Ron Chipperfield

Ron Chipperfield (born March 28, 1954) the Minnedosa, Manitoba native is a retired professional ice hockey player who served as the Edmonton Oilers first NHL captain. He played for the Oilers in both the World Hockey Association and the National Hockey League, as well as the Vancouver Blazers and the Calgary Cowboys of the WHA, and the Quebec Nordiques of the NHL.

Ron started his junior career in 1969–70 with the Dauphin Kings of MJHL, leading the league in scoring. The Kings won the MJHL championship and advance to the western Memorial Cup semi final before bowing out. Next was four years with Brandon Wheat Kings of WCHL, where Ron set numerous team and league records. His most successful year was his last, 1973–74, when he scored 90 goals a league record at the time, won the scoring title, and was named league MVP. Ron still holds the WHL record for career points at 470.

Drafted in 1974 by both the California Golden Seals of the NHL in the 1st round, 17th overall and 49th overall by the Vancouver Blazers of the WHA. Ron joined the Blazers, spending a year with the Blazers before the team moved to Calgary and became the Cowboys. Ron played two seasons for the Cowboys, then a three year run with the Edmonton Oilers. By his third season with the Oilers, the NHL and the WHA had merged, with the Oilers joining the National Hockey League. Chipperfield made his NHL debut in 1979 and went on to score 22 goals and 45 points that season. In March of that season the Oilers traded Chipperfield to the Quebec Nordiques, for goaltender Ron Low, a former teammate in Dauphin. Chipperfield played just four contests with the Nordiques the following year, and then took his skills to Italy in 1981. That season he scored a league-leading 78 goals and 128 points in just 39 games. His final three seasons were spent there playing for HC Bolzano.

Awards & Achievements

*MJHL Co-Goal Scoring Leader (1970)
*Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1970)
*WCJHL First All-Star Team (1974)
*WCJHL Scoring Champion (1974)
*WCJHL MVP (1974)
*“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1969-70 Dauphin Kings MJHL 34 39 40 79 18 -- -- -- -- --1970-71 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 64 40 43 83 62 -- -- -- -- --1971-72 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 63 59 53 112 29 -- -- -- -- --1972-73 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 59 72 41 113 63 -- -- -- -- --1973-74 Brandon Wheat Kings WCHL 66 90 72 162 82 -- -- -- -- --1974-75 Vancouver Blazers WHA 78 19 20 39 30 -- -- -- -- --1975-76 Calgary Cowboys WHA 75 42 41 83 32 10 5 4 9 61976-77 Calgary Cowboys WHA 81 27 27 54 32 -- -- -- -- --1977-78 Edmonton Oilers WHA 80 33 52 85 48 5 1 1 2 01978-79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 55 32 37 69 47 13 9 10 19 81979-80 Edmonton Oilers NHL 67 18 19 37 24 -- -- -- -- --1979-80 Quebec Nordiques NHL 12 4 4 8 8 -- -- -- -- --1980-81 Rochester Americans AHL 6 3 2 5 6 -- -- -- -- --1980-81 Quebec Nordiques NHL 4 0 1 1 2 -- -- -- -- --1981-82 Bozen Italy 30 78 50 128 40-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHA Totals 369 153 177 330 189 28 15 15 30 14 NHL Totals 83 22 24 46 34

ee also

*List of NHL seasons
*List of NHL players
*List of WHA seasons
*List of AHL seasons

External links

* [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1974/74017.html Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com]
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* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=66 Ron Chipperfield 's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]