Ted Irvine

Ted Irvine
Irvine in 1970
Born	(1944-12-08) December 8, 1944 Winnipeg, MB, CAN
Height	6 ft 4 in (193 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	CPHL Minneapolis Bruins Oklahoma City Blazers CSHL St. James Flyers NHL Boston Bruins New York Rangers Los Angeles Kings St. Louis Blues
Playing career	1963–1977

Edward Amos Irvine (born December 8, 1944) is a Canadian retired NHL hockey player.

Career

Irvine was a left winger. He amassed a total of 331 points in 774 games played over a 15-year professional career. In his NHL career, Irvine played for the Boston Bruins, Los Angeles Kings, New York Rangers and St. Louis Blues between 1963 and 1977.

Irvine playing for the New York Rangers in 1970

Personal life

Irvine is also the father of current WWE wrestler and lead singer of heavy metal band Fozzy, Chris Jericho. Ted is married to Bonnie Davis from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Irvine's daughter is Vanessa Gerads, a music teacher. Irvine is of Scottish ancestry.

Awards and achievements

• MJHL Co-Goal Scoring Leader (1963)
• MJHL First All-Star Team (1964)
• CPHL Championships (1966 and 1967)
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
• Ranked No. 74 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1961–62	St. Boniface Canadiens	MJHL		36	6	7	13	4		4	5	0	5	0
1962–63	St. Boniface Canadiens	MJHL		32	31	23	54	13		8	7	5	12	6
1963–64	St. Boniface Canadiens	MJHL		19	17	11	28	19		—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Winnipeg Braves	MJHL		10	3	5	8	2		—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Minneapolis Bruins	CPHL		3	1	5	6	0		4	1	1	2	2
1964–65	Minneapolis Bruins	CPHL		68	15	16	31	40		5	0	1	1	6
1965–66	Oklahoma City Blazers	CPHL		69	26	20	46	27		9	6	3	9	4
1966–67	Oklahoma City Blazers	CPHL		63	15	17	32	54		11	6	1	7	0
1967–68	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		73	18	22	40	26		6	1	3	4	2
1968–69	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		76	15	24	39	47		11	5	1	6	7
1969–70	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		58	11	13	24	28		—	—	—	—	—
1969–70	New York Rangers	NHL		17	0	3	3	10		6	1	2	3	8
1970–71	New York Rangers	NHL		76	20	18	38	137		12	1	2	3	28
1971–72	New York Rangers	NHL		78	15	21	36	66		16	4	5	9	19
1972–73	New York Rangers	NHL		53	8	12	20	54		10	1	3	4	20
1973–74	New York Rangers	NHL		75	26	20	46	105		13	3	5	8	16
1974–75	New York Rangers	NHL		79	17	17	34	66		3	0	1	1	11
1975–76	St. Louis Blues	NHL		69	10	13	23	80		3	0	2	2	2
1976–77	St. Louis Blues	NHL		69	14	14	28	38		3	0	0	0	2
1977–78	St. James Flyers	CSHL		12	6	6	12	30		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				724	154	177	331	657		83	16	24	40	115

External links

• Ted Irvine career statistics at EliteProspects.com
• Ted Irvine career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Ted Irvine biography at Legends of Hockey (archived)
• Ted Irvine's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame