John Barrett (ice hockey player)

John Barrett
Date of birth	July 1, 1958
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	95 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft	1978 , 8th lap, 129th position Detroit Red Wings
Career stations
1976-1988	Windsor Spitfires
1978-1979	Milwaukee Admirals
1979-1980	Kalamazoo Wings
1980	Adirondack Red Wings
1980-1986	Detroit Red Wings
1986-1988	Washington Capitals
1988	Binghamton Whalers Minnesota North Stars Kalamazoo Wings

John David Barrett (born July 1, 1958 in Ottawa , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 504 national hockey games for the Detroit Red Wings , Washington Capitals and Minnesota North Stars in the course of his playing career between 1976 and 1987 League on the position of defender . Barrett celebrated the greatest success of his career during his rookie season in the service of the Kalamazoo Wings from the International Hockey League by winning the Turner Cup . His eight year older brother Fred was also a professional ice hockey player and 13 years active in the NHL.

Career

Barrett, who was born in the Canadian capital Ottawa , spent part of his junior years with the Gloucester Rangers before moving to the higher-class Ontario Major Junior Hockey League . There he was active for the Windsor Spitfires between 1976 and 1978 . During his two years with the team, the defender played a total of 145 games and scored 55 points . After he was selected in the eighth round in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft at 129th position by the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League , the 20-year-old left the junior camp and switched to the professional field.

There the defender was used by the Detroit Red Wings for the following year and a half in the International Hockey League . The defender first ran in 42 games for the Milwaukee Admirals before moving to the Kalamazoo Wings within the league . With the team he won the Turner Cup , the championship trophy of the IHL, at the end of his rookie year . Barrett also spent the beginning of the 1979/80 season with the Kalamazoo Wings before he was ordered to the Adirondack Red Wings in the American Hockey League . The defensive player stayed there until the end of January 1980, when the Detroit Red Wings were called to the NHL squad. In the following weeks, the Canadian established himself in Detroit's squad and completed 56 games by the end of the game year. He reached 13 points scorer. He confirmed this value in the following three years. In the 1984/85 season he set a personal record with 25 points before leaving the franchise towards the end of the following season .

Together with Greg Smith , Barrett was transferred to the US capital to the Washington Capitals in March 1986 , while the Red Wings received Darren Veitch in return . He finished the season with the Capitals and played 55 more games for the team by January 1987. He missed the rest of the season and much of the following due to a fracture of the kneecap , which had ruptured again in the meantime. It was not until February 1988 that he returned for Washington's cooperation partner, the Binghamton Whalers , in the AHL, and was then transferred to the Minnesota North Stars after five missions . He had not been able to convince the Capitals of his further NHL suitability. The same happened to him after the transfer to Minnesota, where his brother Fred Barrett had played for over ten years. He only played one game for Minnesota and two more for the farm team, the Kalamazoo Wings in the IHL, before he had to end his active career prematurely at the age of 29 due to the two fractured kneecaps.

Achievements and Awards

• 1979 Turner Cup win with the Kalamazoo Wings

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1976/77	Windsor Spitfires	OMJHL		63	7th	17th	24	168		9	1	1	2	12
1977/78	Windsor Spitfires	OMJHL		67	8th	18th	26th	133		6th	2	1	3	30th
1978/79	Milwaukee Admirals	IHL		42	8th	13	21st	117		-	-	-	-	-
1978/79	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		31	1	12	13	54		15th	2	11	13	48
1979/80	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		52	8th	33	41	63		-	-	-	-	-
1979/80	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		28	0	4th	4th	59		5	1	2	3	6th
1980/81	Adirondack Red Wings	AHL		21st	4th	11	15th	63		-	-	-	-	-
1980/81	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		56	3	10	13	60		-	-	-	-	-
1981/82	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		69	1	12	13	93		-	-	-	-	-
1982/83	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		79	4th	10	14th	74		-	-	-	-	-
1983/84	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		78	2	8th	10	78		4th	0	0	0	4th
1984/85	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		71	6th	19th	25th	117		3	0	1	1	11
1985/86	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		65	2	12	14th	125		-	-	-	-	-
1985/86	Washington Capitals	NHL		14th	0	3	3	12		9	2	1	3	35
1986/87	Washington Capitals	NHL		55	2	2	4th	43		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Binghamton Whalers	AHL		5	0	2	2	6th		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Minnesota North Stars	NHL		1	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
1987/88	Kalamazoo Wings	IHL		2	0	1	1	2		-	-	-	-	-
OMJHL overall				130	15th	35	50	301		15th	3	2	5	42
AHL total				54	4th	17th	21st	128		5	1	2	3	6th
IHL total				127	17th	59	76	236		15th	2	11	13	48
NHL overall				488	20th	77	97	604		16	2	2	4th	50

( 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

• John Barrett at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• John Barrett at eliteprospects.com (English)