Ken Berry (ice hockey)

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Ken Berry
Born (1960-06-21) June 21, 1960 (age 63)
Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Edmonton Oilers
Vancouver Canucks
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
NHL Draft 112th overall, 1980
Vancouver Canucks
Playing career 19801993

Kenneth Edward Berry (born June 21, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger.

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Early life

Berry was born in Burnaby, British Columbia. As a youth, he and teammate Glenn Anderson played in the 1972 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Burnaby. [1] He played major junior hockey with the New Westminster Bruins, winning the Memorial Cup in 1978. He next played with the University of Denver Pioneers, where he was selected to the All-WCHA Second Team in 1980–81.

Career

Berry played major professional hockey with the NHL's Edmonton Oilers and Vancouver Canucks, tallying 8 goals and 10 assists for 18 points in 55 games. He later played in West Germany/Germany, mostly in the second tier 2nd Eishockey-Bundesliga, with ESV Bayreuth and EC Hedos München.

Berry twice represented Canada in hockey at the Olympics, at the 1980 Winter Olympics held in Lake Placid and the 1988 Winter Olympics held in Calgary. At the 1980 Tournament, Berry scored a hat-trick in Canada's 10-1 victory over the Netherlands.

Berry retired from hockey after the 1992–93 Bundesliga season (his only season in Germany's top level Eishockey-Bundesliga), returning to Canada to become a stockbroker. As of 2019, Berry is chairman of Kootenay Silver Inc. [2]

Personal life

Berry is the younger brother of Doug Berry, who also played in the NHL and the Eishockey-Bundesliga.

In November 2022, Berry was elected to a four-year term as mayor of Lions Bay, British Columbia, Canada. [3]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1977–78 Bellingham Blazers BCHL 655773130124
1977–78 New Westminster Bruins WCHL 5000063472
1978–79 University of Denver WCHA 3917203752
1979–80 Canadian National Team Intl5719203948
1980–81 University of DenverWCHA4022345684
1980–81 Wichita Wind CHL 97613131724628
1981–82 Edmonton Oilers NHL 152359
1981–82 Wichita WindCHL5828295770733628
1982–83 Moncton Alpines AHL 7624265080
1983–84 Edmonton OilersNHL1323510
1983–84 Moncton AlpinesAHL5318203875
1984–85 Nova Scotia Oilers AHL713027574062242
1985–86ESV Bayreuth FRG.2 3327255288
1985–86Canadian National TeamIntl812320
1986–87Canadian National TeamIntl5217274460
1987–88Canadian National TeamIntl6720193951
1987–88 Vancouver Canucks NHL142356
1988–89 Vancouver CanucksNHL132135
1988–89 Milwaukee Admirals IHL 54482
1989–90 EC Hedos München 1.GBun 362433577032022
1990–91 EC Hedos München1.GBun432617436841128
1991–92 EC Hedos München1.GBun3917153271
1992–93 EC Hedos München1.GBun2945958665118
NHL totals558101830
AHL totals200727314519562242
1.GBun totals147717014126713961518

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1980 Canada OG 64158
1988 Canada OG 82464
Senior totals14651112

Awards and honors

AwardYear
All-WCHA Second Team 1980–81 [4]

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References

  1. "Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA" (PDF). Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament. 2018. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 6, 2019.
  2. "Officers & Directors". kootenaysilver.com. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  3. "A new mayor, a small town, and a giant political upheaval: tensions in Lions Bay, B.C." CBC News. February 9, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2023.
  4. "WCHA All-Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved May 19, 2013.