Syl Apps junior

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CanadaCanada  Syl Apps junior Ice hockey player
Date of birth August 1, 1947
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Right
Draft
NHL Amateur Draft 1964 , 4th lap, 21st position
New York Rangers
Career stations
1965-1966 Kingston Canadians
1966-1967 Princeton University
1967-1969 Kingston Aces
1969-1970 Omaha Knights
1970-1971 New York Rangers
1971-1977 Pittsburgh Penguins
1977-1980 Los Angeles Kings

Sylvanus Marshall Apps junior (* 1. August 1947 in Toronto , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player , who during his playing career from 1965 to 1980 among other 750 games for the New York Rangers , Pittsburgh Penguins and Los Angeles Kings in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Apps took part in the NHL All-Star Game twice and was named the Most Valuable Player in 1975 .

Career

Apps played for the Kingston Canadians and later for Princeton University during his junior years in 1965 and 1966 . He had previously been selected in the NHL Amateur Draft in 1964 in the fourth round in 21st position by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . Initially, Apps played for the Kingston Aces in the OHA Senior A League from 1967 to 1969 , before the Rangers were able to convince him to switch to the professional camp.

The striker was initially brought up to the level of the NHL with the Omaha Knights in the Central Hockey League and the Buffalo Bisons from the American Hockey League - with whom he won the Calder Cup in 1970 , so that the 1970/71 season made the jump to the New York's squad made it. App's time with the Rangers lasted only half a year and 31 games, since it was handed over to the Pittsburgh Penguins on January 1, 1971 together with Sheldon Kannegiesser . In return, these were given to Glen Sather . In Pittsburgh, Apps developed into a leading player after slight initial difficulties and formed the so-called " Century Line " with Jean Pronovost and Lowell MacDonald - one of the most successful attack series in the league at the time. Only a successful run in the play-offs was denied the team during this time.

With his achievements, however, Apps advanced to become one of the best players in the league. In the 1973/74 season he was nominated for the NHL All-Star Game for the first time , which his father Syl Apps had previously done . So they were the first father-son duo to achieve this in league history. However, due to apps being canceled due to injury, it took another year for apps to be put on the ice in the selection game. With two goals, the center even advanced to become the most valuable player of the game. After Apps had set a career high of 99 points in the 1975/76 season , the Penguins offered him a record-breaking contract with a term of five years and a total salary of one million US dollars.

Apps and penguins finally parted ways at the beginning of the 1977/78 season . With Hartland Monahan he was given to the Los Angeles Kings for Dave Schultz , Gene Carr and a four-round suffrage in the 1978 NHL Amateur Draft . There the striker let his career end and ended the same after the 1979/80 season .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1967/68 Kingston Aces OHA Sr. 35 16 22nd 38 28 - - - - -
1968/69 Kingston Aces OHA Sr. 27 14th 22nd 36 17th - - - - -
1968/69 Buffalo bison AHL 2 1 2 3 4th - - - - -
1969/70 Omaha Knights CHL 68 16 38 54 43 12 10 9 19th 4th
1969/70 Buffalo bison AHL - - - - - 7th 2 3 5 6th
1970/71 Omaha Knights CHL 11 0 5 5 4th - - - - -
1970/71 New York Rangers NHL 31 1 2 3 11 - - - - -
1970/71 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 31 9 16 25th 21st - - - - -
1971/72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 72 15th 44 59 78 4th 1 0 1 2
1972/73 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 77 29 56 85 18th - - - - -
1973/74 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 24 61 85 37 - - - - -
1974/75 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 79 24 55 79 43 9 2 3 5 9
1975/76 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 80 32 67 99 24 3 0 1 1 0
1976/77 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 72 18th 43 61 20th 3 1 0 1 12
1977/78 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 9 0 7th 7th 0 - - - - -
1977/78 Los Angeles Kings NHL 70 19th 26th 45 0 - - - - -
1978/79 Los Angeles Kings NHL 80 7th 30th 37 29 2 1 0 1 0
1979/80 Los Angeles Kings NHL 51 5 16 21st 12 - - - - -
OHA Sr. overall 62 30th 44 74 45 - - - - -
CHL total 79 16 43 59 47 12 10 9 19th 4th
AHL total 2 1 2 3 4th 7th 2 3 5 6th
NHL overall 727 183 423 606 311 23 5 5 10 23

( 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 )

family

Apps father Syl Apps (1915-1998) was also a professional ice hockey player and won the Stanley Cup three times with the Toronto Maple Leafs . He also took part in the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin in the pole vault .

His children, Syl Apps III (* 1976) and Gillian Apps (* 1983), also pursued careers in ice hockey. While Syl III was active in the American Hockey League and East Coast Hockey League , Gillian is, among other things, two-time gold medalist at the Winter Olympics. The first-born daughter Amy Apps (* 1978) was a player on the Canadian women's national soccer team . One of Apps' nephews is Darren Barber (* 1968), who, as a rower, also holds an Olympic gold medal.

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personal data
SURNAME Apps, Syl junior
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Apps, Sylvanus Marshall junior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 1, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario