Art Stratton

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Art Stratton
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Stratton in 2015
Born (1935-10-08) October 8, 1935 (age 88)
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for New York Rangers
Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Black Hawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 19561976

Arthur Stratton (born October 8, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 95 games in the National Hockey League for 5 separate teams. These included the New York Rangers (18 games), Detroit Red Wings (5 games), Chicago Black Hawks (2 games), Pittsburgh Penguins (58 games), and Philadelphia Flyers (12 games). Stratton's NHL career was scattered across 4 playing seasons between 1959 and 1968, where he scored 18 goals and 33 assists.

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Stratton's professional hockey career was more illustrious than his NHL statistics demonstrate. Starting in 1955 and playing straight until 1976, he was only in the NHL for 4 seasons and with 5 different teams. Stratton contributed to the following professional hockey teams during his lengthy and productive career: St. Catharines Teepees, Cleveland Barons, North Bay Trappers, Winnipeg Warriors, Springfield Indians, Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers, Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Hornets, St. Louis Braves, Seattle Totems, Tidewater Wings, Virginia Red Wings, Rochester Americans, Richmond Robins and Hampton Gulls. He holds the American Hockey League record for points in a game with 9 (all assists) while playing with the Buffalo Bisons against Pittsburgh on March 17, 1963. [1]

Stratton also coached the Syracuse Eagles for part of the 1974/1975 American Hockey League Season. That year, the Eagles were last in the league standings, with a record of 21 games under .500.

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1953–54 Winnipeg Barons MJHL 361728453960550
1954–55 Winnipeg BaronsMJHL325026763953360
1955–56 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 4837427949613417
1955–56 Cleveland Barons AHL 1000010112
1956–57North Bay Trappers NOHA 602934632313581312
1957–58 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 702353761274154
1958–59 Cleveland BaronsAHL622947764071342
1959–60 New York Rangers NHL 182572
1959–60 Springfield Indians AHL4612445629
1960–61 Springfield IndiansAHL4816415716
1960–61 Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers EPHL 167512470220
1961–62 Buffalo Bisons AHL631524395261342
1962–63 Buffalo BisonsAHL702070901813415192
1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL50332
1963–64 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL661765822950224
1964–65 Buffalo BisonsAHL7125841093291564
1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL20000
1965–66 St. Louis Braves CPHL 662866941450112
1966–67 St. Louis BravesCPHL6734569046
1967–68 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL5816213716
1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers NHL12044450000
1968–69 Seattle Totems WHL661544595840004
1969–70 Seattle TotemsWHL5924557922
1970–71 Seattle TotemsWHL7117314840
1971–72 Seattle TotemsWHL111676
1971–72 Tidewater Wings AHL6115415654
1972–73 Virginia WingsAHL7630508032124480
1973–74 Rochester Americans AHL7624719511862684
1974–75 Richmond Robins AHL298182610712310
1975–76 Hampton Gulls SHL 7014647811292352
AHL totals6692115557664306614415530
WHL totals27780189269138114158
NHL totals951833512450000

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References

  1. "AHL Hall of Fame". ahlhalloffame.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
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