Floyd Thomson Explained

Position:Left Wing
Played For:St. Louis Blues
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:0
Weight Lb:190
Birth Date:1949 6, mf=yes
Birth Place:Capreol, Ontario, Canada
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1969
Career End:1982

Floyd Harvey Thomson (born June 14, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1980. An undrafted player, Thomson began his professional career in 1969 in the International Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets before signing with the Blues as a free agent in 1970. He played 411 NHL games, all with St. Louis, scoring 56 goals and 97 assists. He spent the majority of his last five seasons in the Central Hockey League with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles where he was a Second and First Team All-Star in 1978 and 1979, respectively. Thomson retired in 1982.[1]

Early life

Thomson, who later earned the nickname White-Pine, was taught how to skate as a toddler by his mother and played his amateur hockey in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association with the Falonbridge-Garson organization. After spending the 1969–70 season with the IHL's Fort Wayne Komets, Thomson was invited to play summer hockey in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pre-NHL

Thomson spent the 1971–72 season in the Western Hockey League with the Denver Spurs, a team he captained to a championship, the first of three rings he'd win during his minor-pro career.

National Hockey League

Was taken under the wing of veterans Gary Sabourin, Red Berenson and Garry Unger early in his career with the Blues and is described as a player to took pride at both ends of the ice.

He arrived in St. Louis in 1971–72, scoring four goals and 10 points in 49 games. Thomson spent the next five seasons with the Blues scoring a career-high 14 goals in 1972-73.

The Blues made the NHL playoffs in three of his six full seasons with the team and he played in 10 playoff games, collecting two assists.

Post National Hockey League

In 1977–78 Thomson was sent down to the CHL's Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, where he was named a second-team all star. The following season he scored 41 goals and 81 points.

Thomson spent most of the 1979–80 season with the Golden Eagles, returning to the Blues for the final 11 games of his NHL career. His Salt Lake City team won the Adams Cup that season and captured a second straight title in 1980–81, Thomson's last season in professional hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1965–66Garson-Falconbridge Native SonsNOJHL1 1 0 1 0
1966–67Garson-Falconbridge Native SonsNOJHL40 20 19 39 10 7 2 3 5 6
1967–68Garson-Falconbridge CombinesNOJHL29 5 12 17 56 7 3 4 7 21
1968–69Garson-Falconbridge CombinesNOJHL42 16 12 28 746 6 5 11 12
1969–70Fort Wayne KometsIHL69 10 19 29 81 3 0 1 1 0
1970–71Kansas City BluesCHL72 15 18 33 73
1971–72Kansas City BluesCHL6 1 5 6 0
1971–72St. Louis BluesNHL49 4 6 10 48
1971–72Denver SpursWHL17 6 6 12 89 2 2 4 14
1972–73St. Louis BluesNHL75 14 20 34 715 0 1 1 2
1973–74St. Louis BluesNHL77 11 22 33 58
1974–75St. Louis BluesNHL77 9 27 36 1062 0 1 1 0
1975–76St. Louis BluesNHL58 8 10 18 25
1976–77St. Louis BluesNHL58 7 8 15 113 0 0 0 4
1976–77Kansas City BluesCHL13 3 11 14 16
1977–78St. Louis BluesNHL6 1 1 2 4
1977–78Salt Lake City Golden EaglesCHL69 26 26 52 456 2 1 3 2
1978–79Salt Lake City Golden EaglesCHL76 41 40 81 9610 5 4 9 11
1979–80St. Louis BluesNHL11 2 3 5 18
1979–80Salt Lake City Golden EaglesCHL73 23 41 64 4913 6 81411
1980–81Salt Lake City Golden EaglesCHL76 24 33 57 10417 3 4 7 0
1981–82Salt Lake City Golden EaglesCHL74 17 28 45 839 1 0 1 4
NHL totals411 56 97 153 34110 0 2 2 6

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Floyd Thomson player profile . Hockey Hall of Fame . 2010-01-25.