- Ron Greschner
Ron Greschner (born
22 December , 1954 in Goodsoil,Saskatchewan ,Canada ) is a retiredprofessional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for 16 seasons between 1974 and 1990.Greschner was selected 32nd overall by the
New York Rangers in the1974 NHL Amateur Draft . He played in 982 career NHL games, all with the Rangers, scoring 179 goals and 431 assists for 610 points. He also compiled 1,226 penalty minutes. Greschner's best offensive season was the 1977–78 season when he scored 24 goals and 48 assists for 72 points (all career highs).For much of his career, he was known as an offensive minded type of defenceman in the mold of Bobby Orr and Brad Park. As his offensive skills declined in his later years, he became a comptetent stay-at-home type of defenceman.Greschner is happily married to Lori and has five beauitfil children. This is the part of life that he always wanted and that was to have children and be a father. Greschner also has as foundation that fights Austim called The Ron Greschner Foundation which was started in 2001.Career statistics
Regular Season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1974–75 New York Rangers NHL 70 8 37 45 93 3 0 1 1 2 1975–76 New York Rangers NHL 77 6 21 27 93 -- -- -- -- -- 1976–77 New York Rangers NHL 80 11 36 47 89 -- -- -- -- -- 1977–78 New York Rangers NHL 78 24 48 72 100 3 0 0 0 2 1978–79 New York Rangers NHL 60 17 36 53 66 18 7 5 12 16 1979–80 New York Rangers NHL 76 21 37 58 103 9 0 6 6 10 1980–81 New York Rangers NHL 74 27 41 68 112 14 4 8 12 17 1981–82 New York Rangers NHL 29 5 11 16 16 -- -- -- -- -- 1982–83 New York Rangers NHL 10 3 5 8 0 8 2 2 4 12 1983–84 New York Rangers NHL 77 12 44 56 117 2 1 0 1 2 1984–85 New York Rangers NHL 47 16 29 45 42 2 0 3 3 12 1985–86 New York Rangers NHL 78 20 28 48 104 5 3 1 4 11 1986–87 New York Rangers NHL 61 6 34 40 62 6 0 5 5 0 1987–88 New York Rangers NHL 51 1 5 6 82 -- -- -- -- -- 1988–89 New York Rangers NHL 58 1 10 11 94 4 0 1 1 6 1989–90 New York Rangers NHL 55 1 9 10 53 10 0 0 0 16 16 Seasons NHL Total 981 179 431 610 1226 84 17 32 49 106
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