Gord Stafford

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=October 2013}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| caption =

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| name = Gord Stafford

| image =

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| image_size = 230px

| played_for = Milwaukee Admirals (IHL)
Wichita Wind (CHL)

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 180

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1960|10|10}}

| birth_place = Banff, Alberta, Canada

| draft = Undrafted

| career_start = 1980

| career_end = 1987

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Gord Stafford (born October 10, 1960) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Stafford played major junior hockey with the Billings Bighorns of the Western Hockey League (WHL). He attended a try-out with the Edmonton Oilers of the National Hockey League prior to the start of the 1979–80 season, but was released to play out his final year of junior eligibility with the Bighorns.{{cite news |title=Decision to play rest solely with Howe |author=S-P Services |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=O5djAAAAIBAJ&pg=4519,2073450&dq=gordie+howe&hl=en |newspaper=Saskatoon Star-Phoenix, page A12|date=September 22, 1979 |accessdate=October 11, 2013}}

He went on to play professionally for seven seasons, predominantly with the Milwaukee Admirals of the International Hockey League (IHL), where he scored 131 goals and 219 assists for 350 points, while earning 228 penalty minutes, in 355 games played, before hanging up his skates following the 1986–87 IHL season.

Family

His son, Drew Stafford played in the National Hockey League.[http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=9180 Eliteprospects.com - Drew Stafford]

Career statistics

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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

1977–78

| Billings Bighorns

| WCHL

| 59

11223354

| 20

4101417
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| 1978–79

| Billings Bighorns

| WHL

| 72

376610370

| 8

76132
1979–80

| Billings Bighorns

| WHL

| 68

525811091

| 7

05520
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| 1980–81

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 40

24325630

| —

1980–81

| Wichita Wind

| CHL

| 27

53834

| —

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| 1981–82

| Wichita Wind

| CHL

| 49

9162542

| —

1982–83

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 77

23497281

| —

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| 1983–84

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 79

36458135

| —

1984–85

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 6

0220

| —

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| 1985–86

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 82

20577740

| —

1986–87

| Milwaukee Admirals

| IHL

| 71

28346242

| —

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! colspan="3" | CHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 76

! ALIGN="center" | 14

! ALIGN="center" | 19

! ALIGN="center" | 33

! ALIGN="center" | 76

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! colspan="3" | IHL totals

! ALIGN="center" | 355

! ALIGN="center" | 131

! ALIGN="center" | 219

! ALIGN="center" | 350

! ALIGN="center" | 228

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References

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