Ed Van Impe

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Ed Van Impe
Date of birth May 27, 1940
place of birth Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1957-1960 Saskatoon Quakers
1960-1961 Calgary Stampeders
1961-1966 Buffalo bison
1966-1967 Chicago Black Hawks
1967-1976 Philadelphia Flyers
1976 Pittsburgh Penguins

Edward Charles "Ed" Van Impe (born May 27, 1940 in Saskatoon , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 700 games for the Chicago Black Hawks , Philadelphia Flyers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League between 1966 and 1976 . He spent most of his active career with the Flyers, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1974 and 1975 and which he also led for five years as captain .

Career

Beginnings in minor leagues

Ed Van Impe played in his youth for the Saskatoon Quakers from his hometown in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League (SJHL). The defender was active in the SJHL until 1960 when he switched to the professional field and spent a year with the Calgary Stampeders in the Western Hockey League . For the 1961/62 season he joined the Buffalo bison from the American Hockey League (AHL), which served as the farm team of the Chicago Black Hawks from the National Hockey League (NHL). As a result, the Canadian played five seasons in Buffalo, where he won the Calder Cup with the team in the AHL playoffs in 1963 .

NHL

It was not until the 1966/67 season that Van Impe made the leap to the Black Hawks in the NHL, where he subsequently also established himself as a defensively oriented defender. After a season in Chicago he was selected by the Philadelphia Flyers in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft , which were accepted into the NHL along with five other teams. The defender spent most of his active career with the Flyers, so he played for the team for almost nine years. As early as 1968 he took over the position of team captain from Lou Angotti , which he then held for almost five years before he passed it on to Bobby Clarke in January 1973 . A little later, Van Impe celebrated the two greatest successes of his career when he won the Stanley Cup with Philadelphia in the 1974 and 1975 playoffs . In addition, he represented the Flyers in the years 1969 , 1974 and 1975 at the NHL All-Star Game .

His time in Philadelphia ended when he and goalkeeper Bobby Taylor were handed over to the Pittsburgh Penguins in March 1976 , which in return gave Gary Inness and a financial consideration. At this point in time, no defender in the Flyers' jersey had played more games (620) or recorded penalty minutes (891) than the Canadian. With the Penguins Van Impe played only 25 games in the course of 1976 before he ended his active career. In total, he had played 769 games in the NHL and scored 166 points .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1956/57 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
1957/58 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 49 2 2 4th 58 - - - - - -
1958/59 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 48 0 23 23 150 5 0 5 5 24
1959/60 Saskatoon Quakers SJHL 58 11 42 53 136 7th 1 2 3 4th
1960/61 Calgary Stampeders WHL 66 4th 15th 19th 123 5 0 5 5 16
1961/62 Buffalo bison AHL 70 0 19th 19th 172 11 0 1 1 34
1962/63 Buffalo bison AHL 65 3 12 15th 196 13 1 4th 5 34
1963/64 Buffalo bison AHL 70 4th 22nd 26th 193 9 0 0 0 26th
1964/65 Buffalo bison AHL 72 5 6th 11 197 - - - - - -
1965/66 Buffalo bison AHL 70 9 28 37 153 - - - - - -
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 61 8th 11 19th +29 111 6th 0 0 0 -2 8th
1967/68 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 67 4th 13 17th -5 138 7th 0 4th 4th -1 11
1968/69 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 71 7th 12 19th -13 114 1 0 0 0 -1 17th
1969/70 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 65 0 10 10 -1 117 - - - - - -
1970/71 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 0 11 11 -13 80 4th 0 1 1 -4 8th
1971/72 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 73 4th 9 13 –7 78 - - - - - -
1972/73 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 72 1 11 12 +21 76 11 0 0 0 -3 16
1973/74 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 77 2 16 18th +31 119 17th 1 2 3 +2 41
1974/75 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 78 1 17th 18th +39 109 17th 0 4th 4th +16 27
1975/76 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 40 0 8th 8th +16 60 - - - - - -
1975/76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 12 0 5 5 +4 16 3 0 1 1 ± 0 2
1976/77 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 10 0 3 3 -2 6th - - - - - -
SJHL overall 157 13 67 80 344 12 1 7th 8th 28
AHL total 347 21st 87 108 911 33 1 5 6th 94
NHL overall 703 27 126 153 +99 1024 66 1 12 13 +7 130

( 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 Impe, Ed Van
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Impe, Edward Charles Van (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 27, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Saskatoon , Saskatchewan , Canada