Blair Barnes Explained

Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:190
Played For:Los Angeles Kings
Birth Date:September 21, 1960
Birth Place:Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Draft:126th overall
Draft Team:Edmonton Oilers
Draft Year:1979
Career Start:1980
Career End:1984

Blair James Barnes (September 21, 1960 – June 29, 2010) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Los Angeles Kings during the 1982–83 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1980 to 1984, was spent in the minor leagues.

Playing career and death

Barnes played three seasons with the Windsor Spitfires from 1977-1980 scoring 127 goals and 169 assists for 296 points in 198 games. He was selected by the Edmonton Oilers in the sixth round of the 1979 NHL Entry Draft and then played two seasons (1980–1982) with the Wichita Wind of the Central Hockey League before being traded to the Los Angeles Kings in 1982. Barnes played one season with the Kings AHL affiliate team, the New Haven Nighthawks and he scored 29 goals while recording 34 assists for 63 points in 72 games during the 1982-1983 season before being called up by the Kings, where he played his only National Hockey League game. He finished his hockey career with the AHL's Nova Scotia Voyageurs scoring 31 goals and adding 32 assists for 63 points in 80 games played.[1] On June 29, 2010, he died from a heart attack.[2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1976–77Markham RoyalsMetJBHL46 32 34 66
1977–78Windsor SpitfiresOMJHL65 22 26 48 1636 0 1 1 23
1978–79Windsor SpitfiresOMJHL67 42 76 118 1957 4 5 9 6
1979–80Windsor SpitfiresOMJHL66 63 67 130 9816 17 12 29 26
1980–81Wichita WindCHL30 10 14 24 49
1981–82Wichita WindCHL80 28 34 62 995 0 1 1 2
1982–83Los Angeles KingsNHL1 0 0 0 0
1982–83New Haven NighthawksAHL72 29 24 53 801 0 0 0 0
1983–84Nova Scotia VoyageursAHL80 32 32 64 916 4 2 6 12
AHL totals152 61 56 117 1717 4 2 6 12
CHL totals110 38 48 86 1485 0 1 1 2
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

See also

Notes and References

  1. http://windsorspitfires.com/news_releases_page.php Windsor Spitfires News Releases
  2. Web site: Windsor Spitfires Sadly Announce the Passing of Spitfire Great Blair Barnes . windsorspitfires.com . July 12, 2018 . July 11, 2010.