Bernie Johnston

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| played_for = Hartford Whalers

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 185

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|9|15|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1976

| career_end = 1989

}}

Bernie Johnston (born September 15, 1956) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played in 57 National Hockey League games with the Hartford Whalers between 1979 and 1981. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1976 to 1989, was spent in the minor leagues and in Switzerland. As a youth, he played in the 1968 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-08|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}} After his playing career Johnston worked as a coach in Switzerland and Germany, as well as serving as general manager for the Frankfurt Lions between 1997 and 2002.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1972–73

| Ajax Knob Hill Farms

| OPJAHL

| 30

28427032

| —

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| 1973–74

| Toronto Marlboros

| OHA

| 65

10112121

| —

1974–75

| Toronto Marlboros

| OMJHL

| 47

9293820

| 3

1234
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| 1974–75

| Toronto Marlboros

| M-Cup

| —

| 4

0442
1975–76

| Toronto Marlboros

| OMJHL

| 60

22396144

| 10

0448
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| 1976–77

| Syracuse Blazers

| NAHL

| 73

537112440

| 9

19102
1977–78

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 68

28295735

| 11

2796
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| 1978–79

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 70

29669540

| 10

2578
1979–80

| Hartford Whalers

| NHL

| 32

813218

| 3

0110
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| 1979–80

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 41

18365425

| —

1980–81

| Hartford Whalers

| NHL

| 25

411158

| —

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| 1980–81

| Binghamton Whalers

| AHL

| 38

14223636

| 3

0000
1981–82

| EHC Kloten

| NLA

| 38

222648

| —

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| 1981–82

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| —

| 4

0550
1982–83

| EHC Kloten

| NLA

| 38

363268

| —

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| 1982–83

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 11

7292

| 8

4154
1983–84

| EHC Kloten

| NLA

| 38

313465

| —

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| 1984–85

| EHC Basel

| NLB

| 32

334679

| —

1985–86

| EHC Basel

| NLB

| 36

27295646

| 2

2024
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| 1985–86

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 15

29116

| 18

23511
1986–87

| EHC Bülach

| SWI-3

| —

| —

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| 1987–88

| EHC Bülach

| SWI-3

| —

| —

1988–89

| EHC Bülach

| NLB

| 12

681438

| —

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| 1988–89

| Maine Mariners

| AHL

| 11

2350

| —

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 57 !! 12 !! 24 !! 36 !! 16

! 3 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 0

References

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