Ed Kea

Ed Kea
Date of birth	January 19, 1948
place of birth	Weesp , Netherlands
date of death	September 1, 1999
Place of death	Ontario , Canada
size	191 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Career stations
1968-1969	Collingwood Kings
1969-1971	Jersey Devils
1971-1972	St. Petersburg Suns
1972-1973	Omaha Knights
1973-1974	Tulsa Oilers
1974-1979	Atlanta Flames
1979-1983	St. Louis Blues

Adrian Jozef "Ed" Kea (born January 19, 1948 in Weesp , Netherlands ; † September 1, 1999 in Ontario , Canada ) was a Dutch - Canadian ice hockey player who worked for the Atlanta Flames and, among others, from 1968 to 1983 St. Louis Blues has played in the National Hockey League . His nephew Joe Nieuwendyk was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Ed Kea began his career as a hockey player with the Collingwood Kings, for which he was active in the Ontario Hockey Association in the 1968/69 season . The defender then played for three years in the Eastern Hockey League for the Jersey Devils and St. Petersburg Suns . During this period he also came to five missions for the Seattle Totems from the Eastern Hockey League. On October 6, 1972, he signed a contract as a free agent with the Atlanta Flames , for which he made his debut in the National Hockey League in the 1973/74 season . For the first two years in the Flames' franchise , however, he mainly played for their farm teams from the Central Hockey League , the Omaha Knights and Tulsa Oilers . From 1974 to 1980, the native Dutchman was a regular for Atlanta in the NHL, before he surrendered to the St. Louis Blues on October 10, 1979 together with Don Laurence and a second-round vote in the NHL Entry Draft in 1981 in exchange for Garry Unger has been.

Kea played for St. Louis for five seasons in the NHL before he sustained a severe head injury in a game played by St. Louis' CHL farm team, the Salt Lake Golden Eagles , following the 1982 / 83 had to end his career. His head injuries were so severe that he suffered physical and mental disabilities and was unable to work. On September 1, 1999, the former NHL player drowned in a swimming accident at his family's summer residence in Ontario, Canada .

Achievements and Awards

• 1974 CHL Second All-Star Team
• 1981 Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	583	30th	145	175	508
Playoffs	7th	32	2	4th	6th	39

Web links

• Ed Kea at hockeydb.com (English)
• Ed Kea at legendsofhockey.net (English)