Rod Seiling

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Rod Seiling, ca.1962

Rod Seiling, ca.1962
Date of birth November 14, 1944
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 88 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1961–1962 Toronto St. Michael's Majors
1962-1963 Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons
1963-1964 Toronto Marlboros
1964-1974 New York Rangers
1974 Washington Capitals
1974-1976 Toronto Maple Leafs
1976-1988 St. Louis Blues
1978 Atlanta Flames

Rodney Albert "Rod" Seiling (born November 14, 1944 in Kitchener , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player . The defender played over 1,000 games in the National Hockey League between 1963 and 1979 , most of them for the New York Rangers . He also represented the Canadian national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics and the 1972 Summit Series .

Career

Beginnings

The beginning of Seilings career was eventful, so he began his junior career with the Toronto St. Michael's Majors in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), the highest junior division in his home province. In the 1962/63 season he made the leap into the professional field, although he did not play a lot in three different leagues: for the Sudbury Wolves in the Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL), for the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League ( AHL) as well as for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL). The majority of the season, meanwhile, the defender spent with the Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons in the Metro Junior A Hockey League (Metro Jr. A), a low-ranking junior league. From Metro Jr. A, he moved back to the OHA to the Toronto Marlboros for the next season, where he scored 67 scorer points in 41 games, was therefore appointed to the OHA Second All-Star Team and won the Memorial Cup with the team . His NHL rights were meanwhile transferred in February 1964 along with Dick Duff , Bob Nevin , Arnie Brown and Bill Collins to the New York Rangers , who sent Andy Bathgate and Don McKenney to Toronto for it.

New York Rangers

In the jersey of the Broadway Blueshirts , Seiling established himself in the NHL and was active for the team for almost ten years. After the 1966/67 season, which he had mainly spent with the Baltimore Clippers in the AHL, he was selected in the 1967 NHL Expansion Draft by the St. Louis Blues , but the newly founded franchise promptly transferred him back to New York. In return, the Blues received Gary Sabourin , Bob Plager , Gordon Kannegiesser and Tim Ecclestone . This enabled him to represent the Rangers after a significantly increased offensive statistics in the 1971/72 season at the 1972 NHL All-Star Game . The greatest success of this time followed only a little later when the team reached the Stanley Cup final in 1972 , but there defeated the Boston Bruins 2: 4 . Finally, the defender was signed by the Washington Capitals waiver in October 1974 , so his time in New York came to an end. At this point he had completed 644 regular season games for the Rangers, making him one of the ten players with the most appearances in franchise history.

Constant changes and end of career

For the Washington Capitals, Seiling was on the ice in an NHL game before returning to the Toronto Maple Leafs a few days later in exchange for Tim Ecclestone and Willie Brossart . This did not extend his expiring contract after the 1975/76 season, so he joined the St. Louis Blues as a free agent , for which he was active for a little more than two years in the following. From the Blues signed him in November 1978, the Atlanta Flames for a financial consideration, in which he ended the 1978/79 season and then announced his career end. In total, Seiling had completed 1056 NHL games and scored 343 points scorer.

After his active career, the Canadian was briefly active as a coach of the Kitchener Rangers , but did not pursue this career further. He also worked as an official in the motorsport sector.

International

At the international level, Seiling represented the Canadian national team at the 1964 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck , where the team took fourth place. Eight years later he represented his home country in the 1972 Summit Series , in which the defender only played three of eight games against the Soviet national team .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt +/- SM Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1960/61 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 3 0 0 0 2 4th 0 0 0 0
1961/62 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA 31 24 26th 50 14th 4th 2 1 3 0
1962 Toronto St. Michael's Majors Memorial Cup 5 2 2 4th 11
1962/63 Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons Metro Jr. A 38 29 48 77 32 10 4th 10 14th 14th
1963 Toronto Neil McNeil Maroons Memorial Cup 6th 1 3 4th 2
1962/63 Sudbury Wolves EPHL 3 2 2 4th 0 - - - - - -
1962/63 Rochester Americans AHL 1 1 0 1 0 - - - - - -
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 1 1 +1 0 - - - - - -
1963/64 Toronto Marlboros OHA 41 13 54 67 74 9 5 14th 19th 14th
1964 Toronto Marlboros Memorial Cup 10 7th 7th 14th 10
1963/64 Rochester Americans AHL 2 0 0 0 0 - - - - - -
1963/64 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 1 1 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1964/65 New York Rangers NHL 68 4th 22nd 26th -37 44 - - - - - -
1965/66 Minnesota Rangers CPHL 13 3 5 8th 4th - - - - - -
1965/66 New York Rangers NHL 52 5 10 15th –7 24 - - - - - -
1966/67 Baltimore Clippers AHL 46 10 20th 30th 38 9 2 2 4th 14th
1966/67 New York Rangers NHL 12 1 1 2 +1 6th - - - - - -
1967/68 New York Rangers NHL 71 5 11 16 +22 44 6th 1 1 2 ± 0 4th
1968/69 New York Rangers NHL 73 4th 17th 21st +7 75 4th 1 0 1 -3 2
1969/70 New York Rangers NHL 76 5 21st 26th +40 68 2 0 0 0 -2 0
1970/71 New York Rangers NHL 68 5 22nd 27 +31 34 13 1 0 1 -4 12
1971/72 New York Rangers NHL 78 5 36 41 +53 62 16 1 4th 5 +4 10
1972/73 New York Rangers NHL 72 9 33 42 +43 36 - - - - - -
1973/74 New York Rangers NHL 68 7th 23 30th +15 32 13 0 2 2 ± 0 19th
1974/75 New York Rangers NHL 4th 0 1 1 -4 0 - - - - - -
1974/75 Washington Capitals NHL 1 0 0 0 ± 0 0 - - - - - -
1974/75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 5 12 17th +8 40 7th 0 0 0 -8th 0
1975/76 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 77 3 16 19th +11 46 10 0 1 1 –9 6th
1976/77 St. Louis Blues NHL 79 3 26th 29 +1 36 4th 0 0 0 –7 2
1977/78 St. Louis Blues NHL 78 1 11 12 -47 40 - - - - - -
1978/79 St. Louis Blues NHL 3 0 1 1 -1 4th - - - - - -
1978/79 Atlanta Flames NHL 36 0 4th 4th +8 12 2 0 0 0 -3 0
OHA total 75 37 80 117 90 17th 7th 15th 22nd 14th
Memorial Cup overall 21st 10 12 22nd 23
AHL total 49 11 20th 31 38 9 2 2 4th 14th
NHL overall 979 62 269 331 +145 603 77 4th 8th 12 -32 55

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt +/- SM
1964 Canada Olympia 4th Place 7th 4th 2 6th 6th
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 3 0 0 0 –6 0
Men overall 10 4th 2 6th 6th

( 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 )

Personal

Rod Seiling is the oldest of three brothers, all of whom were professional ice hockey players. Most famous is Ric Seiling , who played over 800 games for the Buffalo Sabers and the Detroit Red Wings . Don Seiling failed to make the jump to the NHL, so he ran for three seasons in the AHL in the mid-1970s.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jan Dean: Seiling brothers say junior hockey extravaganza has found perfect home. mississauga.com, June 5, 2008, accessed March 9, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Seiling, Rod
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Seiling, Rodney Albert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH November 14, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario , Canada