Garry Howatt

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Garry Howatt
Date of birth September 26, 1952
place of birth Grand Center , Alberta , Canada
Nickname Toy tiger
size 175 cm
Weight 80 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1972 , 10th lap, 144th position
New York Islanders
Career stations
1970-1971 Kamloops Rockets
1971 Victoria Cougars
1971-1972 Flin Flon Bombers
1972-1973 New Haven Nighthawks
1973-1981 New York Islanders
1981-1982 Hartford Whalers
1982-1983 New Jersey Devils
Wichita Wind
1983-1984 Maine Mariners

Garry Robert Charles Howatt (born September 26, 1952 in Grand Center , Alberta ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played 807 games for the New York Islanders , Hartford Whalers and New Jersey Devils in the course of his active career between 1971 and 1984 National Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Howatt celebrated his greatest career success in the service of the New York Islanders, with whom he won the Stanley Cup in 1980 and 1981 . Howatt embodied the Enforcer type of player .

Career

Howatt began his junior career in the 1970/71 season with the Kamloops Rockets in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League . Then the striker moved to the Western Canada Hockey League , where he was initially active in the 1971/72 season for the Victoria Cougars and was transferred to league rivals Flin Flon Bombers during the season . After his first year in the WCHL Howatt was selected in the 1972 NHL Amateur Draft in the tenth round in 144th place by the New York Islanders from the National Hockey League .

Already for the upcoming season 1972/73 the striker switched to the professional camp and spent his first year mainly with New York's farm team in the American Hockey League , the New Haven Nighthawks . During the season, however, he was so convincing that he made his debut for the Islanders in the NHL and played eight games there. With the beginning of the 1973/74 game year , the Canadian finally belonged to the regular squad of the NHL club, where he was mostly used in the third and fourth row. With his playing style as an enforcer , he was responsible for bringing the necessary toughness and aggressiveness into the game, while the top players Mike Bossy , Bryan Trottier , Denis Potvin and Clark Gillies were responsible for the goals. Howatt spent a total of eight seasons in the emerging franchise of the Islanders and was thus also part of the teams that won the Stanley Cup in 1980 and 1981 .

As a result of the second Stanley Cup win, Howatt was given in October 1981 in exchange for a five-round vote in the 1983 NHL Entry Draft to the Hartford Whalers . At the Whalers, Howatt let his qualities from the junior area flash again and collected 50 points scorer , which was a career high. Although Hartford promised the offensive player a long-term commitment, he obtained a new transfer and so he was transferred to the New Jersey Devils after only twelve months with the Whalers with Rick Meagher . As compensation, Hartford received Merlin Malinowski and the transfer rights to the 19-year-old young talent Scott Fusco .

The move to New Jersey didn't pay off for Howatt, however. Instead of building on his year in Hartford, he played only a subordinate role with the Devils and completed only 44 NHL games over a period of two years. In addition, he also played games for the Wichita Wind in the Central Hockey League and the Maine Mariners in the AHL. After he had won the Calder Cup at the end of the 1983/84 season with the Mariners - with the exception of six games for New Jersey - with whom he had won the Calder Cup , he retired shortly before his 32nd birthday in the summer of 1984 active professional sport back.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1970/71 Kamloops Rockets BCJHL 36 19th 35 54 - - - - -
1971/72 Victoria Cougars WCHL 24 5 15th 20th 36 - - - - -
1971/72 Flin Flon Bombers WCHL 36 24 35 59 109 7th 4th 1 5 30th
1972/73 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 65 22nd 27 49 157 - - - - -
1972/73 New York Islanders NHL 8th 0 1 1 18th - - - - -
1973/74 New York Islanders NHL 78 6th 11 17th 204 - - - - -
1974/75 New York Islanders NHL 77 18th 30th 48 121 17th 3 3 6th 59
1975/76 New York Islanders NHL 80 21st 13 34 197 13 5 5 10 23
1976/77 New York Islanders NHL 70 13 15th 28 182 12 1 1 2 28
1977/78 New York Islanders NHL 61 7th 12 19th 146 7th 0 1 1 62
1978/79 New York Islanders NHL 75 16 12 28 205 9 0 1 1 18th
1979/80 New York Islanders NHL 77 8th 11 19th 219 21st 3 1 4th 84
1980/81 New York Islanders NHL 70 4th 15th 19th 174 8th 0 2 2 15th
1981/82 Hartford Whalers NHL 80 18th 32 50 242 - - - - -
1982/83 New Jersey Devils NHL 38 1 4th 5 114 - - - - -
1982/83 Wichita wind CHL 11 0 5 5 4th - - - - -
1983/84 New Jersey Devils NHL 6th 0 0 0 14th - - - - -
1983/84 Maine Mariners AHL 63 12 20th 32 124 17th 4th 7th 11 46
WCHL overall 60 29 50 79 145 7th 4th 1 5 30th
AHL total 128 34 47 81 281 17th 4th 7th 11 46
NHL overall 720 112 156 268 1836 87 12 14th 26th 289

( 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 Howatt, Garry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Howatt, Garry Robert Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 26, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Grand Center , Alberta