George Morrison (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  George Morrison Ice hockey player
Date of birth December 24, 1948
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death November 12, 2008
Place of death Schenectady , New York , USA
size 183 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1968-1970 University of Denver
1970-1972 St. Louis Blues
1972-1975 Minnesota Fighting Saints
1975-1977 Calgary cowboys

George Harold Morrison (born December 24, 1948 in Toronto , Ontario , † November 12, 2008 in Schenectady , New York ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League and the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Calgary Cowboys played in the World Hockey Association .

Career

George Morrison first played from 1968 to 1970 for the ice hockey team of the University of Denver in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association , in which the winger completed two successful seasons. During this time, he won the 1969 Division I ice hockey championship of the National Collegiate Athletic Association with the university team and was honored several times with appointments to the league's all-star selection. Nevertheless, the striker was never considered in an NHL amateur draft and in late September 1970 signed a contract with the St. Louis Blues from the National Hockey League as a free agent .

Already in his rookie season, the left shooter established himself in the Blues squad, when Morrison played in 73 games of the regular season and scored 25 points. In the following season, both the Canadians' playing time and their hit rate were reduced. At the WHA General Player Draft in February 1972, he was selected by the Minnesota Fighting Saints . About a month later, the St. Louis Blues gave his NHL rights together with a second-round vote for the NHL Amateur Draft 1972 to the Buffalo Sabers to sign defender Chris Evans . However, since Morrison refused to play on the Sabers farm team - with the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League - they suspended him until the end of the season. For the 1972/73 season , the striker decided to join the Minnesota Fighting Saints in the World Hockey Association .

In the course of the following season, which the left-shooter finished with the best points yield of his career, Morrison managed the fastest hat trick in WHA history. On April 3, 1974, he scored in the game against the Vancouver Blazers in the second period three hits for the Fighting Saints within 43 seconds. With his last goal in this encounter, Morrison screwed his goal account to 40 goals in the regular season and took seventh place in the league-wide scorers list. After spending another one in St. Paul , the Fighting Saints transferred the Canadian, along with Don Tannahill , the rights to Joe Micheletti and Wally Olds in exchange for John McKenzie and an amount of money within the World Hockey Association to the Calgary in September 1975 Cowboys . After two solid seasons in the jersey of the Cowboys, Morrison finally ended his active career.

Achievements and Awards

  • 1969 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1969 WCHA Sophomore of the Year
  • 1969 NCAA West First All-American Team
  • 1969 NCAA Division I Championship with the University of Denver
  • 1970 WCHA First All-Star Team
  • 1970 NCAA West First All-American Team

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1968-69 University of Denver WCHA 32 40 18th 58 12
1969-70 University of Denver WCHA 32 30th 27 57 12
1970-71 St. Louis Blues NHL 73 15th 10 25th 6th 3 0 0 0 0
1971-72 St. Louis Blues NHL 42 2 11 13 7th - - - - -
1972-73 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 70 16 24 40 20th 5 1 1 2 2
1973-74 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 73 40 38 78 37 11 5 5 10 12
1974-75 Minnesota Fighting Saints WHA 76 31 29 60 30th 12 5 9 14th 0
1975-76 Calgary cowboys WHA 79 25th 32 57 13 10 3 2 5 0
1976-77 Calgary cowboys WHA 63 11 19th 30th 10 - - - - -
WCHA overall 64 70 45 115 24
NHL overall 115 17th 21st 38 13 3 0 0 0 0
WHA total 361 123 142 265 110 39 14th 17th 31 14th

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Scott Surgent: The World Hockey Association Factbook. 2010, p. 89, ISBN 978-0-9644774-8-3
personal data
SURNAME Morrison, George
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Morrison, George Harold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 24, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH November 12, 2008
Place of death Schenectady , New York