Gerald Heffernan Explained

Position:Right Wing
Shoots:Right
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:154
Played For:Montreal Canadiens
Birth Date:1916 7, mf=yes
Birth Place:Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Death Place:Moraga, California, United States
Career Start:1936
Career End:1946

Gerald Joseph Heffernan (July 24, 1916 – January 16, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 85 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens from 1941 to 1944. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1946, was spent in the minor leagues. With Montreal, he won the Stanley Cup in 1944. After retiring from hockey Gerald Heffernan became an insurance salesman and lived the rest of his years in Moraga, California.

His son, Terence Heffernan, was a Canadian screenwriter.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1934–35Montreal Junior RoyalsQJAHA10 8 6 14 22 1 0 1 2
1935–36Montreal Junior RoyalsQJAHA9 5 3 8 22 3 1 4 0
1934–36Montreal RoyalsMTL Sr5 0 0 0 0
1936–37Montreal RoyalsMTL Sr21 6 15 21 125 2 0 2 2
1937–38Harringay GreyhoundsENL
1938–39Montreal RoyalsQSHL21 12 10 22 355 2 8 10 8
1938–39Montreal RoyalsAl-Cup15 9 13 22 14
1939–40Montreal RoyalsQSHL29 11 19 30 388 4 6 10 2
1939–40Montreal RoyalsAl-Cup5 1 5 6 9
1940–41Montreal RoyalsQSHL33 15 18 33 248 4 3 7 2
1940–41Montreal RoyalsAl-Cup14 4 4 8 6
1941–42Montreal CanadiensNHL41 5 15 20 152 2 1 3 0
1941–42Montreal RoyalsQSHL9 2 4 6 6
1942–43Montreal CanadiensNHL1 0 0 0 02 0 0 0 0
1942–43Montreal ShamrocksQSHL22 19 15 34 284 0 1 1 2
1943–44Montreal CanadiensNHL43 28 20 48 127 1 2 3 8
1944–45Montreal RoyalsQSHL23 23 28 51 147 4 4 8 2
1945–46Montreal RoyalsQSHL38 20 24 44 4111 7 6 13 4
QSHL totals175 102 118 220 18643 21 28 49 20
NHL totals85 33 35 68 2711 3 3 6 8

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