Paul Shmyr

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CanadaCanada  Paul Shmyr Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 28, 1946
place of birth Cudworth , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death September 2, 2004
Place of death Surrey , British Columbia , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 80 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1965-1966 New Westminster Royals
1966-1967 Fort Wayne Comet
1967-1970 Dallas Black Hawks
1970-1971 Chicago Black Hawks
1971-1972 California Golden Seals
1972-1976 Cleveland Crusaders
1976-1977 San Diego Mariners
1977-1979 Edmonton Oilers
1979-1981 Minnesota North Stars
1981-1982 Hartford Whalers

Paul Shmyr (born January 28, 1946 in Cudworth , Saskatchewan , † September 2, 2004 in Surrey , British Columbia ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 377 games for the Chicago Black Hawks , California , in the course of his active career between 1965 and 1982 Golden Seals , Minnesota North Stars and Hartford Whalers in the National Hockey League (NHL) and 516 other games for the Cleveland Crusaders , San Diego Mariners and Edmonton Oilers in the World Hockey Association (WHA) on the position of defender . Shmyr, who was the team captain of the Edmonton Oilers and Minnesota North Stars, was called up a total of four times in his career to one of the WHA All-Star teams and in 1974 was the best defender in the league . His older brother John was also active as a hockey player in the WHA.

Career

Shmyr spent his junior years between 1965 and 1966 with the New Westminster Royals in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League (BCJHL), with whom he participated in the prestigious Memorial Cup that same season . Then the defender, who was a member of the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League (NHL) at the time , moved to the professional field, where he worked for the Fort Wayne Komets in the International Hockey League (IHL) in the 1966/67 season came

After he had been transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks in exchange for Camille Henry in August 1967 , Shmyr was in the squad of the Dallas Black Hawks , the farm team of Chicago, from the Central Professional Hockey League (CPHL) at the beginning of the 1967/68 season . There he spent two and a half seasons before he finally got a place in the Black Hawks' NHL squad in February 1970. He had made his debut there a year earlier in February 1969 when he had played three games for Chicago. The defender was finally in the service of the Chicago Black Hawks until October 1971, before he and Gilles Meloche were sent to the California Golden Seals , who gave Gerry Desjardins to the "Windy City" for it . With the Californians Shmyr spent the 1971/72 season .

By founding the World Hockey Association (WHA) built as a competitive league to the NHL , the Canadian moved to this in September 1972. The Cleveland Crusaders had previously acquired his transfer rights from the Philadelphia Blazers . In Cleveland, Shmyr became one of the best defenders in the league. In the very first season he made it to the WHA First All-Star Team with his 48 scorer points . Further nominations in the same took place in 1974 and 1976. He also received at the end of the 1975/76 season , when he had set up a career record of 50 points, the Dennis A. Murphy Trophy as the best defender in the entire league and was together with Réal Cloutier recognized as most valuable player in the WHA All-Star Games . However, while he received numerous individual awards over the four years in Cleveland, there was no success with the team. In the summer of 1976, the franchise was relocated to Saint Paul , Minnesota . Due to the change, Shmyr was transferred to the San Diego Mariners together with Gerry Pinder , while Ray Adduono and Bob Wall were transferred to the Minnesota Fighting Saints . The Fighting Saints also received a sum of money.

For the San Diego Mariners, the defensive player completed a season in which he scored 50 points, as in the previous year. Then he moved through the dissolution of the San Diego franchise as a free agent to the Edmonton Oilers , where he was immediately named the third team captain in franchise history. Nevertheless, he failed in the remaining two years of the league's existence to secure the Avco World Trophy . In the final series of the 1979 playoffs, the Oilers lost to the Winnipeg Jets . Shmyr himself made it to the WHA Second All-Star Team .

With the dissolution of the WHA and the inclusion of the Edmonton Oilers in the NHL, the franchises began vying for the 33-year-old's transfer rights. During his time in the WHA, his NHL transfer rights were transferred from the California Golden Seals to the Cleveland Barons in the summer of 1976 , and from there to the Minnesota North Stars two years later . As part of the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft , the rights of the North Stars collided with those of the Oilers, where Shmyr was still under contract. Minnesota, however, used the possibility written down in the regulations of the draft and reclaimed the player, making the defender in the 1979/80 season in the squad of the Minnesota North Stars. There he inherited Jean-Paul Parisé as the ninth team captain. Ultimately, he went on the ice for the North Stars for two years. His last NHL season he spent in the 1981/82 season with the Hartford Whalers , to which he had moved as a free agent. He then ended his active career at the age of 36.

Shmyr died in September 2004 at the age of 58 years in Surrey in the province of British Columbia from the effects of throat cancer . He had suffered from the disease for ten years. In 2010, Shmyr was posthumously among the first to be inducted into the newly created WHA Hall of Fame .

International

For his home country, Shmyr was part of the 1974 Summit Series for the Canadian national selection consisting of players from the NHL and WHA on the ice. He was used in seven of the eight games in the series and prepared two goals. Two years later, alongside Bobby Hull, he was the only WHA player who was appointed to Canada's expanded squad for the 1976 Canada Cup . In the end, however, the defender did not make it into the final tournament squad.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1965/66 New Westminster Royals BCJHL Statistics not available
1966 New Westminster Royals Memorial Cup 4th 2 0 2 9
1966/67 Fort Wayne Comet IHL 70 3 18th 21st 89 11 3 3 6th 19th
1966/67 Vancouver Canucks WHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1967/68 Dallas Black Hawks CPHL 70 5 15th 20th 73 5 0 0 0 0
1968/69 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 69 7th 39 46 118 11 4th 12 16 17th
1968/69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 3 1 0 1 8th - - - - -
1968/69 Portland Buckaroos WHL - - - - - 1 0 1 1 0
1969/70 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 48 3 21st 24 88 - - - - -
1969/70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 24 0 4th 4th 26th 8th 1 2 3 0
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 57 1 12 13 41 9 0 0 0 17th
1971/72 California Golden Seals NHL 69 6th 21st 27 156 - - - - -
1972/73 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 73 5 43 48 169 8th 1 3 4th 19th
1973/74 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 78 13 31 44 165 5 0 4th 4th 31
1974/75 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 49 7th 14th 21st 103 5 2 1 3 15th
1975/76 Cleveland Crusaders WHA 70 6th 44 50 101 - - - - -
1976/77 San Diego Mariners WHA 81 13 37 50 103 7th 0 2 2 8th
1977/78 Edmonton Oilers WHA 80 9 40 49 100 5 1 3 4th 11
1978/79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 80 8th 39 47 119 13 1 5 6th 23
1979/80 Minnesota North Stars NHL 63 3 15th 18th 84 14th 2 1 3 23
1980/81 Minnesota North Stars NHL 61 1 9 10 79 3 0 0 0 4th
1981/82 Hartford Whalers NHL 66 1 11 12 134 - - - - -
C (P) HL total 187 15th 75 90 279 - - - - -
NHL overall 343 13 72 85 528 34 3 3 6th 44
WHA total 511 61 248 309 860 43 5 18th 23 107

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1974 Canada Summit Series 2nd place 7th 0 2 2 4th
Men overall 7th 0 2 2 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Shmyr, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 28, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Cudworth , Saskatchewan , Canada
DATE OF DEATH September 2, 2004
Place of death Surrey , British Columbia , Canada