Ed Westfall

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Ed Westfall
Date of birth September 19, 1940
place of birth Belleville , Ontario , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 89 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1957-1960 Barrie Flyers
1960-1961 Niagara Falls Flyers
1961-1972 Boston Bruins
1972-1979 New York Islanders

Edwin Vernon "Ed" Westfall (born September 19, 1940 in Belleville , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1957 and 1979, among other things, 1321 games for the Boston Bruins and New York Islanders in the National Hockey League has contested on the position of the right winger . Westfall, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game four times, celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the Boston Bruins by winning the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972 . In addition, he received the Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award and the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy for his social commitment .

Career

Westfall in the jersey of the Boston Bruins (1963)

Westfall played for the Barrie Flyers and Niagara Falls Flyers in the Ontario Hockey Association during his junior years .

The Boston Bruins didn't often use him on their farm team , the Kingston Frontenacs in the Eastern Professional Hockey League . He quickly made the leap into the NHL as a defensive attacker. In the 1961/62 season he made his breakthrough straight away. He concentrated on his strengths on the defensive and could only score two goals in his 63 appearances. It was not until the 1964/65 season that he was able to attract attention with twelve hits on the offensive. The team was on the upswing, mainly due to Bobby Orr and Phil Esposito . In the 1969/70 season, the Bruins won the Stanley Cup and after a year in which the Bruins failed as the best team in the preliminary round in the playoffs, they won the second cup in 1971/72 . The team was very offensively oriented during this time, from which Westfall also benefited. He also scored 25 goals this season. He was used regularly with Derek Sanderson, especially when playing undernumbered .

In the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft , the Bruins didn't protect the now almost 32-year-old, and the New York Islanders didn't let the opportunity slip by. Westfall was also the first goalscorer in the history of the Islanders. In the first few years with a new team, there was no success, but with growing stars like Denis Potvin and Clark Gillies Westfall was able to take on a role as a leader. Even before the great successes of the Islanders, he ended his career after the 1978/79 season .

His pleasant demeanor predestined him for his future role as a television presenter, especially at the Islanders' games. Until 1998 he was active in this role for SportsChannel .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1957/58 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. 51 3 10 13 60 4th 0 0 0 4th
1958/59 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. 54 4th 10 14th 63 6th 0 4th 4th 2
1959/60 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. 48 7th 28 35 63 6th 0 4th 4th 28
1959/60 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1960/61 Niagara Falls Flyers OHA Jr. 48 9 45 54 72 7th 2 7th 9 6th
1960/61 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1961/62 Boston Bruins NHL 63 2 9 11 53 - - - - -
1962/63 Boston Bruins NHL 48 1 11 12 34 - - - - -
1962/63 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 21st 5 16 21st 14th - - - - -
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 55 1 5 6th 35 - - - - -
1963/64 Providence Reds AHL 13 1 3 4th 8th 3 0 0 0 4th
1964/65 Boston Bruins NHL 68 12 15th 27 65 - - - - -
1965/66 Boston Bruins NHL 59 9 21st 30th 42 - - - - -
1966/67 Boston Bruins NHL 70 12 24 36 26th - - - - -
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 73 14th 22nd 36 38 4th 2 0 2 2
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 70 18th 24 42 22nd 10 3 7th 10 11
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 72 14th 22nd 36 28 14th 3 5 8th 4th
1970/71 Boston Bruins NHL 78 25th 34 59 48 7th 1 2 3 2
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 77 18th 26th 44 19th 15th 4th 3 7th 10
1972/73 New York Islanders NHL 67 15th 31 46 25th - - - - -
1973/74 New York Islanders NHL 68 19th 23 42 28 - - - - -
1974/75 New York Islanders NHL 73 22nd 33 55 28 17th 5 10 15th 12
1975/76 New York Islanders NHL 80 25th 31 56 27 8th 2 3 5 0
1976/77 New York Islanders NHL 79 14th 33 47 8th 12 1 5 6th 0
1977/78 New York Islanders NHL 71 5 19th 24 14th 2 0 0 0 0
1978/79 New York Islanders NHL 55 5 11 16 4th 6th 1 2 3 0
OHA Jr. total 201 23 93 116 258 16 0 8th 8th 34
EPHL overall 23 5 16 21st 16 - - - - -
NHL overall 1226 231 394 625 544 95 22nd 37 59 41

( 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 Westfall, Ed
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Westfall, Edwin Vernon (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 19, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Belleville , Ontario