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Terry Caffery

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Terry Caffery
Born (1949-04-01)April 1, 1949
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died August 3, 2022(2022-08-03) (aged 73)
Thornhill, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for
National team  Canada
NHL draft 3rd overall, 1966
Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 1969–1976

Terrance Michael Caffery (April 1, 1949 – August 3, 2022) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played for the New England Whalers and the Calgary Cowboys of the World Hockey Association, as well as for the Chicago Black Hawks and the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League between 1969 and 1976.

Playing career

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After an impressive junior career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, during which Caffery was drafted third overall by the Black Hawks in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft behind Barry Gibbs and Brad Park, he played a season for the Canadian National team. He made his NHL debut with the Black Hawks in 1969, but spent most of the next three seasons in the minor leagues with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League and the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, averaging over a point a game and winning the AHL's Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in 1972.

The following season Caffery signed with the Whalers and met with his greatest success as a pro, scoring 100 points to finish in the WHA's top ten in the loop's inaugural season and proving a key component in the Whalers' league championship that year. He was awarded the Lou Kaplan Trophy as the league's rookie of the year. However, he suffered a knee injury late that year that, despite him starring in the playoffs, forced him to miss the entire 1974 season. He returned to play for the Whalers the year after that, but remained seriously impaired, and retired during the 1976 season.

His brother was Jack Caffery, a two-sport player who also played minor league baseball in the Milwaukee Braves organization and was credited with inventing the backward grip for faceoffs.

Caffery died on August 3, 2022, in his home at Thornhill, Ontario.[1]

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1965–66 Toronto Marlboros OHA 43 14 25 39 36 13 3 6 9 18
1966–67 Toronto Marlboros OHA 39 16 29 45 29 17 10 15 25 10
1966–67 Toronto Marlboros M-Cup 9 4 13 17 4
1967–68 Toronto Marlboros OHA 48 36 47 83 64 2 0 0 0 0
1968–69 Ottawa Nationals OHA Sr 5 4 8 12 0
1969–70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6 0 0 0 0
1969–70 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 42 12 28 40 4
1970–71 Dallas Black Hawks CHL 40 13 34 47 22
1970–71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 8 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1971–72 Cleveland Barons AHL 65 29 59 88 18 6 1 3 4 0
1972–73 New England Whalers WHA 74 39 61 100 14 8 3 7 10 0
1974–75 New England Whalers WHA 67 15 37 52 12
1975–76 New England Whalers WHA 2 0 0 0 0
1975–76 Calgary Cowboys WHA 21 5 13 18 4
WHA totals 164 59 111 170 30 8 3 7 10 0
NHL totals 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

International

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Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1969 Canada WC 10 4 4 8 8
Senior totals 10 4 4 8 8

Awards

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1972: Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award

References

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  1. ^ "Terry Michael Caffery 2022". Necrocanada.com. Retrieved August 8, 2022.
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Preceded by Chicago Black Hawks first round draft pick
1966
Succeeded by