Red Armstrong
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{for|the Australian footballer|Norm Armstrong (footballer)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Rochester Americans
| league = NHL
| position = Right wing/Defence
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 205
| birth_date = {{birth date|1938|10|17}}
| birth_place = Owen Sound, Ontario, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|1974|7|23|1938|10|17}}
| death_place = Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada
| career_start = 1960
| career_end = 1973
}}
Norman Gerrard "Red, Norm" Armstrong (October 17, 1938 – July 23, 1974) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played seven games in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs during the 1962–63 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1960 to 1973, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League.
Playing career
Norm Armstrong played seven games in the NHL for the Toronto Maple Leafs.{{cite web |url= http://mapleleafslegends.blogspot.com/2010/02/red-armstrong.html |title = Red Armstrong |publisher = Greatest Hockey Legends.com |accessdate= 2010-05-04}} During those games, he scored one goal and added one assist for a total of two points. He also earned two penalty minutes.
He also played for the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League.
He was inducted into the Rochester Americans Hall of Fame in 1986. He played for the Americans during 1962–71 and in 1972–73. He retired during training camp prior to the 1973–74 season. He is third in the Americans franchise for most games played at 566. Following his untimely death from a fall in a construction accident in 1974 at age 35, the Rochester Americans retired his number 6 jersey.
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 | ||||||||
| 1958–59
| WOJBHL | 45 | 21 | 25 | 46 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1959–60 | Wallaceburg Hornets | OHA Sr | 36 | 3 | 13 | 16 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960–61
| EHL | 64 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 192
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1961–62 | Charlotte Checkers | EHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62
| EHL | 66 | 17 | 30 | 47 | 212
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | NHL | 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1962–63
| AHL | 18 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 30
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | EPHL | 44 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 144
| 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 21 |
| 1963–64
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 67 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 112
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1964–65 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 123
| 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 17 |
| 1965–66
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 67 | 14 | 26 | 40 | 146
| 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1966–67 | CHL | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 57 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 77
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1967–68 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 54 | 13 | 25 | 38 | 112
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1968–69
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 74 | 29 | 40 | 69 | 133
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1969–70 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 30 | 45 | 75 | 117
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1970–71
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 44 | 13 | 17 | 30 | 101
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1970–71 | AHL | 10 | 0 | 16 | 16 | 15
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| 1971–72
| AHL | 68 | 9 | 15 | 24 | 61
| 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 19 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 45 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 22
| 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 644 !! 175 !! 256 !! 431 !! 1049 ! 51 !! 4 !! 7 !! 11 !! 66 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 7 !! 1 !! 1 !! 2 !! 2 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=11869}}
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Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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Category:Ice hockey people from Owen Sound
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