Jeff Eatough Explained

Position:Right Wing
Played For:Buffalo Sabres
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:170
Birth Date:2 June 1963
Birth Place:Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1982
Career End:1988
Draft:80th overall
Draft Year:1981
Draft Team:Buffalo Sabres

Jeffrey Eatough (born June 2, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, on March 25, 1982 against the Boston Bruins. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1982 to 1988, was spent in various minor leagues. Internationally he played for the Canadian national junior team at the 1981 World Junior Championships.

Biography

As a youth, Eatough played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.[1]

Eatough was a star in the Ontario Hockey League, finishing seventh in the league with 53 goals in the 1981–82 season while playing for the Cornwall Royals.

He was drafted in the fourth round, 80th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1981 NHL Entry Draft. He played just one game in the National Hockey League with the Sabres as an 18-year-old during the 1981–82 season. He did not register a point.

Later in his career, he finished sixth in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League in scoring during the 1986–87 season, tallying 43 goals and 42 assists for the Mohawk Valley Comets.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1979–80Aurora TigersOPJAHL40 16 25 41 186
1979–80Niagara Falls FlyersOMJHL6 0 1 1 4
1980–81Cornwall RoyalsQMJHL68 30 42 72 14718 5 7 12 52
1980–81Cornwall RoyalsM-Cup5 0 3 3 12
1981–82Cornwall RoyalsOHL66 53 37 90 1805 0 5 5 21
1981–82Buffalo SabresNHL1 0 0 0 0
1982–83Cornwall RoyalsOHL9 5 3 8 18
1982–83North Bay CentennialsOHL50 25 24 49 738 2 5 7 12
1983–84Rochester AmericansAHL24 1 5 6 5
1983–84Flint GeneralsIHL5 4 1 5 6
1984–85Flint GeneralsIHL4 0 1 1 0
1984–85Mohawk Valley StarsACHL42 27 33 60 37
1984–85Pinebridge BucksACHL12 4 8 12 31
1985–86Flint GeneralsIHL4 1 0 1 2
1985–86Mohawk Valley CometsACHL27 18 19 37 436 5 8 13 4
1986–87Mohawk Valley CometsACHL53 43 42 85 9313 5 7 12 46
1987–88Carolina ThunderbirdsAAHL9 3 8 11 16
ACHL totals134 92 102 194 20419 10 15 25 50
NHL totals1 0 0 0 0

International

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA. 2018. Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2019-01-12. 2019-03-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf. dead.