Terry Caffery

Terry Caffery (born April 1, 1949 in Toronto, Ontario) is a retired a Canadian forward, most notably with the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association. He also played for the Calgary Cowboys of the WHA, as well as for the Chicago Black Hawks and the Minnesota North Stars of the National Hockey League.

Playing Career
After an impressive junior career with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, during which Caffery was drafted third overall by the Black Hawks in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft behind Barry Gibbs and Brad Park, he played a season for the Canadian National Team. He made his NHL debut with the Black Hawks in 1969, but spent most of the next three seasons in the minor leagues with the Dallas Black Hawks of the Central Hockey League and the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League, averaging over a point a game and winning the AHL's Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in 1972.

The following season Caffery signed with the Whalers and met with his greatest success as a pro, scoring 100 points to finish in the WHA's top ten in the loop's inaugural season and proving a key component in the Whalers' league championship that year. He was awarded the Lou Kaplan Trophy as the league's rookie of the year. However, he suffered a knee injury late that year that, despite him starring in the playoffs, forced him to miss the entire 1973–74 WHA season. He returned to play for the Whalers the year after that, but remained seriously impaired, and retired during the 1975-76 season.

His brother was Jack Caffery, a two-sport player who also played baseball with the Milwaukee Braves and was credited with inventing the backward grip for faceoffs.

Awards
1972: Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award

Career Statistics
--- Regular Season ---  Playoffs Season  Team                        Lge    GP    G    A  Pts  PIM  GP   G   A Pts PIM -- 1965-66 Toronto Marlboros           OHA    43   14   25   39   36 1966-67 Toronto Marlboros           OHA    39   16   29   45   29 1967-68 Toronto Marlboros           OHA    48   36   47   83   64 1968-69 Ottawa Nationals            OHASr   5    4    8   12    0 1969-70 Dallas Black Hawks          CHL    42   12   28   40    4  --  --  --  --  -- 1969-70 Chicago Blackhawks          NHL     6    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  -- 1970-71 Dallas Black Hawks          CHL    40   13   34   47   22 1970-71 Minnesota North Stars       NHL     8    0    0    0    0   1   0   0   0   0 1971-72 Cleveland Barons            AHL    65   29   59   88   18   6   1   3   4   0 1972-73 New England Whalers         WHA    74   39   61  100   14   8   3   7  10   0 1973-74 Did Not Play                Ind     0    0    0    0    0 1974-75 New England Whalers         WHA    67   15   37   52   12  --  --  --  --  -- 1975-76 New England Whalers         WHA     2    0    0    0    0  --  --  --  --  -- 1975-76 Calgary Cowboys             WHA    21    5   13   18    4  --  --  --  --  -- --        WHA Totals                        164   59  111  170   30   8   3   7  10   0 NHL Totals                        14    0    0    0    0   1   0   0   0   0