Bob Plager

Bob Plager
Born	March 11, 1943 (1943-03-11) Kirkland Lake, ON, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (1.80 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	AHL Baltimore Clippers NHL New York Rangers St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1962–1978

Robert Bryant Plager (born March 11, 1943) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for fourteen seasons from 1964–65 until 1977–78. He had two brothers, Bill and Barclay, who also played in the NHL.

Career statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961–62	Kitchener-Waterloo	EPHL	3	0	0	0	2	-	-	-	-	-
1962–63	Baltimore Clippers	AHL	4	0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	10
1963–64	St. Paul Rangers	CPHL	61	13	35	48	158	8	3	6	9	21
1964–65	Vancouver Canucks	WHL	31	5	12	17	103	-	-	-	-	-
	Baltimore Clippers	AHL	19	2	12	14	27	5	0	0	0	6
	New York Rangers	NHL	10	0	0	0	18	-	-	-	-	-
1965–66	Minnesota Rangers	CPHL	44	7	12	19	145	-	-	-	-	-
	New York Rangers	NHL	18	0	5	5	22	-	-	-	-	-
1967–68	St. Louis Blues	NHL	53	2	5	7	86	18	1	2	3	69
1968–69	Kansas City Blues	CHL	5	1	3	4	16	-	-	-	-	-
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	32	0	7	7	43	9	0	4	4	47
1969–70	St. Louis Blues	NHL	64	3	11	14	113	16	0	3	3	46
1970–71	St. Louis Blues	NHL	70	1	19	20	114	6	0	2	2	4
1971–72	St. Louis Blues	NHL	50	4	7	11	81	11	1	4	5	5
1972–73	St. Louis Blues	NHL	77	2	31	33	107	5	0	2	2	2
1973–74	St. Louis Blues	NHL	61	3	10	13	48	-	-	-	-	-
1974–75	St. Louis Blues	NHL	73	1	14	15	53	2	0	0	0	20
1975–76	St. Louis Blues	NHL	63	3	8	11	90	3	0	0	0	2
1976–77	Kansas City Blues	CHL	4	0	2	2	15	-	-	-	-	-
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	54	1	9	10	23	4	0	0	0	0
1977–78	Salt Lake Golden Eagles	CHL	11	0	3	3	52	6	0	3	3	6
	St. Louis Blues	NHL	18	0	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-
NHL Totals			644	20	126	146	802	74	2	17	19	195

Transactions

• Traded to St. Louis by NY Rangers with Gary Sabourin, Tim Ecclestone and Gord Kannegiesser for Rod Seiling, June 6, 1967.

Awards/achievements

• Commissioners' Trophy (IHL Coach of the Year)- 1990–91

Retirement

Plager retired from on-ice action in 1978 to move into the ranks of the Blues management. Over the years since then, he has performed just about every task except to drive the Zamboni although he joked that that job may come soon.

He is credited with developing the process of advance scouting and he has coached the Blues as well as their minor-league affiliates. He is presently the Vice President of Player Development with the club.

Personal life

Plager is a convert to Judaism.

External links

• Bob Plager's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• St. Louis Blues biography

Preceded by Brian Sutter

Head coach of the St. Louis Blues 1992

Succeeded by Bob Berry