Hartland Monahan

Hartland Monahan
Date of birth	March 29, 1951
place of birth	Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size	180 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1971 , 4th lap, 43rd position California Golden Seals
Career stations
1968-1969	Saints de Laval
1969-1971	Canadien junior de Montréal
1971-1972	Baltimore Clippers Columbus Golden Seals
1972-1974	Salt Lake Golden Eagles
1974-1975	Providence Reds
1975-1977	Washington Capitals
1977	Pittsburgh Penguins
1977-1988	Los Angeles Kings
1978-1979	Springfield Indians
1979-1981	St. Louis Blues

Hartland Patrick Monahan (born March 29, 1951 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 340 games for the California Golden Seals , New York Rangers , Washington Capitals , Pittsburgh Penguins , Los Angeles Kings and St. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League on the left winger position .

Career

Monahan played during his junior years first for the Saints de Laval and from the 1969/70 season for the Canadien junior de Montréal in the Ontario Hockey Association . The attacker was active there for two seasons until the summer of 1971. In 97 missions he got 67 points scorer , but also collected 207 penalty minutes. Finally, he was selected in the fourth round of the NHL Amateur Draft 1971 in 43rd place by the California Golden Seals from the National Hockey League .

The striker then switched to the professional field for the 1971/72 season, where he was used during the season for the Baltimore Clippers in the American Hockey League and Columbus Golden Seals in the International Hockey League , both cooperation partners of the California Golden Seals. The following two playing years between 1972 and 1974 Monahan ran for the Salt Lake Golden Eagles in the Western Hockey League , but made his debut in the 1973/74 season for the Golden Seals in the NHL. However, there he only played one game.

In September 1974, Monahan's time in the organization of the Golden Seals ended when he was transferred to the New York Rangers in exchange for Brian Lavender . The Canadian did not make a breakthrough in the NHL there either. Although he was used in six games for New York. Most of the season he spent but with the Providence Reds in the AHL, where he managed to be called to the AHL Second All-Star Team . The now 24-year-old was only able to establish himself from the 1975/76 season on when he switched to the Washington Capitals . Over the period of two years he played 159 out of 160 games for the capital city and collected over 40 points in both years. In exchange for a first-round suffrage in the 1979 NHL Entry Draft , he moved to the Pittsburgh Penguins in October 1977 , for which, however, he only played seven games. In a four player and one draft law comprehensive transfer, he was given to the Los Angeles Kings just two weeks after the move to the Penguins . While Syl Apps junior moved with him to the Southern Californians, Dave Schultz , Gene Carr and a four-round suffrage in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft moved to Pittsburgh.

After Monahan had finished the game year 1977/78 in Los Angeles and only booked 19 points in 64 missions, he received no more squad place in the following year. He spent the 1978/79 season in the American Hockey League. There the offensive player ran for the Kings farm team Springfield Indians . In the NHL Expansion Draft 1979 he was then selected by the newly admitted Nordiques de Québec , but immediately sold to the St. Louis Blues . There Monahan spent two more years before he declared his active career ended after the 1980/81 season at the age of 30.

Achievements and Awards

• 1975 AHL Second All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1969/70	Canadien junior de Montréal	OHA		54	10	14th	24	72		-	-	-	-	-
1970/71	Canadien junior de Montréal	OHA		43	14th	29	43	135		-	-	-	-	-
1971/72	Baltimore Clippers	AHL		20th	1	1	2	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1971/72	Columbus Golden Seals	IHL		36	8th	19th	27	53		-	-	-	-	-
1972/73	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	WHL		61	18th	34	52	60		9	5	2	7th	6th
1973/74	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	WHL		66	14th	28	42	76		5	1	2	3	2
1973/74	California Golden Seals	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1974/75	Providence Reds	AHL		70	28	42	70	96		6th	2	2	4th	14th
1974/75	New York Rangers	NHL		6th	0	1	1	4th		-	-	-	-	-
1975/76	Washington Capitals	NHL		80	17th	29	46	35		-	-	-	-	-
1976/77	Washington Capitals	NHL		79	23	27	50	37		-	-	-	-	-
1977/78	Pittsburgh Penguins	NHL		7th	2	0	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
1977/78	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		64	10	9	19th	45		2	0	0	0	0
1978/79	Springfield Indians	AHL		76	30th	36	66	71		-	-	-	-	-
1979/80	St. Louis Blues	NHL		72	5	12	17th	36		3	0	0	0	0
1980/81	St. Louis Blues	NHL		25th	4th	2	6th	4th		1	0	0	0	4th
OHA total				97	24	43	67	207		-	-	-	-	-
WHL overall				127	32	62	94	136		14th	6th	4th	10	8th
AHL total				166	59	79	138	171		6th	2	2	4th	14th
NHL overall				334	61	80	141	163		6th	0	0	0	4th

( 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 )

family

Monahan's family is deeply rooted in ice hockey and competitive sports. His father-in-law Bernie Geoffrion was also active in the NHL and is a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame . Monahan's son Shane , however, hit a career as a baseball player and was active between 1998 and 1999 in Major League Baseball for the Seattle Mariners .

Web links

• Hartland Monahan at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Hartland Monahan at eliteprospects.com (English)