Peter McDuffe

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Peter McDuffe
Born(1948-02-16)February 16, 1948
Milton, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
New York Rangers
Kansas City Scouts
Detroit Red Wings
Indianapolis Racers
Playing career 1964–1978

Peter Arnold McDuffe (born February 16, 1948) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender who played for the St. Louis Blues, New York Rangers, Kansas City Scouts and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL) and the Indianapolis Racers in the World Hockey Association (WHA) between 1971 and 1978.

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Early life

Born in Milton, Ontario, McDuffe's father, Arnold, was a test pilot and trainer for the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II stationed at Brandon, Manitoba. In 1920, McDuffe's paternal grandfather, Richard, had established the first John Deere farm implement dealership in Ontario. (Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, pp. 110–111)

McDuffe made the move from defence to goaltender in peewee around 1958. McDuffe began his junior career in St. Catharines with a Junior B team before being promoted to the A team with the St. Catharines Blackhawks of the OHA in 1964–65, where he played parts of four seasons. In his last season in St. Catharines, McDuffe won the best goaltending award with a 2.92 GAA. [1]

Career

In 1966–67, he was called up and started two games with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League.

In 1968–69, he moved to the EHL and played for the Greensboro Generals, where he collected a 36-19-9 record, before being traded to New York Rangers affiliate Omaha in the Central Hockey League. [1]

In the summer of 1970, McDuffe served as a coach at Hockey Haven, a hockey school in Haliburton, Ontario, with NHLers Jim Dorey, Brian Watson, Bill Goldsworthy, and Phil Myre. [1]

McDuffe made the second all-star team with Omaha in 1969–70, and the first all-star team in 1970–71, leading them to championships both seasons. [2] He won the 1970–71 Central Hockey League Most Valuable Player award with the Omaha Knights. [3] He also won the 1971–72 Western Hockey League Leading Goaltender Award with the Denver Spurs.

McDuffe got his first taste of NHL action with the St. Louis Blues, although he was happy to return to the New York Rangers system the following season, stating about the coaching, "In St. Louis, they don't tell you which end of the stick to hold." [4]

Between 1971 and 1976, he played in 57 NHL regular season games with a goals-against average of 4.08. [5]

Honours

He became one of the first inductees in his hometown of Milton, Ontario's Walk of Fame in 2007. [6]

In 2017, he was inducted into the Milton Sports Hall of Fame. [7]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGPWLTMINGA SO GAA SV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1964–65 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 201080909.62—————————
1965–66 St. Catharines Black HawksOHA21———126011205.33—————————
1966–67 St. Catharines Black HawksOHA30———18409022.93—6——3602604.33—
1966–67 Buffalo Bisons AHL 20201201306.50—————————
1967–68 St. Catharines Black HawksOHA50———303619203.79—5——3003406.80—
1968–69 Greensboro Generals EHL 65———390024643.78—8——4802803.50—
1969–70 Omaha Knights CHL 5926249350017422.98—12847203112.58—
1970–71 Omaha KnightsCHL57———34205732.77—11836922622.36—
1971–72 St. Louis Blues NHL 100604712903.69.88910160707.00.816
1971–72 Denver Spurs WHL 21107211266513.46—440240611.50—
1972–73 New York Rangers NHL110060101.00.962————————
1973–74 New York RangersNHL63213401803.18904————————
1973–74 Providence Reds AHL 3617126209812303.51—14868834513.05—
1974–75 Kansas City Scouts NHL367254209814804.23.883————————
1975–76 Detroit Red Wings NHL40312392205.53.858————————
1975–76 New Haven Nighthawks AHL2189312458504.10.88010160404.00—
1976–77 Rhode Island Reds AHL11———6214604.44.881————————
1976–77New Haven NighthawksAHL11———3233205.94.823————————
1977–78 Indianapolis Racers WHA 121615393904.34.875————————
1979–80Georgetown GyrosGBSHL32———192014104.41—————————
1980–81Georgetown Gyros OHA Sr 34———206011103.23—————————
WHA Totals121615393904.34.8755132601904.38—
NHL Totals5711366320921804.08.88510160707.00.816

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 8 Jul 1970, p. 4". news.milton.halinet.on.ca.
  2. ↑ "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 12 May 1971, p. 4". news.milton.halinet.on.ca.
  3. ↑ "Peter McDuffe hockey statistics and profile at hockeydb.com". www.hockeydb.com.
  4. ↑ "Canadian Champion (Milton, ON), 13 Sep 1972, p. 4". news.milton.halinet.on.ca.
  5. ↑ "Peter McDuffe Stats and News". NHL.com.
  6. ↑ "Walk of Fame recognition program established to honour Miltonians" (PDF). Town of Milton. 23 May 2007. Retrieved 22 July 2015.
  7. ↑ "Inductees named for 2017 class of Milton Sports Hall of Fame - InsideHalton.com". 30 July 2017.
Preceded by CHL Most Valuable Player Award
1970–71
shared with
Andre Dupont
Gerry Ouellette
Joe Zanussi 		Succeeded by

Icing on the Plains: The Rough Ride of Kansas City's NHL Scouts, Troy Treasure, 2018, Balboa Press.

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