Blaine Stoughton

Blaine A. Stoughton ( born March 13, 1953 in Gilbert Plains, Manitoba ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1973 to 1984 for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hartford Whalers and New York Rangers of the National Hockey League and the Cincinnati Stingers, Indianapolis Racers and New England Whalers in the World Hockey Association played.

Career

As a junior he played early 70s at the Flin Flon Bombers in the WCHL. He was top scorer of his team and top scorer of the league in the 1971 season / 72nd In the NHL Amateur Draft 1973 it then the Pittsburgh Penguins picked as No. 7 in the NHL. In the WHA Draft, he was selected in the second round of the Quebec Nordiques as 14.

We caught up with him at the Penguins immediately to the squad, but he played in his first season, often in the farm team of the Penguins, at the Hershey Bears in the AHL. After the season he was released to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he was allowed to play the entire season 1974/75 in the NHL. In his second year with the Leafs, he was often sent to the farm team for the Oklahoma City Blazers in the CHL.

In the WHA, the Nordiques had the rights to him lost in the expansion draft to the Cincinnati Stingers and this brought him to 1976 / 77th There he impressed with 52 goals and 104 points, respectively in the top 10 lists of the WHA brought him this season. During the following season, which was not so successful, he was released to the Indianapolis Racers and already during the next season he played for the third year in the WHA with his third team, the New England Whalers. After the season, the WHA was dissolved and four teams joined the NHL to.

In the NHL Toronto still had the rights to him, but the expansion draft to his former team, the Hartford Whalers now called Blaine pulled back and he thanked it with an outstanding season 1979 /80. He managed 100 points scorer with 56 goals and was top scorer in the NHL together with Danny Gare and Charlie Simmer. In the following years he was one of the top scorers of the Whalers and also became the NHL All-Star Game in 1982, he was appointed. At the end of the 1983/84 season he was delivered to the New York Rangers. 14 games he played for the Rangers yet. The following year he played again in the AHL for the New Haven Nighthawks.

After a pause he went to Italy, and even played a season with the HC Asiago.

Beginning of the 90s he was an assistant coach in the IHL with the Cincinnati Cyclones and in the AHL with the Springfield Indians and Springfield Falcons. As head coach, he later oversaw the Austin Ice Bats in the WPHL.

Statistics

Awards

Team Records

• 56 goals for the Hartford Whalers (NHL 1979/80 )