Gerry McDonald
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{For|the Australian rules footballer|Gerry McDonald (footballer)}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| position = Defense
| played_for = Hartford Whalers
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 3
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1958|3|18}}
| birth_place = Weymouth, Massachusetts, U.S.
| draft = Undrafted
| career_start = 1980
| career_end = 1984
}}
Girard "Gerry" McDonald (born March 18, 1958) is an American former professional ice hockey player who played eight games in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Hartford Whalers between 1981 and 1984. He grew up on Elmlawn Road in Braintree, Massachusetts. Gerry graduated from Braintree High School in 1976 and North Adams State College in 1980.
His son, Colin, is a hockey player, formerly playing for the Bridgeport Sound Tigers, the AHL affiliate of the New York Islanders as well as several other teams.
Gerry is the Operations Manager of Gengras Motors Cars in East Hartford, Connecticut. He has been in the automotive retail business for over thirty years.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1977–78
| North Adams State University | NCAA-II | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1978–79 | North Adams State University | NCAA-II | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1979–80
| North Adams State University | NCAA-II | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1980–81 | GER-2 | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1980–81
| CHL | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1980–81 | AHL | 70 | 6 | 23 | 29 | 67
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1981–82
| NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1981–82 | AHL | 57 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 42
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83
| Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 74 | 8 | 33 | 41 | 62
| 5 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 |
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| 1983–84 | Hartford Whalers | NHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1983–84
| Binghamton Whalers | AHL | 72 | 4 | 39 | 43 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 273 !! 21 !! 106 !! 127 !! 205 ! 9 !! 0 !! 4 !! 4 !! 23 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 8 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=13622}}
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Category:American men's ice hockey defensemen
Category:Binghamton Whalers players
Category:Hartford Whalers announcers
Category:Hartford Whalers players
Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
Category:Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts alumni
Category:New Haven Nighthawks players
Category:Sportspeople from Weymouth, Massachusetts
Category:Ice hockey people from Norfolk County, Massachusetts
Category:Tulsa Oilers (1964–1984) players
Category:Undrafted National Hockey League players
Category:20th-century American sportsmen
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