Tom Edur
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Redirect|Toomas Edur|For Estonian dancer|Thomas Edur}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Tom Edur
| image =
| image_size =
| caption =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|11|18}}
| birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 1
| weight_lb = 185
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| played_for = Cleveland Crusaders
Colorado Rockies
Pittsburgh Penguins
| draft = 54th overall
| draft_year = 1974
| draft_team = Boston Bruins
| career_start = 1973
| career_end = 1978
}}
Toomas Edur (born November 18, 1954) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
Playing career
As a youth, Edur played in the 1966 and 1967 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournaments with a minor ice hockey team from Leaside.{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-06|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}
Edur was selected by the Boston Bruins in the third round of the 1974 NHL amateur draft, 54th overall, although by that time, he had already made his professional debut in the World Hockey Association with the Cleveland Crusaders rather than in the NHL, as the Crusaders had signed him as an underage junior player before the 1973-74 season. After three seasons in the WHA, Edur joined the NHL with the Colorado Rockies.
In July, 1978 at the age of 24, after just two seasons in the NHL (with Colorado and the Pittsburgh Penguins), Edur retired from professional hockey. Before retiring he had signed with the St. Louis Blues.
Edur was later drafted by the Edmonton Oilers when he left the WHA for the NHL, however, he again declined an opportunity to become involved with professional hockey and became a full-time brother of Jehovah's Witnesses,{{Cite journal|title=The Real Life|journal=Awake!|date=February 22, 1986|pages=13–17}} eventually serving as a branch committee member for the religion's Estonia headquarters.{{Cite book|title=2011 Yearbook of Jehovah's Witnesses|page=255|quote=On March 1, 1999, ... the Governing Body appointed [Tom] Edur ... to serve on the Estonia Branch Committee.}}
Transactions
- August 1973 – Edur signs as an underage free agent with Cleveland Crusaders
- May 28, 1974 – Drafted in the 3rd round, 54th overall by the Boston Bruins in the 1974 NHL amateur draft
- September 7, 1977 – Rights traded by the Boston Bruins to the Colorado Rockies for cash
- December 2, 1977 – Traded by the Colorado Rockies to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Dennis Owchar
- June 13, 1979 – Selected 12th by the Edmonton Oilers in the 1979 NHL Expansion Draft
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 | ||||||||
| 1971–72
| MJTHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | OHA | 57 | 14 | 48 | 62 | 32
| 19 | 2 | 17 | 19 | 16 |
| 1972–73
| Markham Waxers | MJTHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1973–74 | WHA | 76 | 7 | 31 | 38 | 26
| 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1974–75
| Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 61 | 3 | 20 | 23 | 28
| 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | Cleveland Crusaders | WHA | 80 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 62
| 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1976–77
| NHL | 80 | 7 | 25 | 32 | 39
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1977–78 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 20 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1977–78
| NHL | 58 | 5 | 38 | 43 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3"| WHA totals ! 217 !! 17 !! 79 !! 96 !! 116 ! 13 !! 3 !! 4 !! 7 !! 0 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 158 !! 17 !! 70 !! 87 !! 67 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats|legends=12537}}
- {{ESBL profile|Toomas_Edur}}
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Category:Boston Bruins draft picks
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Category:Canadian Jehovah's Witnesses
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Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
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