Art Stratton

Arthur Stratton (born October 8, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 95 games in the NHL for 5 separate teams. These included the New York Rangers (18 games), Detroit Red Wings (5 games), Chicago Black Hawks (2 games), Pittsburgh Penguins (58 games), and Philadelphia Flyers (12 games). Stratton's NHL career was scattered across 4 playing seasons between 1959 and 1968, where he scored 18 goals and 33 assists.

Art Stratton
Stratton in 2015
Born (1935-10-08) October 8, 1935
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Left
Played for New York Rangers
Detroit Red Wings
Chicago Black Hawks
Pittsburgh Penguins
Philadelphia Flyers
Playing career 19561976

Stratton's professional hockey career was more illustrious than his NHL statistics demonstrate. Starting in 1955 and playing straight until 1976, he was only in the NHL for 4 seasons and with 5 different teams. Stratton contributed to the following professional hockey teams during his lengthy and productive career: St. Catharines Teepees, Cleveland Barons, North Bay Trappers, Winnipeg Warriors, Springfield Indians, Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers, Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Hornets, St. Louis Braves, Seattle Totems, Tidewater Wings, Virginia Red Wings, Rochester Americans, Richmond Robins and Hampton Gulls. He holds the American Hockey League record for points in a game with 9 (all assists) while playing with the Buffalo Bisons against Pittsburgh March 17, 1963.[1]

Stratton also coached the Syracuse Eagles for part of the 1974/1975 American Hockey League Season. That year, the Eagles were last in the league standings, with a record of 21 games under .500.

Awards and achievements

  • MJHL Co-Scoring Champion (1955)
  • MJHL Goal Scoring Leader (1955)
  • MJHL First Team Allstar (1955)
  • Northern Ontario Hockey Association Rookie of the Year (1957)
  • WHL Rookie of the Year Prairie Division (1958)
  • AHL First All-Star Team (1963, 1964, & 1965)
  • Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1963)
  • AHL Most Valuable Player (1965 & 1974)
  • AHL Scoring Champion (1965)
  • CPHL First All-Star Team (1966 & 1967)
  • CPHL Scoring Champion (1966 & 1967)
  • CPHL Most Valuable Player (1966 & 1967)
  • AHL Second All-Star Team (1974)
  • SHL Second All-Star Team (1976)
  • SHL Most Valuable Player (1976)
  • "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1953–54 Winnipeg Barons MJHL 3617284539 60550
1954–55 Winnipeg Barons MJHL 3250267639 53360
1955–56 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 4837427949 613417
1955–56 Cleveland Barons AHL 10000 10112
1956–57 North Bay Trappers NOHA 6029346323 13581312
1957–58 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 7023537612 74154
1958–59 Cleveland Barons AHL 6229477640 71342
1959–60 New York Rangers NHL 182572
1959–60 Springfield Indians AHL 4612445629
1960–61 Springfield Indians AHL 4816415716
1960–61 Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers EPHL 1675124 70220
1961–62 Buffalo Bisons AHL 6315243952 61342
1962–63 Buffalo Bisons AHL 7020709018 13415192
1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 50332
1963–64 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 6617658229 50224
1964–65 Buffalo Bisons AHL 71258410932 91564
1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 20000
1965–66 St. Louis Braves CPHL 6628669414 50112
1966–67 St. Louis Braves CPHL 6734569046
1967–68 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 5816213716
1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 120444 50000
1968–69 Seattle Totems WHL 6615445958 40004
1969–70 Seattle Totems WHL 5924557922
1970–71 Seattle Totems WHL 7117314840
1971–72 Seattle Totems WHL 111676
1971–72 Tidewater Wings AHL 6115415654
1972–73 Virginia Wings AHL 7630508032 124480
1973–74 Rochester Americans AHL 76247195118 62684
1974–75 Richmond Robins AHL 298182610 712310
1975–76 Hampton Gulls SHL 70146478112 92352
AHL totals 669211555766430 6614415530
WHL totals 27780189269138 114158
NHL totals 9518335124 50000

References

  1. "AHL Hall of Fame". ahlhalloffame.com. Retrieved 2016-05-31.
Preceded by
Tom McCarthy
CPHL Leading Scorer
1965–66
1966–67
Succeeded by
Ron Ward
Preceded by
Cesare Maniago
CPHL Most Valuable Player Award
1965–66
1966–67
Succeeded by
Bryan Watson
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