Garry Blaine Explained

Birth Date:April 19, 1933
Birth Place:Saint Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Height Ft:5
Height In:11
Weight Lb:190
Position:Right wing
Shoots:Right
Played For:Montreal Canadiens
Career Start:1953
Career End:1960

Garry James Blaine (April 19, 1933 – December 19, 1998) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1954–55 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1953 to 1960, was spent in the minor leagues.

Biography

Blaine began his professional hockey career with the Montreal Royals in the Quebec Hockey League in 1953. Blaine then played his one and only game in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens the next season, on January 2, 1955 against the Detroit Red Wings. He would then have spells in the QHL with the Trois-Rivières Lions, Chicoutimi Saguenéens and the Quebec Aces, the Western Hockey League with the Winnipeg Warriors and the Vancouver Canucks, the American Hockey League for the Buffalo Bisons and in the Eastern Professional Hockey League for the Sault Thunderbirds. With traveling becoming a big problem, Blaine retired in 1960.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1950–51Winnipeg CanadiensMJHL33 13 14 27 45
1951–52St. Boniface CanadiensMJHL35 14 18 32 455 3 1 4 0
1952–53St. Boniface CanadiensMJHL17 16 15 31 508 6 6 12 10
1952–53St. Boniface CanadiensM-Cup17 17 10 27 21
1953–54Montreal RoyalsQSHL54 11 20 31 2411 2 6 8 6
1954–55Montreal CanadiensNHL1 0 0 0 0
1954–55Montreal RoyalsQSHL53 18 31 49 5614 5 11 16 2
1955–56Trois-Rivières LionsQSHL22 6 6 12 4
1955–56Winnipeg WarriorsWHL40 9 12 21 20
1956–57Chicoutimi SaguenéensQSHL12 2 6 8 2
1956–57Buffalo BisonsAHL14 7 6 13 8
1956–57Springfield IndiansAHL29 6 8 14 12
1957–58Quebec AcesQSHL62 23 38 61 2813 3 5 8 12
1958–59Vancouver CanucksWHL67 16 19 35 608 1 2 3 10
1959–60Sault ThunderbirdsEPHL70 20 37 57 54
QSHL totals203 60 101 161 11438 10 22 32 20
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

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