Gary Kurt
Born (1947-03-09) March 9, 1947
Kitchener, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 3 in (191 cm)
Position Goaltender
Caught Left
Played for California Golden Seals
New York Raiders
New York Golden Blades
Jersey Knights

Phoenix Roadrunners
Playing career 19691977

Gary David Kurt (born March 9, 1947 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

Kurt played Junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey Association's Kitchener Rangers, at the time owned by the New York Rangers. Later he played two seasons for the Rangers' affiliate in the Central Hockey League, the Omaha Knights. After the 1968–69 season he was acquired by the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League.

After another two seasons in the AHL he broke into the NHL with the California Golden Seals, who acquired his rights from the Barons prior to the 1971–72 NHL season. He spent the first half of the season playing for the Golden Seals' affiliate Baltimore Clippers, but was called up to the Seals in January 1972 to replace Lyle Carter as Gilles Meloche's back-up. In February he was chosen by the new World Hockey Association's New York Raiders in their player draft. After completing his season with California he defected to the new league.

Kurt spent the following two seasons with the Raiders/Golden Blades/Jersey Knights franchise, backing-up Pete Donnelly and Joe Junkin, playing alongside former Seals Brian Perry, Bobby Sheehan, Kent Douglas, Mike Laughton and Norm Ferguson. He was chosen by the Phoenix Roadrunners in the 1974 WHA Expansion Draft, and finally given the chance to be starting goaltender for a major professional team.

His first season with the Roadrunners was his most successful professional one, winning 25 games and leading the Roadrunners to a playoff berth, but they were quickly dismissed by the Quebec Nordiques. The following season he shared goaltending duties with Jack Norris, and by 1976 he was once again relegated to being a back-up. At the end of the season he retired.

Awards

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPWLTMINGASOGAASV% GPWLMINGASOGAASV%
1963–64 Kitchener Rangers OHA 116204904.74
1964–65 Kitchener Rangers OHA 21124010304.96
1965–66 Kitchener Rangers OHA 95403313.67 1710206713.94
1966–67 Kitchener Rangers OHA 169406904.40
1967–68 Omaha Knights CHL 345213184212404.04
1968–69 Omaha Knights CHL 35194010813.34 310104502.88
1969–70 Cleveland Barons AHL 40232012123.13
1970–71 Cleveland Barons AHL 4224123226310132.67 7434202002.85
1971–72 Baltimore Clippers AHL 17124110204712.76
1971–72 California Golden Seals NHL 161758386004.30.856
1972–73 New York Raiders WHA 3810210188115004.78.855
1973–74 New York Golden Blades/Jersey Knights WHA 20810010897504.13.867
1973–74 Syracuse Blazers NAHL 2413576602.92
1974–75 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 4725164284115623.29.885 4122071203.48
1975–76 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 4018202236914713.72.873
1976–77 Phoenix Roadrunners WHA 3311191175216205.55.838
1976–77 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 31801505.00
1978–79 Cambridge Hornets OHA Sr 1911408604,53
WHA totals 17672867993269034.17.865 4122071203.48
NHL totals 161758386004.30.856

References

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