not in the leagues of the Canadian Hockey League , but rather visited after the completion of high school in Cranston , the Brown University . At the same time as his studies, the then defender for their university team, the Bears , played in the ECAC Hockey , a division in the game operations of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Between 1967 and 1970 he played 70 games in the NCAA over a period of three years and collected 135 points scorer . He was elected to three All-Star teams and in the 1968 NHL Amateur Draft in the second round in 16th place selected by the St. Louis Blues from the National Hockey League (NHL).

For the 1970/71 season Bennett was signed by the Blues, where he first came to the Central Hockey League (CHL) in their Kansas City Blues farm team . Towards the end of the season he finally made his debut for St. Louis in the NHL. However, he had to spend another year in the Minor Leagues , where he was converted into a winger during this time. After he started the 1971/72 season with the Denver Spurs in the Western Hockey League (WHL), he was used more and more in the NHL during the season. In the 1972 Stanley Cup playoffs , Bennett eventually established himself in St. Louis' roster. During the summer break, however, he had to leave the organization of the Blues, as he was transferred to the New York Rangers together with Peter McDuffe in June 1972 to complete a previous transfer deal between the two teams, in which Steve Durbano moved to St. Louis a few weeks earlier was changed. For New York Bennett came in the season 1972/73 to the end of November 1972 to 16 missions before he was given in exchange for Ron Harris to the Atlanta Flames .

The native Canadian found a sporting home in Atlanta for the next five years. In the 1974/75 and 1975/76 seasons , the attacker had his best years in the league. He collected over 60 scorer points and also scored over 30 goals. He also represented his team in the NHL All-Star Games of 1975 and 1976 together with Tom Lysiak . He got a hit. After he finally got off to a bad start in the 1977/78 season and had only collected ten points in the first 25 appearances of the season, he was involved in a six-player transfer business. Together with Phil Myre and Barry Gibbs , the offensive player moved to his ex-team St. Louis Blues, who gave Yves Bélanger , Dick Redmond , Bob MacMillan and a second-round vote in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft . Bennett's second stint with the St. Louis Blues was again short-lived. At the end of the following game year, he returned to the Atlanta Flames in another transfer, in which he was exchanged for Bobby Simpson . There he completed his last NHL season with 21 missions in the 1979/80 season.

Then Bennett moved to Japan together with his brother Harvey Bennett junior . Both took over the post of player-coach at the Furukawa Ice Hockey Club from the Japan Ice Hockey League (JIHL). However, their tenure there was not successful, as the team finished the season between 1980 and 1982 in last place in the table. Bennett himself, who recorded his experiences in Japan in writing and visually, was able to score 50 times in a total of 40 missions. He then returned to the United States. He became a self-employed broker for commercial real estate, initially in Atlanta and then on the Hawaiian island of Maui . Also in ice hockey Bennett was active again when he worked in the 1992/93 season with the Atlanta Knights from the International Hockey League (IHL) as an assistant coach under head coach Gene Ubriaco .

International

Bennett decided in the course of his career to represent his adopted home, the United States, internationally. The striker took part in an international tournament for the first time with the United States' national team, the 1976 Canada Cup . The Americans finished the Canada Cup in fifth place, Bennett himself prepared three goals in five tournament games. He also played at the World Championships in 1978 in the Czechoslovak capital, Prague, and in 1979 in the Soviet capital, Moscow . The US boys also ended up outside the medal ranks in both world championships. Bennett collected four points scorer in 18 World Cup games. He scored the three goals below at the 1978 World Cup.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1969 ECAC Second All-Star Team
  • 1970 ECAC First All-Star Team
  • 1970 NCAA East First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 Brown University NCAA 24 15th 28 43 34
1968/69 Brown University NCAA 22nd 9 20th 29 36
1969/70 Brown University NCAA 24 26th 37 63 22nd
1970/71 Kansas City Blues CHL 63 19th 23 42 63 - - - - -
1970/71 St. Louis Blues NHL 4th 2 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1971/72 Denver Spurs WHL 32 13 19th 32 52 - - - - -
1971/72 St. Louis Blues NHL 31 3 5 8th 30th 10 0 0 0 12
1972/73 New York Rangers NHL 16 0 1 1 11 - - - - -
1972/73 Atlanta Flames NHL 52 18th 17th 35 9 - - - - -
1973/74 Atlanta Flames NHL 71 17th 24 41 34 4th 0 1 1 34
1974/75 Atlanta Flames NHL 80 31 33 64 40 - - - - -
1975/76 Atlanta Flames NHL 80 34 31 65 61 2 0 0 0 4th
1976/77 Atlanta Flames NHL 76 22nd 25th 47 36 3 1 0 1 7th
1977/78 Atlanta Flames NHL 25th 3 7th 10 10 - - - - -
1977/78 St. Louis Blues NHL 50 7th 17th 24 54 - - - - -
1978/79 St. Louis Blues NHL 74 14th 19th 33 62 - - - - -
1979/80 Atlanta Flames NHL 21st 1 3 4th 0 - - - - -
1979/80 Birmingham Bulls CHL 7th 3 0 3 14th - - - - -
1980/81 Furukawa Ice Hockey Club JIHL 20th 10 10 20th - - - - -
1981/82 Furukawa Ice Hockey Club JIHL 20th 11 19th 30th - - - - -
NCAA overall 70 50 85 135 92
CHL total 70 22nd 23 45 77 - - - - -
NHL overall 580 152 182 334 347 21st 1 1 2 57
JIHL overall 40 21st 29 50 - - - - -

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1976 United States Canada Cup 5th place 5 0 3 3 0
1978 United States WM 6th place 10 3 0 3 0
1979 United States WM 7th place 8th 0 1 1 2
Men overall 23 3 4th 7th 2

( 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 )

family

Bennett comes from a hockey family. His father, Harvey Bennett senior, was a goalkeeper for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL) in the 1944/45 season and completed 25 missions that year. However, he spent most of his career with the Providence Reds in the American Hockey League (AHL).

The four Bennetts brothers were all equally active in the professional field, but not as successful as he. Harvey Bennett junior played a total of 272 NHL games between 1974 and 1979. Bill Bennett played 31 times in the same league between 1978 and 1980, John Bennett ran 34 times in the World Hockey Association (WHA) in the 1972/73 season . Jimmy Bennett was the only one of the five brothers who did not make the leap into the top division and was only briefly active in the International Hockey League (IHL) and Central Hockey League (CHL). Bennett's nephew Mac , the son of his brother Jimmy, has also had a brief professional career in the AHL and ECHL .

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personal data
SURNAME Bennett, Curt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bennett, Curt Alexander (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 27, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada