Barry Beck

Barry Beck
Position	Defenceman
Shot	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 03 in (1.91 m) 215 lb (98 kg)
Teams	Los Angeles Kings New York Rangers Colorado Rockies
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1957-06-03)June 3, 1957, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
NHL Draft	2nd overall, 1977 Colorado Rockies
WHA Draft	2nd overall, 1977 Calgary Cowboys
Pro Career	1977 – 1990

Barry Beck (born June 3, 1957 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a retired former professional player who was drafted second overall in both the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft and the 1977 WHA Amateur Draft from the New Westminster Bruins. Beck helped the Bruins to the Memorial Cup in 1977. He opted to move to the NHL over the WHA, and began his career with the Colorado Rockies. He also played for the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings over the course of his career, and retired in 1990.

Beck set a record in his rookie year for goals by a rookie defenceman while playing for the Colorado Rockies. Brian Leetch broke the record in 1989 with 23 goals.

He played 5 full seasons and parts of 2 others with the New York Rangers.

Beck now lives and coaches in Hong Kong with the Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey, where his experiences and achievements are causing a heightened sense of awareness for hockey in Hong Kong, where the knowledge of the sport was previously mostly within a small community. The Hong Kong Academy of Ice Hockey continues to run hockey camps and work in cooperation with other well-established organizations in Hong Kong to promote the game of ice hockey with the help of Beck.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1977–78	Colorado Rockies	NHL		75	22	38	60	89		2	0	1	1	0
1978–79	Colorado Rockies	NHL		63	14	28	42	91		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Colorado Rockies	NHL		10	1	5	6	8		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	New York Rangers	NHL		61	14	45	59	98		9	1	4	5	6
1980–81	New York Rangers	NHL		75	11	23	34	231		14	5	8	13	32
1981–82	New York Rangers	NHL		60	9	29	38	111		10	1	5	6	14
1982–83	New York Rangers	NHL		66	12	22	34	112		9	2	4	6	8
1983–84	New York Rangers	NHL		72	9	27	36	132		4	1	0	1	6
1984–85	New York Rangers	NHL		56	7	19	26	65		3	0	1	1	11
1985–86	New York Rangers	NHL		25	4	8	12	24		—	—	—	—	—
1989–90	Los Angeles Kings	NHL		52	1	7	8	53		—	—	—	—	—
11 Seasons	NHL Total			615	104	251	355	1014		51	10	23	33	77

References

• Barry Beck's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database

Sporting positions
Preceded by Walt Tkaczuk	New York Rangers captains 1980-86	Succeeded by Ron Greschner