Ted Irvine

Ted Irvine
Date of birth	December 8, 1944
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	188 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1961-1964	St. Boniface Canadiens
1964-1965	Minneapolis Bruins
1965-1967	Oklahoma City Blazers
1967-1970	Los Angeles Kings
1970-1975	New York Rangers
1975-1977	St. Louis Blues
1977-1988	St. James Braves

Edward Amos "Ted" Irvine (born December 8, 1944 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Boston Bruins , Los Angeles Kings , New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues in the National Hockey League from 1964 to 1977 played. He is the father of the Canadian professional wrestler Chris Jericho .

Career

His junior years he played in the highest junior league in Manitoba with the St. Boniface Canadiens. For the 1963/64 season the Boston Bruins got him , but in the two years there he only played one game in the NHL and mostly played with the Minneapolis Bruins . He continued his career with the Oklahoma City Blazers . The expansion of the NHL from six to twelve teams also increased the number of players required and so the left wing was able to prevail in the NHL with the Los Angeles Kings from the 1967/68 season . At the end of his third season he switched to the New York Rangers in exchange for Juha Widing and Réal Lemieux . There he played until the 1974/75 season . It was two more years with the St. Louis Blues before he left the NHL after the 1976/77 season .

He let his career end with a season with the St. James Braves in the CSHL.

Achievements and Awards

• 1975 Charlie Conacher Humanitarian Award

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	724	154	177	331	657
Playoffs	10	83	16	24	40	115

Web links

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