Ted McCaskill explained

Position:Centre
Played For:Minnesota North Stars
Los Angeles Sharks
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:6
Height In:1
Weight Lb:195
Birth Date:29 October 1936
Birth Place:Kapuskasing, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:Phoenix, Arizona, U.S.
Career Start:1954
Career End:1975

Edward Joel McCaskill (October 29, 1936 – March 3, 2016) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played four games in the National Hockey League and 91 games in the World Hockey Association between 1968 and 1974. He played with the Minnesota North Stars, and he then served as player-coach with the Los Angeles Sharks.

Playing career

McCaskill played junior hockey with the Kitchener Canucks and later on the Kapuskasing Huskies, then made the move to the UK, playing two years in the British Ice Hockey Elite League.

Upon returning to the US, he became a dominant force with the Nashville Dixie Flyers, and his offensive prowess earned the attention of NHL clubs, however, he would spend most of his playing years in the Western Hockey League with the original Vancouver Canucks and Phoenix Roadrunners.

He was the father of former Major League Baseball pitcher and minor league hockey player Kirk McCaskill.

He died in Phoenix, Arizona, in 2016 at the age of 79.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1954–55Kitchener CanucksOHA39 7 7 14 59
1955–56Kitchener CanucksOHA16 2 2 4 8
1956–57Kapuskasing HuskiesNOHA
1957–58Kapuskasing HuskiesNOHA
1958–59Edinburgh RoyalsBNL25 27 18 45 21
1959–60Paisley PiratesBNL28 27 17 44 52
1960–61Kapuskasing GMsNOHA40 32 32 64
1961–62Kapuskasing GMsNOHA
1962–63Nashville Dixie FlyersEHL65 21 43 64 623 1 1 2 6
1963–64Nashville Dixie FlyersEHL70 36 50 86 1073 1 1 2 2
1964–65Nashville Dixie FlyersEHL72 60 65 125 8813 8 14 22 26
1965–66Nashville Dixie FlyersEHL70 39 61 100 15111 3 13 16 18
1966–67Nashville Dixie FlyersEHL72 53 65 118 18814 8 13 21 46
1967–68Minnesota North StarsNHL4 0 2 2 0
1967–68Memphis South StarsCHL62 17 29 46 1363 2 0 2 0
1968–69Memphis South StarsCHL5 0 0 0 6
1968–69Vancouver CanucksWHL45 11 13 24 838 0 6 6 6
1969–70Vancouver CanucksWHL72 24 18 42 11011 0 2 2 47
1970–71Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL70 23 24 47 16910 3 4 7 8
1971–72Phoenix RoadrunnersWHL71 18 37 55 2376 1 2 3 18
1972–73Los Angeles SharksWHA73 11 11 22 1506 2 3 5 12
1973–74Los Angeles SharksWHA18 2 2 4 63
1974–75Broome DustersNAHL40 14 20 34 7715 3 10 13
WHA totals91 13 13 26 2136 2 3 5 12
NHL totals4 0 2 2 0

WHA coaching record

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