| Position: | Defence |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 1 |
| Weight Lb: | 190 |
| Played For: | Detroit Red Wings |
| Birth Date: | May 28, 1935 |
| Birth Place: | Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
| Death Place: | Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada |
| Career Start: | 1955 |
| Career End: | 1962 |
Gordon Lynn Strate (May 28, 1935 – September 5, 2012) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 61 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings as a defenceman between 1957 and 1959. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1962, was spent in the minor leagues. He holds the record as the player to have played the most NHL games without recording a point.[1]
After retiring from hockey, he owned a tire shop[2] in Fort St. John, British Columbia. Gord and his wife eventually returned to Sherwood Park, Alberta, just outside his hometown, to retire. He was an active member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints[3] and died at the age of 77.[4]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1952–53 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCJHL | 31 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1953–54 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCJHL | 33 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | ||
| 1953–54 | Edmonton Oil Kings | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 28 | ||
| 1954–55 | Edmonton Oil Kings | WCJHL | 40 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 55 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1954–55 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Regina/Brandon Regals | WHL | 60 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 64 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1956–57 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 64 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1957–58 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1958–59 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 53 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 40 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | ||
| 1959–60 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 69 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 47 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 14 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1960–61 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 57 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 40 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1961–62 | Sudbury Wolves | EPHL | 70 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 83 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
| WHL totals | 252 | 3 | 36 | 39 | 184 | 26 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 20 | ||||
| NHL totals | 61 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||