| Ed Beers | |
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| Position | Forward |
| Height Weight |
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 194 lb (88 kg) |
| Teams | Calgary Flames St. Louis Blues |
| Born | October 17, 1959, Merritt, British Columbia |
| NHL Draft | Undrafted |
| Pro Career | 1982 – 1986 |
Edward Joseph "Eddy" Beers (born October 12, 1959, in Merritt, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 250 games in the National Hockey League. He was nearly a point per game player in his time in the NHL, but his NHL career was cut short by injury.
Beers played for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. He also played for the University of Denver in the NCAA for the years of 1979–1982 and led the NCAA in scoring his senior season.
He was not drafted by any NHL team and was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames in 1982 after he was finished with the University of Denver. After aplitting the 1982-83 season between Calgary and the Colorado Flames he broke out with 36 goals for the NHL team in 1983-84. He continued with 28 in 1984-85. Calgary traded him to the St. Louis Blues in the middle of the 1985-86 season and he showed some scoring spark with 7 goals in 24 games with the Blues/
In the pre-season of 1986-87 he suffered a career-ending herniated disk and had to retire.
Career statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1976–77 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | 30 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 138 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1977–78 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | 63 | 54 | 61 | 115 | 100 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | Merritt Centennials | BCJHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1978–79 | University of Denver | NCAA | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 37 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1979–80 | University of Denver | NCAA | 36 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 24 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1980–81 | University of Denver | NCAA | 39 | 24 | 15 | 39 | 63 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | University of Denver | NCAA | 42 | 50 | 34 | 84 | 59 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1981–82 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1982–83 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 41 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 21 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 27 | ||
| 1982–83 | Colorado Flames | CHL | 29 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1983–84 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 73 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 88 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1984–85 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 74 | 28 | 40 | 68 | 94 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1985–86 | Calgary Flames | NHL | 33 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1985–86 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 24 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 8 | ||
| NHL totals | 250 | 94 | 116 | 210 | 256 | 41 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 47 | ||||