Rod Gilbert

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1982
Rod Gilbert
Date of birth July 1, 1941
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1957-1960 Guelph Biltmores
1960-1961 Guelph Royals
1961-1978 New York Rangers

Rodrigue Gabriel "Rod" Gilbert (born July 1, 1941 in Montreal , Québec ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1144 games for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League between 1957 and 1978 has contested on the position of the right winger . Gilbert was one of the most influential players in the franchise credit history of the New York Rangers, in which he records the most goals and points scorer stops and the player's shirt number 7 since 1979 banned is. In addition to numerous individual awards - including the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy  - he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1982 .

Career

Three Legends of the Rangers: Adam Graves , Rod Gilbert and Mark Messier (2012)

As a junior, Gilbert played with the Guelph Biltmores in the Ontario Hockey Association . After a short but successful assignment with the Lions de Trois-Rivières in the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) with ten points in three games, he went back to Guelph, where the team had now been renamed Royals. Here he was top scorer with 54 goals and with 103 points before his teammate Jean Ratelle top scorer of the OHA. In this 1960/61 season he was also allowed to go on the ice for the New York Rangers in the NHL.

The 1961/62 season he played because of a back injury only one game for the Rangers and the rest of the season in the EPHL with the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers . At the playoffs he was called back to the Rangers due to some injuries and here he was very successful with five points in four games. In the 1962/63 season he had his final breakthrough in the NHL. In the 1967/68 season he raised his game to a new level for the first time with 77 scorer points. From 1970 he played together with Jean Ratelle and Vic Hadfield in the GAG (Goal-A-Game) line . That year, that series helped Rangers get 107 points. In 1971/72 he personally played his most successful season with 97 scorer points. The three players from the GAG ​​Line occupied places 3 to 5 in the scorer list this season.

He also played with the Canadian team at the 1972 Summit Series . Despite numerous offers, especially from the competitive league of the World Hockey Association , he remained loyal to the Rangers throughout his career. As the eleventh player in NHL history, he reached the 1,000 point mark shortly before his friend and long-time teammate Jean Ratelle . After the 1977/78 season, he ended his career.

In 1980 he took over the New Haven Nighthawks in the American Hockey League as a coach. In 1982 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

Records

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1957/58 Guelph Biltmores OHA 32 14th 16 30th 0 - - - - -
1958/59 Guelph Biltmores OHA 54 27 34 61 40 - - - - -
1959/60 Guelph Biltmores OHA 47 39 52 91 0 - - - - -
1959/60 Lions de Trois-Rivières EPHL 3 4th 6th 10 0 5 2 2 4th 2
1960/61 Guelph Royals OHA 47 54 49 103 0 - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1961/62 New York Rangers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 4th 2 3 5 4th
1961/62 Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers EPHL 21st 12 11 23 22nd 4th 0 0 0 4th
1962/63 New York Rangers NHL 70 11 20th 31 20th - - - - -
1963/64 New York Rangers NHL 70 24 40 64 62 - - - - -
1964/65 New York Rangers NHL 70 25th 36 61 52 - - - - -
1965/66 New York Rangers NHL 34 10 15th 25th 20th - - - - -
1966/67 New York Rangers NHL 64 28 18th 46 12 4th 2 2 4th 6th
1967/68 New York Rangers NHL 73 29 48 77 12 6th 5 0 5 4th
1968/69 New York Rangers NHL 66 28 49 77 22nd 4th 1 0 1 2
1969/70 New York Rangers NHL 72 16 37 53 22nd 6th 4th 5 9 0
1970/71 New York Rangers NHL 78 30th 31 61 65 13 4th 6th 10 8th
1971/72 New York Rangers NHL 73 43 54 97 64 16 7th 8th 15th 11
1972/73 New York Rangers NHL 76 25th 59 84 25th 10 5 1 6th 2
1973/74 New York Rangers NHL 75 36 41 77 20th 13 3 5 8th 4th
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 76 36 61 97 22nd 3 1 3 4th 2
1975/76 New York Rangers NHL 70 36 50 86 32 - - - - -
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 77 27 48 75 50 - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 19th 2 7th 9 6th - - - - -
OHA total 133 80 102 182 94 15th 8th 7th 15th 18th
EPHL overall 24 16 17th 33 22nd 9 2 2 4th 6th
NHL overall 1065 406 615 1021 508 79 34 33 67 43

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 6th 1 3 4th 9
1977 Canada WM 4th Place 9 2 2 4th 12
Men overall 15th 3 5 8th 21st

( 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 Gilbert, Rod
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gilbert, Rodrigue Gabriel
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 1, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec