Jerry Korab

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CanadaCanada  Jerry Korab Ice hockey player
Date of birth September 15, 1948
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada
Nickname King Kong
size 191 cm
Weight 100 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1966-1968 St. Catharines Black Hawks
1968-1969 Port Huron flags
1969-1970 Portland Buckaroos
1970-1973 Chicago Black Hawks
1973 Vancouver Canucks
1973-1980 Buffalo Sabers
1980-1983 Los Angeles Kings
1983-1985 Buffalo Sabers

Gerald Joseph "Jerry" Korab (born September 15, 1948 in Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League between 1970 and 1985 , most of them for the Buffalo Sabers , and took part in two NHL All-Star Games .

Career

Beginnings

Jerry Korab spent his junior career with the St. Catharines Black Hawks in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), the highest junior division in his home province. After two years in the OHA, he made the leap into the professional field by joining the Port Huron Flags of the International Hockey League . There the defender scored 64 points in 71 games before moving to the Portland Buckaroos in the Western Hockey League the following season. The Buckaroos acted as the farm team of the Chicago Black Hawks from the National Hockey League (NHL), similar to how the St. Catharines Black Hawks were associated with the NHL team, so that the Canadian made his debut in the top division of North America in late November 1970. As a rookie , he promptly reached the Stanley Cup final with Chicago in 1971 , but lost there with the team to the Canadiens de Montréal 3: 4.

NHL

As a result, Korab established himself as an NHL defender, his stature and his physically stressed game earned him the nickname "King Kong". With the Black Hawks he was back in 1973 in the final of the Stanley Cup, in which, however, the Canadiens de Montréal prevailed again (4: 2). Just four days after the final defeat, he and Gary Smith were handed over to the Vancouver Canucks , who in return sent Dale Tallon to Chicago. The Canucks sent the defender to the Buffalo Sabers after just under six months and received John Gould and Tracy Pratt in return .

With the Sabers Korab increased his offensive performance significantly, so he achieved in the season 1974/75 with 56 points in 79 games his career best. In the same year he reached his third and last Stanley Cup final , which he also lost; the Philadelphia Flyers prevailed 4-2. He also represented Buffalo at the NHL All-Star Games in 1975 and 1976 . After more than six years on the team, he was given to the Los Angeles Kings in March 1980 in exchange for a first-round vote in the 1982 NHL Entry Draft . At this point in time, no defender wearing the Sabers jersey had played more games (464) or scored more points (265) than Korab.

He then spent three more seasons in Los Angeles before ending his career in 1983. However, two months after the start of the 1983/84 season, he was given the opportunity to return to the Sabers as a free agent , which he subsequently used. After the season he joined the Minnesota North Stars in the same way , but the Sabers signed him again in October 1984, via the waiver . After the defender had spent the 1984/85 season in Buffalo, he finally declared his active career over. In total, he had played 1072 NHL games and scored 481 points scorer.

After his active career, Korab ran a packaging company and temporarily worked as a trainer in high school .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1966/67 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 43 3 10 13 57 4th 0 1 1 12
1967/68 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 54 10 34 44 244 5 0 3 3 26th
1968/69 Port Huron flags IHL 71 18th 46 64 284 - - - - - -
1969/70 Portland Buckaroos WHL 65 9 12 21st 169 - - - - - -
1970/71 Portland Buckaroos WHL 20th 3 5 8th 78 - - - - - -
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 4th 14th 18th +15 142 7th 1 0 1 ± 0 20th
1971/72 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 73 9 5 14th +1 95 8th 0 1 1 -2 20th
1972/73 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 77 12 15th 27 +4 94 15th 0 0 0 -3 22nd
1973/74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 31 4th 7th 11 -18 64 - - - - - -
1973/74 Buffalo Sabers NHL 45 6th 12 18th -23 73 - - - - - -
1974/75 Buffalo Sabers NHL 79 12 44 56 +41 184 16 3 2 5 -5 32
1975/76 Buffalo Sabers NHL 65 13 28 41 +18 85 9 1 3 4th -5 12
1976/77 Buffalo Sabers NHL 77 14th 33 47 +22 120 6th 2 4th 6th -4 8th
1977/78 Buffalo Sabers NHL 77 7th 34 41 +16 119 8th 0 5 5 +2 6th
1978/79 Buffalo Sabers NHL 78 11 40 51 +8 104 3 1 0 1 -1 4th
1979/80 Buffalo Sabers NHL 43 1 10 11 ± 0 74 - - - - - -
1979/80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 1 2 3 -3 34 3 0 1 1 -1 11
1980/81 Los Angeles Kings NHL 78 9 43 52 +10 139 4th 0 0 0 -5 33
1981/82 Los Angeles Kings NHL 50 5 13 18th -19 91 10 0 2 2 -4 26th
1982/83 Los Angeles Kings NHL 72 3 26th 29 –6 90 - - - - - -
1983/84 Rochester Americans AHL 4th 0 4th 4th 2 - - - - - -
1983/84 Buffalo Sabers NHL 48 2 9 11 +4 82 3 0 0 0 -1 5
1984/85 Rochester Americans AHL 3 1 2 3 6th - - - - - -
1984/85 Buffalo Sabers NHL 25th 1 6th 7th -8th 29 1 0 0 0 -1 2
OHA total 97 13 44 57 301 9 0 4th 4th 38
WHL overall 85 12 17th 29 247 - - - - - -
AHL total 7th 1 6th 7th 8th - - - - - -
NHL overall 975 114 341 455 +62 1629 93 8th 18th 26th -30 201

( 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. ↑ Marty Burns: Coach 'King Kong'. chicagotribune.com, January 29, 1993, accessed March 11, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Korab, Jerry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Korab, Gerald Joseph (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 15, 1948
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Ontario , Canada