Gary Kurt

Gary Kurt
Position	Goaltender
Shot	Left
Height Weight	6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg)
Teams	California Golden Seals New York Raiders New York Golden Blades New Jersey Knights Phoenix Roadrunners
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1947-03-09)March 9, 1947, Kitchener, ON, CAN
Pro Career	1969 – 1977

Gary David Kurt (born March 9, 1947) is a retired professional ice hockey goaltender.

Playing career

Kurt played Junior hockey for the Ontario Hockey Association's Kitchener Rangers, at the time owned by the New York Rangers. Later he played two seasons for the Rangers' affiliate in the Central Hockey League, the Omaha Knights. After the 1968–69 season he was acquired by the Cleveland Barons of the American Hockey League.

After another two seasons in the AHL he broke into the NHL with the California Golden Seals, who acquired his rights from the Barons prior to the 1971–72 NHL season. He spent the first half of the season playing for the Golden Seals' affiliate Baltimore Clippers, but was called up to the Seals in January 1972 to replace Lyle Carter as Gilles Meloche's back-up. In February he was chosen by the new World Hockey Association's New York Raiders in their player draft. After completing his season with California he defected to the new league.

Kurt spent the following two seasons with the Raiders franchise, backing-up Pete Donnelly and Joe Junkin, playing alongside former Seals Brian Perry, Bobby Sheehan, Kent Douglas, Mike Laughton and Norm Ferguson. He was chosen by the Phoenix Roadrunners in the 1974 WHA Expansion Draft, and was finally given the chance to be starting goaltender for a major professional team.

His first season with the Roadrunners was his most successful professional one, winning 25 games and leading the Roadrunners to a playoff berth, but they were quickly dismissed by the Quebec Nordiques. The following season he shared goaltending duties with Jack Norris, and by 1976 he was once again relegated to being a back-up. At the end of the season he retired.

Awards

• 1971 AHL First All-Star Team
• 1971 Harry "Hap" Holmes Memorial Award
• 1974 NAHL First All-Star Team

Career statistics

Regular season

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1963–64	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		11				620	49	0	4.74
1964–65	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		21				1240	103	0	4.96
1965–66	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		9				540	33	1	3.67
1966–67	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		16				940	69	0	4.40
1967–68	Omaha Knights	CHL		34	5	21	3	1842	124	0	4.04
1968–69	Omaha Knights	CHL		35				1940	108	1	3.34
1969–70	Cleveland Barons	AHL		40				2320	121	2	3.13
1970–71	Cleveland Barons	AHL		42	24	12	3	2263	101	3	2.67
1971–72	Baltimore Clippers	AHL		17	12	4	1	1020	47	1	2.76
1971–72	California Golden Seals	NHL		16	1	7	5	838	60	0	4.30
1972–73	New York Raiders	WHA		38	10	21	0	1881	150	0	4.78
1973–74	New York Golden Blades/New Jersey Knights	WHA		20	8	10	0	1089	75	0	4.13
1973–74	Syracuse Blazers	NAHL		24				1357	66	0	2.92
1974–75	Phoenix Roadrunners	WHA		47	25	16	4	2841	156	2	3.29
1975–76	Phoenix Roadrunners	WHA		40	18	20	2	2369	147	1	3.72
1976–77	Phoenix Roadrunners	WHA		33	11	19	1	1752	162	0	5.55
1976–77	Oklahoma City Blazers	CHL		3				180	15	0	5.00
NHL Totals				16	1	7	5	838	60	0	4.30
WHA Totals				176	72	86	7	9932	690	3	4.17

Playoffs

Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	MIN	GA	SO	GAA
1965–66	Kitchener Rangers	OHA		17			1020	67	1	3.94
1968–69	Omaha Knights	CHL		3	1	0	104	5	0	2.88
1970–71	Cleveland Barons	AHL		7	4	3	420	20	0	2.85
1974–75	Phoenix Roadrunners	WHA		4	1	2	207	12	0	3.48
WHA Totals				4	1	2	207	12	0	3.48

External links

• Gary Kurt's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database