| Frank Beaton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born | April 28, 1953 Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | Cincinnati Stingers Edmonton Oilers Birmingham Bulls New York Rangers | ||
| NHL draft | Undrafted | ||
| WHA draft | Undrafted | ||
| Playing career | 1973–1983 | ||
Alexander Francis "Seldom" Beaton (born April 28, 1953) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 153 games in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers, Edmonton Oilers, and Birmingham Bulls from 1975 to 1978 and 25 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1979 to 1980.
Notoriously, Beaton was traded in 1982 by the New York Islanders to the Minnesota North Stars, in exchange for a steak dinner. [1] [2]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1969–70 | Dartmouth Lakers | MJrHL | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1970–71 | Dartmouth Lakers | MJrHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Cape Breton Metros | MJrHL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Antigonish Bulldogs | MJrHL | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22 | ||
| 1971–72 | Sarnia Bees | SOJHL | 49 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 226 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1972–73 | Windsor Spitfires | SOJHL | 16 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 91 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1973–74 | Flint Generals | IHL | 66 | 9 | 14 | 23 | 190 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 18 | ||
| 1974–75 | Flint Generals | IHL | 65 | 4 | 17 | 21 | 175 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | ||
| 1975–76 | Cincinnati Stingers | WHA | 29 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1975–76 | Hampton Gulls | SHL | 45 | 17 | 14 | 31 | 276 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1976–77 | Edmonton Oilers | WHA | 68 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 274 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 21 | ||
| 1976–77 | Hampton Gulls | SHL | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Birmingham Bulls | WHA | 56 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 279 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | ||
| 1977–78 | Hampton Gulls | AHL | 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New York Rangers | NHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 74 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 319 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 40 | ||
| 1979–80 | New York Rangers | NHL | 23 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 40 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 106 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 52 | ||
| 1980–81 | New Haven Nighthawks | AHL | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | Birmingham Bulls | CHL | 41 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Indianapolis Checkers | CHL | 77 | 13 | 28 | 41 | 270 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 36 | ||
| 1982–83 | Birmingham South Stars | CHL | 69 | 15 | 19 | 34 | 188 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 18 | ||
| WHA totals | 153 | 12 | 21 | 33 | 614 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
I kid you not – when Bill Torrey was constructing the Islanders' dynasty of the 1980s, he traded minor leaguer Frank Beaton – ostensibly as a favor to his North Stars GM buddy Lou Nanne – in exchange for dinner at the posh Manhattan steakhouse, Palm ... Bow Tie Bill revealed that the dinner bill totalled $380, which was big bucks in those days.
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