Jere Gillis

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left Wing
shot =
height_ft = 6
height_in = 00
weight_lb = 202
played_for = Peterborough Pirates (BHL)
Solihull Barons (BHL)
Brunico (Italy)
Philadelphia Flyers
Buffalo Sabres
Quebec Nordiques
New York Rangers
Vancouver Canucks
league = NHL
nationality = USA
birth_date = birth date and age|1957|01|18
birth_place = Bend, Oregon, United States
career_start = 1977
career_end = 1991
draft = 4th overall
draft_year = 1977
draft_team = Vancouver Canucks
wha_draft = 7th overall
wha_draft_year = 1977
wha_draft_team = Cincinnati Stingers"'Jere Alan Gillis", (born 1957) is a Canadian National Hockey League player, actor and stuntman.

Born Jan 18, 1957 in Bend, Oregon, the son of the late Gene Gillis, an Olympic skier, and Rhona Wurtele, a Canadian Olympic skier who competed in the 1948 Winter Olympics along with her twin sister Rhoda. His sister, Margie Gillis, is also a dancer and choreographer, and member of the Order of Canada. His older brother Christopher Gillis (1951–1993) was an important dancer and choreographer and member of the Paul Taylor Dance Company.

He played professional ice-hockey from 1977 to 1987 for the Vancouver Canucks, New York Rangers, Quebec Nordiques, Buffalo Sabres, and the Philadelphia Flyers. From 1988–91, he played in the UK for Solihull Barons and Peterborough Pirates, finally playing 5 games in the QSPHL in 1996–97.

He retired from ice hockey and became a stuntman in movies. He is a Scientologist.

Career statistics

--- Regular Season --- ---- Playoffs ----Season Team Lge GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1973-74 Sherbrooke Beavers QMJHL 69 21 19 40 96 -- -- -- -- --1974-75 Sherbrooke Beavers QMJHL 54 38 57 95 89 -- -- -- -- --1975-76 Sherbrooke Beavers QMJHL 60 47 55 102 38 -- -- -- -- --1976-77 Sherbrooke Beavers QMJHL 72 55 85 140 80 -- -- -- -- --1977-78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 79 23 18 41 35 -- -- -- -- --1978-79 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 13 12 25 33 1 0 1 1 01979-80 Vancouver Canucks NHL 67 13 17 30 108 -- -- -- -- --1980-81 Vancouver Canucks NHL 11 0 4 4 4 -- -- -- -- --1980-81 New York Rangers NHL 35 10 10 20 4 14 2 5 7 91981-82 Quebec Nordiques NHL 12 2 1 3 0 -- -- -- -- --1981-82 New York Rangers NHL 26 3 9 12 16 -- -- -- -- --1981-82 Fredericton Express AHL 28 2 17 19 10 -- -- -- -- --1982-83 Rochester Americans AHL 53 18 24 42 69 16 1 7 8 111982-83 Buffalo Sabres NHL 3 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --1983-84 Vancouver Canucks NHL 37 9 13 22 7 4 2 1 3 01983-84 Fredericton Express AHL 36 22 28 50 35 -- -- -- -- --1984-85 Vancouver Canucks NHL 37 5 11 16 23 -- -- -- -- --1984-85 Fredericton Express AHL 7 2 1 3 2 -- -- -- -- --1985-86 Fredericton Express AHL 29 4 14 18 21 -- -- -- -- --1986-87 Hershey Bears AHL 47 13 22 35 32 5 0 0 0 91986-87 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 1 0 0 0 0 -- -- -- -- --1987-88 Bruneck SG Italy 24 20 16 36 10 -- -- -- -- --1988-89 Solihull Barons BHL 18 46 47 93 12 -- -- -- -- --1989-90 Solihull Barons BHL 30 50 35 85 16 -- -- -- -- --1990-91 Peterborough Pirates BHL 6 13 4 17 22 -- -- -- -- --1996-97 Acton-Vale Nova QSPHL 5 0 3 3 2 -- -- -- -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NHL Totals 386 78 95 173 230 19 4 7 11 9

ee also

*List of AHL seasons
*List of NHL seasons
*List of NHL players
*List of QMJHL seasons

External links

* [http://www.montrealmirror.com/ARCHIVES/2001/030801/news4.html Bio data]
*hockeydb|1911
*legendsofhockey|12720
*imdb name|0318583