Ted Hampson

The title of this article is ambiguous. For the Australian sprinter of the same name, see Ted Hampson (athlete) .

Ted Hampson
Date of birth	December 11, 1936
place of birth	Togo , Saskatchewan , Canada
size	173 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1953-1957	Flin Flon Bombers
1957-1958	Providence Reds
1958-1959	Vancouver Canucks
1959-1960	Toronto Maple Leafs Rochester Americans
1960-1963	New York Rangers
1963-1966	Pittsburgh Hornets
1966-1968	Detroit Red Wings
1968-1970	Oakland Seals
1970-1971	California Golden Seals
1971-1972	Minnesota North Stars
1972-1976	Minnesota Fighting Saints
1976	Québec Nordiques
1976-1988	Bloomington Junior Stars
1978-1981	Oklahoma City Stars

Edward George "Ted" Hampson (born December 11, 1936 in Togo , Saskatchewan ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player (center) and coach who worked for the Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers , Detroit Red Wings , Oakland Seals from 1959 to 1976 and California Golden Seals and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League and played for the Minnesota Fighting Saints and Québec Nordiques in the World Hockey Association .

Career

Hampson played during his junior years with the successful Flin Flon Bombers in the Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League . He played three times with this team for the Memorial Cup , which he won in 1957. The transfer rights to his person owned at that time the New York Rangers , but first he played in the American Hockey League with the Providence Reds and for the Vancouver Canucks in the Western Hockey League .

After the Rangers had no interest in him, the Toronto Maple Leafs signed him . Here he was also often used with the Rochester Americans in the AHL, but he came in the 1959/60 season to 41 missions with the Leafs. When the Rangers realized they had made a mistake in not signing, they brought it back in the summer of 1960. In the following two seasons he was a regular with the Rangers, after he was also used again and again in the Baltimore Clippers in the AHL in the third season , it came to a separation at the end of the season. He moved to the Detroit Red Wings , but in the first two years he came to only eight missions and played mostly with the Pittsburgh Hornets in the AHL. He was only able to gain a foothold in the 1966/67 season . When the NHL was expanded from six to twelve franchises the following year, the change to the Oakland Seals followed in the middle of the next season . Here he was one of the team's best scorers from the start. In the 1968/69 season he set up personal bests with 26 goals, 49 assists and 75 points. Only after the franchise moved to Cleveland was Dennis Maruk able to just exceed the values. He competed in the NHL All-Star Game that year and was awarded the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy . During the 1970/71 season he moved to the Minnesota North Stars .

For the 1972/73 season he turned his back on the NHL and did not move to the New York Islanders , who had selected him in the 1972 NHL Expansion Draft , but within the city to the Minnesota Fighting Saints from the newly formed World Hockey Association . Here he was awarded the Paul Deneau Trophy as the fairest player in the first season . After the Saints had stopped playing in the 1975/76 season , he moved to the Québec Nordiques until the end of the season .

After his first coaching position with the Bloomington Jr. Stars in the Mid-Western Junior Hockey League, he took over as player-coach of the Oklahoma City Stars in the Central Hockey League . Subsequently, he was a scout with the North Stars, and the Central Scouting Office of the NHL. He then moved to the St. Louis Blues , for which he initially also worked as a scout, but later became vice president and sports director. He has been Chief Scout of the Colorado Avalanche since 2003 .

His son Gord played four games for the Calgary Flames in the early 1980s .

statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
NHL Regular Season	12	676	108	245	353	94
NHL playoffs	5	35	7th	10	17th	2
WHA regular season	4th	305	60	143	203	51
WHA playoffs	4th	34	8th	14th	22nd	18th

Sporting successes

• Memorial Cup : 1957

Personal awards

• SJHL First All-Star Team: 1957
• Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy : 1969
• Paul Deneau Trophy : 1973
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1969

Web links

• Ted Hampson at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Ted Hampson at hockeydb.com (English)