Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1945)

{{hatnote|Not to be confused with defenceman Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1948) who played for two WHA teams and right winger Ron Anderson (ice hockey, born 1950) who played for the Washington Capitals.}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Ron Anderson

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 6

| height_in = 0

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|7|29}}

| birth_place = Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

| played_for = Detroit Red Wings
Los Angeles Kings
St. Louis Blues
Buffalo Sabres
Alberta/Edmonton Oilers

| career_start = 1965

| career_end = 1975

}}

Ronald Chester "Goings" Anderson (born July 29, 1945)NHL Guide and Record Book 1974-75 pg. 243 is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger.

Career

Anderson played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Buffalo Sabres between 1967 and 1972. He also played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Alberta/Edmonton Oilers between 1972 and 1974. On October 11, 1972, in the first WHA regular season game (versus the Ottawa Nationals), he scored the first goal in WHA history.{{cite web |url=https://www.coppernblue.com/2012/10/10/3332400/today-in-non-nhl-hockey-history-the-world-hockey-association-begins |title=Today in Non-NHL Hockey History: October 11, 1972: The World Hockey Association Begins |first=Benjamin |last=Massey |website=The Copper and Blue |date=2012-10-11 |access-date=2020-02-02}}

In his NHL career, Anderson played in 251 games, scoring 28 goals and adding 30 assists. He played in 92 WHA games, scoring 19 goals and adding 17 assists.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"\| ! colspan="5"\|Playoffs
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1962–63 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| CAHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1962–63 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 20	1	3	4	8
1963–64 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| CAHL \| 14	6	5	11	4 \| 3	0	0	0	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1963–64 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 17	8	5	13	17
1964–65 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| ASHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 5	5	2	7	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1964–65 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 19	11	17	28	42
1965–66 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| ASHL \| 30	15	19	34	51 \| 11	7	3	10	31
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1965–66 \| Hamilton Red Wings \| OHA \| 6	1	0	1	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1965–66 \| Edmonton Oil Kings \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 17	11	10	21	21
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1965–66 \| Memphis Wings \| CPHL \| 3	1	3	4	4 \| —	—	—	—	—
1966–67 \| Memphis Wings \| CPHL \| 39	12	22	34	51 \| 7	2	2	4	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1967–68 \| Fort Worth Wings \| CPHL \| 39	21	19	40	46 \| —	—	—	—	—
1967–68 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 18	2	0	2	13 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1968–69 \| Detroit Red Wings \| NHL \| 7	0	0	0	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
1968–69 \| Los Angeles Kings \| NHL \| 56	3	5	8	36 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1969–70 \| Buffalo Bisons \| AHL \| 9	8	3	11	16 \| —	—	—	—	—
1969–70 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 59	9	9	18	36 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1970–71 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 74	14	12	26	44 \| —	—	—	—	—
1971–72 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 37	0	4	4	19 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1971–72 \| Salt Lake Golden Eagles \| WHL \| 26	7	10	17	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
1972–73 \| Alberta Oilers \| WHA \| 77	32	48	80	24 \| 1	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1973–74 \| Edmonton Oilers \| WHA \| 19	5	2	7	6 \| 1	0	0	0	0
1974–75 \| Mohawk Valley Comets \| NAHL \| 64	18	34	52	21 \| 4	3	3	6	2
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| WHA totals ! 92 !! 19 !! 17 !! 36 !! 49 ! 2 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 251 !! 28 !! 30 !! 58 !! 146 ! 5 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 2