Jack Egers
| Jack Egers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
January 28, 1949 Sudbury, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Right wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Washington Capitals | ||
| Playing career | 1965–1977 | ||
John Richard "Jack" Egers (born January 28, 1949) is a Canadian retired ice hockey right winger.
Originally drafted in 1966 by the New York Rangers, Egers would also play for the St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. Egers is an original member of the Capitals, who claimed him in the 1974 NHL Expansion Draft. He holds the distinction of scoring the first game-winning goal for the team, on October 17, 1974, against the Chicago Black Hawks.
Egers is a retired captain for the Kitchener Fire Department.
External links
- Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1949 births
- Baltimore Clippers players
- Canadian ice hockey right wingers
- Kitchener Rangers players
- Living people
- New York Rangers draft picks
- New York Rangers players
- Omaha Knights (CHL) players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Sportspeople from Greater Sudbury
- St. Louis Blues players
- Washington Capitals players
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1940s births stubs