Played For: | Vancouver Canucks |
Position: | Left wing |
Shoots: | Left |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 11 |
Weight Lb: | 195 |
Birth Date: | November 13, 1955 |
Birth Place: | Quesnel, British Columbia, Canada |
Draft: | 28th overall |
Draft Year: | 1975 |
Draft Team: | Vancouver Canucks |
Wha Draft: | 8th overall |
Wha Draft Year: | 1975 |
Wha Draft Team: | Winnipeg Jets |
Career Start: | 1975 |
Career End: | 1980 |
Howard Bradley "Gasser" Gassoff (born November 13, 1955, in Quesnel, British Columbia), is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. A left wing, Gasoff played for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League (NHL).
He was drafted by the Canucks in the second round, 28th overall in the 1975 NHL Amateur Draft, and was selected by the Winnipeg Jets in the first round, eighth overall 1975 1975 WHA Amateur Draft. Gassoff spent most of his career in the Central Hockey League (CHL) with the Tulsa Oilers and the Dallas Black Hawks. He later retired as a Dallas player.
His brother Bob also played in the NHL for the St. Louis Blues until his death on May 27, 1977, in a motorcycle accident. His brother Ken, born October 9, 1954, was drafted by the New York Rangers in the 1974 NHL amateur draft and by the Houston Aeros in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft.[1]
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1971–72 | Drumheller Falcons | AJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1972–73 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 67 | 13 | 22 | 35 | 122 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 67 | ||
1973–74 | Medicine Hat Tigers | WCHL | 61 | 16 | 25 | 41 | 245 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | ||
1974–75 | Kamloops Chiefs | WCHL | 69 | 50 | 59 | 109 | 251 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 24 | ||
1975–76 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 68 | 36 | 28 | 64 | 295 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | ||
1975–76 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 31 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 58 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 37 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 18 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 29 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1977–78 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 47 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 70 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 36 | 11 | 20 | 31 | 164 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1978–79 | Vancouver Canucks | NHL | 34 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1979–80 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 68 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 353 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
CHL totals | 221 | 84 | 121 | 205 | 899 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 32 | ||||
NHL totals | 122 | 19 | 17 | 36 | 163 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |