| Garry Unger | |
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| Position | Centre |
| Shoots | Left |
| Height Weight |
5 ft 11 in (1.80 m) 170 lb (77 kg) |
| Teams | Toronto Maple Leafs Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Atlanta Flames Los Angeles Kings Edmonton Oilers |
| Nationality |  Canadian
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| Born | December 7, 1947, Edmonton, AB, CAN |
| Pro Career | 1967 – 1988 |
Garry Douglas "Iron Man" Unger (born December 7, 1947 in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) is a former professional centre who played 16 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1967 until 1983.
Unger holds the second longest consecutive games streak in NHL history, with 914 consecutive games played in the regular season between February 24, 1968 and December 21, 1979. Doug Jarvis holds the current record at 964 consecutive games. Unger ended up playing 1105 career NHL games, scoring 413 goals and 391 assists for 804 points, and he also registered 1075 career penalty minutes.
He started out with the Toronto Maple Leafs and was traded to the Detroit Red Wings in the Frank Mahovlich trade on March 3, 1968.
Unger later played with the St. Louis Blues, Atlanta Flames, Los Angeles Kings and Edmonton Oilers. He finished with North American hockey in 1982-83 and then played in Great Britain from 1985 to 1988.
Career Statistics[]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1966–67 | London Nationals | OHA | 48 | 38 | 35 | 73 | 60 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1966–67 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1966–67 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | London Nationals | OHA | 2 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1967–68 | Tulsa Oilers | CHL | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1967–68 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 5 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1967–68 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 15 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1967–68 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 13 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 2 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1968–69 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 76 | 24 | 20 | 44 | 33 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1969–70 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 76 | 42 | 24 | 66 | 67 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1970–71 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 51 | 13 | 14 | 27 | 63 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1970–71 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 28 | 15 | 14 | 29 | 41 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 20 | ||
| 1971–72 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 36 | 34 | 70 | 104 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 35 | ||
| 1972–73 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 41 | 39 | 80 | 119 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1973–74 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 78 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 96 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1974–75 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 36 | 44 | 80 | 123 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | ||
| 1975–76 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 39 | 44 | 83 | 95 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||
| 1976–77 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 30 | 27 | 57 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1977–78 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 32 | 20 | 52 | 66 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1978–79 | St. Louis Blues | NHL | 80 | 30 | 26 | 56 | 44 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1979–80 | Atlanta Flames | NHL | 79 | 17 | 16 | 33 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||
| 1980–81 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 58 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1980–81 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1981–82 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 46 | 7 | 13 | 20 | 69 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 23 | ||
| 1982–83 | Edmonton Oilers | NHL | 16 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | Moncton Alpines | AHL | 8 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1985–86 | Dundee Rockets | BHL | 35 | 86 | 48 | 134 | 64 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 44 | ||
| 1986–87 | Peterborough Pirates | BHL | 30 | 95 | 143 | 238 | 58 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1987–88 | Peterborough Pirates | BHL | 32 | 37 | 44 | 81 | 116 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| NHL totals | 1105 | 413 | 391 | 804 | 1075 | 51 | 12 | 18 | 30 | 105 | ||||
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| Preceded by Red Berenson |
St. Louis Blues captains 1976–77 |
Succeeded by Red Berenson |
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