Gerry Odrowski

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Gerry Odrowski.png

| caption =Odrowski at St. Michaels College, c. 1957

| image_size = 200px

| position = Defence

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 180

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Oakland Seals
St. Louis Blues
Los Angeles Sharks
Phoenix Roadrunners
Minnesota Fighting Saints
Winnipeg Jets

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1938|10|04}}

| birth_place = Trout Creek, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1959

| career_end = 1976

}}

Gerald Bernard Odrowski (born October 4, 1938) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman who played 309 games in the National Hockey League and another 282 in the World Hockey Association.[http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13880 Player Information] He played for the NHL's Detroit Red Wings, Oakland Seals and St. Louis Blues as well as the WHA's Los Angeles Sharks, Phoenix Roadrunners, Minnesota Fighting Saints and the Winnipeg Jets.[http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=4062 Hockey Database]

Odrowski scored only 12 goals in his NHL career, but 7 of those goals were scored when his team was playing shorthanded.{{cite web |title=Gerry Odrowski |url=https://www.statmuse.com/nhl/player/gerry-odrowski-5189/career-stats |website=www.statmuse.com |access-date=11 November 2023}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! 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

1955–56

| Sunridge Beavers

| OHA Int

| —

| —

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| 1956–57

| Toronto St. Michael's Majors

| OHA

| 52

0114

| —

1957–58

| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

| NOHA

| 48

471120

| 1

0000
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| 1958–59

| Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds

| NOHA

| 53

3121540

| 4

0002
1959–60

| Sudbury Wolves

| EPHL

| 67

8212969

| 4

18928
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1960–61

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 68

14545

| 10

0004
1961–62

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 69

16724

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1962–63

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 69

72330125

| —

1962–63

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 1

0000

| 2

0002
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| 1963–64

| Quebec Aces

| AHL

| 8

00025

| —

1963–64

| San Francisco Seals

| WHL

| 37

3121570

| 11

03330
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1964–65

| San Francisco Seals

| WHL

| 70

92029114

| —

1965–66

| San Francisco Seals

| WHL

| 71

72431102

| 7

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1966–67

| California Seals

| WHL

| 72

8273564

| 6

01110
1967–68

| Vancouver Canucks

| WHL

| 8

2356

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1967–68

| California/Oakland Seals

| NHL

| 42

461010

| —

1968–69

| Oakland Seals

| NHL

| 74

51624

| 7

0112
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1969–70

| San Diego Gulls

| WHL

| 68

6303678

| 6

02212
1970–71

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| WHL

| 70

7283556

| 10

05513
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| 1971–72

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| WHL

| 20

34730

| —

1971–72

| St. Louis Blues

| NHL

| 55

1238

| 11

0008
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| 1972–73

| Los Angeles Sharks

| WHA

| 78

6313789

| 6

1236
1973–74

| Los Angeles Sharks

| WHA

| 77

4323648

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1974–75

| Phoenix Roadrunners

| WHA

| 77

5384377

| 5

0220
1975–76

| Minnesota Fighting Saints

| WHA

| 37

1121310

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1975–76

| Winnipeg Jets

| WHA

| 13

0116

| —

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! colspan="3"| WHA totals

! 282 !! 16 !! 114 !! 130 !! 230

! 11 !! 1 !! 4 !! 5 !! 6

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! colspan="3"| NHL totals

! 309 !! 12 !! 19 !! 31 !! 111

! 30 !! 0 !! 1 !! 1 !! 16

References

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