Perry Turnbull
Date of birth | March 9, 1959 |
place of birth | Bentley , Alberta , Canada |
size | 188 cm |
Weight | 91 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Draft | |
NHL Entry Draft |
1979 , 1st lap, 2nd position St. Louis Blues |
Career stations | |
1974-1976 | The Pas Blue Devils |
1976 | Calgary Centennials |
1976-1979 | Portland Winter Hawks |
1979-1983 | St. Louis Blues |
1983-1984 | Canadiens de Montréal |
1984-1987 | Winnipeg Jets |
1987-1988 | St. Louis Blues |
1988-1989 | Asiago Hockey |
1989-1990 | HC Alleghe |
1990 | Zurich SC |
1990-1991 | HC Bolzano |
1991-1992 | EC Dorsten |
Perry John Turnbull (born March 9, 1959 in Bentley , Alberta ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 642 games for the St. Louis Blues , Canadiens de Montréal and Winnipeg Jets in the National in the course of his active career between 1975 and 1992 Hockey League on the position of the left winger . Turnbull, who had already been selected in second overall position in the heavily occupied NHL Entry Draft 1979 , spent a total of nine seasons in the NHL. His son Travis and his cousin Randy was also a professional ice hockey player.
Career
Turnbull spent his junior years initially over two seasons between 1974 and 1976 with The Pas Blue Devils in the Alberta Junior Hockey League . Towards the end of the 1975/76 season, the striker moved to the higher-class junior league Western Canada Hockey League , where he spent the rest of the season and the beginning of the following with the Calgary Centennials . After a total of 29 missions, he left the team and moved within the league to the Portland Winter Hawks . After two almost statistically identical years in the league between 1976 and 1978, Turnbull increased in his last year in the league now operating as the Western Hockey League to 136 scorer points in 90 missions. So he led the Winter Hawks into the final series of the President's Cup , where the team was subject to the Brandon Wheat Kings . He himself was named WHL Player of the Year and was appointed to the league's Second All-Star Team. His talent for offensive game situations paired with his aggressive style of play, which earned him 136 points over 200 penalty minutes in his senior year, made the attacker interesting for the 1979 NHL Entry Draft . There he was finally selected in second overall position by the St. Louis Blues from the National Hockey League , and thus ahead of the later Hockey Hall of Fame members Mark Messier , Ray Bourque , Mike Gartner , Michel Goulet and Glenn Anderson .
Following the draft, the Canadian immediately moved to the St. Louis Blues in the NHL and became a fixture in the franchise for the next four and a half years . With the exception of his rookie playing time , he always scored more than 30 goals and only once less than 50 scorer points in the three following complete playing years. Nevertheless, the Blues separated from the veritable scorer in December 1983 and transferred him in exchange for three players - namely Doug Wickenheiser , Gilbert Delorme and Greg Paslawski - across the border to the Canadiens de Montréal . For the Habs, Turnbull only played 49 games including the playoffs and scored a meager seven goals. As early as June 1983, the French-Canadians separated from the winger again and gave him over to the Winnipeg Jets in a transfer . They sent Lucien DeBlois to Montréal for this .
In Winnipeg, the former first-round draft pick found a sporting home again for the next three years. He reached over 20 goals in his first two years with the Jets, but was injured from the beginning of the 1986/87 season until February 1987. In the remaining 27 missions, he only scored one goal and prepared five more. In June 1987, the 28-year-old returned to the St. Louis Blues in exchange for a five-round vote in the 1987 NHL Entry Draft . There he completed his last season in the NHL, but was able to improve slightly compared to the previous year, which was marked by injuries.
Nevertheless, Turnbull left the North American continent and tried to gain a foothold in Europe. He signed a contract with Asiago Hockey for the Italian Serie A1 for the 1988/89 season . After a year there, he switched to league rivals HC Alleghe , before he gave a brief guest appearance at Zürcher SC from the Swiss National League at the end of the season . This he supported in five of the ten games in the relegation round of National League B . With four scorer points, including three goals, he did his part to keep the traditional club. Then the offensive player returned to Italy. There he spent the 1990/91 season with the reigning champions HC Bozen , who failed to successfully defend their title in the championship round. The team finally took second place. Turnbull then left Italy and joined the German third division club EC Dorsten , who achieved a real transfer coup with the commitment. Turnbull played a total of 42 games for the top division and scored 105 points. In doing so, he saved the club from relegation. After the season he ended his active career at the age of 33.
Achievements and Awards
- 1979 WHL Player of the Year
- 1979 WHL Second All-Star Team
- 1991 Italian runner-up with HC Bozen
Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1974/75 | The Pas Blue Devils | AJHL | 69 | 6th | 4th | 10 | 134 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1975/76 | The Pas Blue Devils | AJHL | 45 | 27 | 23 | 50 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1975/76 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 19th | 6th | 7th | 13 | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1976/77 | Calgary Centennials | WCHL | 10 | 8th | 5 | 13 | 33 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1976/77 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 58 | 23 | 30th | 53 | 249 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 36 | ||
1977/78 | Portland Winter Hawks | WCHL | 57 | 36 | 27 | 63 | 318 | 8th | 2 | 3 | 5 | 44 | ||
1978/79 | Portland Winter Hawks | WHL | 70 | 75 | 43 | 118 | 191 | 20th | 10 | 8th | 18th | 33 | ||
1979/80 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 16 | 19th | 35 | 124 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1980/81 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 75 | 34 | 22nd | 56 | 209 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1981/82 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 79 | 33 | 26th | 59 | 161 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | ||
1982/83 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 79 | 32 | 15th | 47 | 172 | 4th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14th | ||
1983/84 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 32 | 14th | 8th | 22nd | 81 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1983/84 | Canadiens de Montréal | NHL | 40 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 59 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | ||
1984/85 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 66 | 22nd | 21st | 43 | 130 | 8th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 26th | ||
1985/86 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 80 | 20th | 31 | 51 | 183 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 | ||
1986/87 | Winnipeg Jets | NHL | 26th | 1 | 5 | 6th | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | ||
1987/88 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 51 | 10 | 9 | 19th | 82 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1987/88 | Peoria Rivermen | IHL | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1988/89 | Asiago Hockey | Series A1 | 32 | 31 | 27 | 58 | 131 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1989/90 | HC Alleghe | Series A1 | 34 | 24 | 29 | 53 | 68 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ||
1989/90 | Zurich SC | NLA | - | - | - | - | - | 5 1 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 8th | ||
1990/91 | HC Bolzano | Series A1 | 18th | 14th | 8th | 22nd | 29 | 10 | 8th | 3 | 11 | 41 | ||
1991/92 | EC Dorsten | Oberliga | 42 | 55 | 50 | 105 | 187 | |||||||
AJHL total | 114 | 33 | 27 | 60 | 274 | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
W (C) HL total | 214 | 148 | 112 | 260 | 805 | 38 | 14th | 12 | 26th | 113 | ||||
NHL overall | 608 | 188 | 163 | 351 | 1245 | 34 | 6th | 7th | 13 | 86 | ||||
Series A1 overall | 84 | 69 | 64 | 133 | 228 | 11 | 9 | 4th | 13 | 46 |
( 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
- Perry Turnbull at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Perry Turnbull at eliteprospects.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joe Pelletier: Greatest Hockey Legends: Perry Turnbull. greatesthockeylegends.com, April 9, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Turnbull, Perry |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Turnbull, Perry John (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 9, 1959 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Bentley , Alberta |