Perry Turnbull

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CanadaCanada  Perry Turnbull Ice hockey player
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

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Joe Pelletier: Greatest Hockey Legends: Perry Turnbull. greatesthockeylegends.com, April 9, 2016, accessed February 6, 2019 .
personal data
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