| Birth Place: | Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1909 |
| Death Place: | Scarborough, Ontario, Canada |
| Played For: | New York Americans Montreal Maroons St. Louis Eagles New York Rangers |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 2 |
| Weight Lbs: | 220 |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Position: | Defence |
| Career Start: | 1930 |
| Career End: | 1942 |
Thomas Vernon Ayres (April 27, 1909 – February 18, 1968) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Ayres played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Americans, Montreal Maroons, St. Louis Eagles and New York Rangers and twelve seasons of professional ice hockey overall.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1927–28 | Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club | OHA | 9 | 3 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 1928–29 | Toronto Parkdale Canoe Club | OHA | 8 | 4 | 1 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Toronto Young Rangers | OHA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1929–30 | Toronto Stockyards | TMHL | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1930–31 | New York Americans | NHL | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 54 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1930–31 | New Haven Eagles | Can-Am | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1931–32 | New York Americans | NHL | 45 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 82 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1932–33 | New York Americans | NHL | 48 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 97 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 17 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1933–34 | Quebec Castors | Can-Am | 29 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1934–35 | St. Louis Eagles | NHL | 47 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | New York Rangers | NHL | 28 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 38 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1935–36 | Philadelphia Ramblers | Can-Am | 20 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
| 1936–37 | Philadelphia Ramblers | IAHL | 49 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 44 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Philadelphia Ramblers | IAHL | 44 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 34 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1938–39 | Hershey Bears | IAHL | 52 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1939–40 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 54 | 0 | 10 | 10 | 37 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | St. Louis Flyers | AHA | 38 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1941–42 | St. Louis Flyers | AHA | 45 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | ||
| IAHL/AHL totals | 282 | 11 | 49 | 60 | 190 | 29 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 12 | ||||
| NHL totals | 211 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 350 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||