Errol Thompson (ice hockey)

Errol Thompson (ice hockey)

Errol Errol Thompson (born May 28, 1950 in Summerside, Prince Edward Island) is a retired ice hockey winger who played most of his NHL career with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He was selected 2nd (22nd overall) by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1970 Amateur Draft. Thompson is also a former captain of the Detroit Red Wings.

Playing career

Getting started

Thompson starting turning heads at a young age while playing for the Halifax Jr. Canadians of the NSJHL. In the 1967–68 season, he scored 81 points in only 45 games, cementing him as a legitimate scoring winger. In 1969, Thompson moved into the NBSHL to play for the Charlottetown Royals. After scoring 36 points in 20 games, the Toronto Maple Leafs finally felt it was time to see what this young winger could do in the National Hockey League. He was drafted 22nd overall in the 1970 Amateur NHL Draft and made his NHL debut in 1970, playing in only one game. He played the rest of that year and the next in Toronto's minor league club, the Tulsa Oilers of the Central Hockey League.

Reaching the NHL

In 1972, Thompson was called up to play full time for Toronto and quicky established himself as a trustworthy workhorse on the ice. He scored 32 points in this first NHL season, but couldn't help Toronto avoid another losing season. Thompson turned it up and in the 1974–75 season scored 25 goals, followed by 43 goals the next season while on a line with Darryl Sittler and Lanny McDonald. The trio became well known throughout North America after Sittler set an NHL record with ten points in one game on February 7, 1976.

After breaking his arm in the 1976–77 season, Thompson missed one third of the season but still managed 21 goals. The next year he began to see less ice time under coach Roger Neilson and was traded with various draft picks to the Detroit Red Wings for Dan Maloney and a future 2nd round draft pick on March 13, 1978. Thompson continued to produce for the Wings, scoring 23 goals his first full season and 34 goals the following season. In 1980 he was named co-captain of the Wings splitting time with Reed Larson. After scoring 26 points in the 1980–81 season he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins for Gary McAdam on January 8th and played his final 34 games in Pittsburgh scoring 14 points.

External links

* [http://www.hockey-reference.com/players/t/thomper01.html Errol Thompson at Hockey-Reference.com]
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