Gordie Walker

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1965)}}

{{similar names||Gordon Walker (disambiguation){{!}}Gordon Walker}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| alt =

| image =

| caption =

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 175

| played_for = New York Rangers
Los Angeles Kings

| ntl_team = Canada

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|8|12|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Castlegar, British Columbia, Canada

| draft = 53rd overall

| draft_year = 1983

| draft_team = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1985

| career_end = 1991

}}

Gord Walker (born August 12, 1965) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player. He played 31 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings between 1987 and 1989. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1985 to 1991, was spent in the minor leagues. He was selected by the New York Rangers in the third round (53rd overall) of the 1983 NHL Entry Draft.

Minor hockey career

Walker spent the majority of his playing career in the minor leagues and was a member of the 1983 Memorial Cup champion Portland Winter Hawks.

Family

Gord's son Luke, also played hockey, and was a member of the American national junior team that won gold at the 2010 World Junior Championships. Luke was drafted by Colorado in the fifth round of the 2010 NHL Entry Draft, but did not play in the NHL.{{cite web| url = http://www.denverpost.com/sports/ci_16197722 | title = Avalanche sign fifth-round draft pick Luke Walker | publisher = Denver Post | date = 2010-09-28 | accessdate = 2010-10-10}}

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

1980–81

| Castlegar Rebels

| KIJHL

| —

| —

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| 1981–82

| Drumheller Miners

| AJHL

| 60

35447998

| —

1982–83

| Portland Winter Hawks

| WHL

| 66

24305495

| 14

581312
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| 1982–83

| Portland Winter Hawks

| M-Cup

| —

| 4

0222
1983–84

| Portland Winter Hawks

| WHL

| 58

28416965

| 14

8111918
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| 1984–85

| Kamloops Blazers

| WHL

| 66

676713476

| 15

13142734
1985–86

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 46

11283966

| —

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| 1986–87

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

1014

| —

1986–87

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 59

24204458

| 7

3250
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| 1987–88

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 18

14517

| —

1987–88

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 14

1091917

| —

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| 1987–88

| Colorado Rangers

| IHL

| 16

49134

| —

1988–89

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 11

1012

| —

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| 1988–89

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 60

21254650

| 17

781523
1989–90

| Los Angeles Kings

| NHL

| 1

0000

| —

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| 1989–90

| New Haven Nighthawks

| AHL

| 24

147218

| —

1990–91

| San Diego Gulls

| IHL

| 22

371024

| —

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| 1990–91

| Canadian National Team

| Intl

| 13

1348

| —

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! colspan="3" | AHL totals

! 203 !! 80 !! 89 !! 169 !! 199

! 24 !! 10 !! 10 !! 20 !! 23

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 31 !! 3 !! 4 !! 7 !! 23

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

Awards

  • WHL West First All-Star Team – 1985

References

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