Gary Kurt

Gary Kurt
Born (1947-03-09) March 9, 1947
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for California Golden Seals
New York Raiders
New York Golden Blades
New Jersey Knights
Phoenix Roadrunners
Playing career 1969–1977

Gary David Kurt (born March 9, 1947 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

Kurt played Junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey Association's Kitchener Rangers, at the time owned by the New York Rangers. Later he played two seasons for the Rangers' affiliate in the Central Hockey League, the Omaha Knights. After the 1968–69 season he was acquired by the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League.

After another two seasons in the AHL he broke into the NHL with the California Golden Seals, who acquired his rights from the Barons prior to the 1971–72 NHL season. He spent the first half of the season playing for the Golden Seals' affiliate Baltimore Clippers, but was called up to the Seals in January 1972 to replace Lyle Carter as Gilles Meloche's back-up. In February he was chosen by the new World Hockey Association's New York Raiders in their player draft. After completing his season with California he defected to the new league.

Kurt spent the following two seasons with the Raiders franchise, backing-up Pete Donnelly and Joe Junkin, playing alongside former Seals Brian Perry, Bobby Sheehan, Kent Douglas, Mike Laughton and Norm Ferguson. He was chosen by the Phoenix Roadrunners in the 1974 WHA Expansion Draft, and finally given the chance to be starting goaltender for a major professional team.

His first season with the Roadrunners was his most successful professional one, winning 25 games and leading the Roadrunners to a playoff berth, but they were quickly dismissed by the Quebec Nordiques. The following season he shared goaltending duties with Jack Norris, and by 1976 he was once again relegated to being a back-up. At the end of the season he retired.

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season

Season Team League GP W L T MIN GA SO GAA
1963–64Kitchener RangersOHA116204904.74
1964–65Kitchener RangersOHA21124010304.96
1965–66Kitchener RangersOHA95403313.67
1966–67Kitchener RangersOHA169406904.40
1967–68Omaha KnightsCHL345213184212404.04
1968–69Omaha KnightsCHL35194010813.34
1969–70Cleveland BaronsAHL40232012123.13
1970–71Cleveland BaronsAHL4224123226310132.67
1971–72Baltimore ClippersAHL17124110204712.76
1971–72California Golden SealsNHL161758386004.30
1972–73New York RaidersWHA3810210188115004.78
1973–74New York Golden Blades/New Jersey KnightsWHA20810010897504.13
1973–74Syracuse BlazersNAHL2413576602.92
1974–75Phoenix RoadrunnersWHA4725164284115623.29
1975–76Phoenix RoadrunnersWHA4018202236914713.72
1976–77Phoenix RoadrunnersWHA3311191175216205.55
1976–77Oklahoma City BlazersCHL31801505.00
NHL Totals161758386004.30
WHA Totals17672867993269034.17

Playoffs

Season Team League GP W L MIN GA SO GAA
1965–66Kitchener RangersOHA1710206713.94
1968–69Omaha KnightsCHL310104502.88
1970–71Cleveland BaronsAHL7434202002.85
1974–75Phoenix RoadrunnersWHA4122071203.48
WHA Totals4122071203.48

References

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