| Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame |
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Ernest Charles Arnason
- Born: July 15, 1951 in Dauphin, Manitoba
- Hometown: Ashern, Manitoba
- Father of former NHL player Tyler Arnason
- Position: Right Wing / Center
Selected by Montreal Canadiens 1st round (#7) in 1971 NHL Amateur Draft
played his junior hockey with Selkirk in the MJHL and then Flin Flon in the WCHL. ... won league championships in 1968 and 1970. ... scoring a league leading 36 goals in 1968-69. ... in 1970-71, not only led the WCHL in goals with 79, but also in points with 163. ... made his NHL Debut December 19, 1971, Montreal at California. ... played only bits and pieces with the Habs between 1971 and 1973. ... on Nova Scotia's Calder Cup winning team in 1972. ... traded to Atlanta. ... played only half a season with the Flames before going to Pittsburgh. ... the following year, his first full season, he had an excellent year, scoring 26 goals. ... the "Rifleman" had the shot but not the commitment in his own end. ... off to Kansas City, Colorado, then Cleveland, Minnesota, and finally Washington, all lower end teams in the league. ... he went to Germany in 1980, but suffered a career-ending knee injury.
Career Statistics[]
Playing[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1967-68 | Selkirk Steelers | CMJHL | Statistics Unavailable | |||||||||||
| 1968-69 | Selkirk Steelers | MJHL | 34 | 36 | 37 | 73 | 5 | |||||||
| 1969-70 | Flin Flon Bombers | WCHL | 60 | 34 | 27 | 61 | 91 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 32 | 38 | ||
| 1970-71 | Flin Flon Bombers | WCHL | 66 | 79 | 84 | 163 | 153 | 17 | 15 | 22 | 37 | 30 | ||
| 1971-72 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 17 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 58 | 30 | 24 | 54 | 33 | 15 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 6 | |||
| 1972-73 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 19 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Nova Scotia Voyageurs | AHL | 38 | 18 | 20 | 38 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16 | |||
| 1973-74 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 33 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 13 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 41 | 13 | 5 | 18 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1974-75 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 78 | 26 | 32 | 58 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||
| 1975-76 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 30 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Kansas City Scouts | NHL | 39 | 14 | 10 | 24 | 21 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1976-77 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 61 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977-78 | Colorado Rockies | NHL | 29 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Phoenix Roadrunners | CHL | 6 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Cleveland Barons | NHL | 40 | 21 | 13 | 34 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1978-79 | Minnesota North Stars | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Oklahoma City Stars | CHL | 60 | 24 | 22 | 46 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| Washington Capitals | NHL | 13 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1979-80 | Dallas Black Hawks | CHL | 68 | 15 | 17 | 32 | 28 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980-81 | Kolner EC | Germany | 16 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 10 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL Totals | 401 | 109 | 90 | 199 | 122 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | ||||
Coaching[]
| Regular Season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | Type | GP | W | L | T | Pts | Finish | GP | W | L | Results | ||
| 1982-83 | Selkirk Steelers | MJHL | Head | 38 | 18 | 20 | 0 | 36 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
Career Moves[]
- Traded to Atlanta by Montreal for Atlanta's 1st round choice in 1974 Amateur Draft, May 29, 1973.
- Traded to Pittsburgh by Atlanta with Bob Paradise for Al McDonough, January 4, 1974.
- Traded to Kansas City by Pittsburgh with Steve Durbano and Pittsburgh's 1st round choice in 1976 Amateur Draft for Simon Nolet, Ed Gilbert and Kansas City's 1st round choice in 1976 Amateur Draft, January 9, 1976.
- Transferred to Colorado after Kansas City franchise relocated, July 15, 1976.
- Traded to Cleveland by Colorado with Rick Jodzio for Ralph Klassen and Fred Ahern, January 9, 1978.
- Placed on Minnesota Reserve List after Minnesota-Cleveland Dispersal Draft, June 15, 1978.
- Traded to Washington by Minnesota for future considerations, March 12, 1979.
- Traded to Minnesota by Washington for cash, April 24, 1979.
- Traded to Vancouver by Minnesota for cash, July 19, 1979.
- Signed with Cologne (West Germany) as an unrestricted free agent to be player-assistant coach, August 1980.
Awards & Achievements[]
- Central Manitoba Junior Hockey League Championship (1968)
- MJHL Goal Scoring Leader (1969)
- President's Cup Western Canada Hockey League Championship (1970)
- Western Canada Hockey League Goal Scoring Leader (1971)
- Western Canada Junior Hockey League Record Most Assists--Right Wing 84 (1971)
- Brownridge Trophy WCHL Scoring Champion (1971), setting Record for Right Wingers of 163
- Western Canada Hockey League First All-Star Team (1971)
- “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
External links[]
- Chuck Arnason's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
- Chuck Arnason's biography at Legends of Hockey
- Chuck Arnason's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
| Montreal Canadiens first-round draft picks |
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| Monahan • Chagnon • Bouchard • Myre • McCann • Plasse • Houle • Tardif • Martyniuk • Lefley • Lafleur • Arnason • Wilson • Shutt • Larocque • Gardner • Van Boxmeer • Gainey • Connor • Risebrough • Chartraw • Tremblay • McTavish • Sadler • Mondou • Lee • Schutt • Baker • Napier • Dupont • Geoffrion • D. Hunter • Wickenheiser • M. Hunter • Delorme • Ingman • Heroux • Turcotte • Svoboda • Corson • Charbonneau • Chorske • Pederson • Cassels • Charron • Vallis • Stevenson • Bilodeau • Wilkie • Koivu • Brown • Ryan • M. Higgins • Ward • Chouinard • Hainsey • Hossa • Komisarek • Perezhogin • C. Higgins • A. Kostitsyn • Chipchura • Price • Fischer • McDonagh • Pacioretty • Leblanc • Tinordi |