| Hec Highton | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Highton, circa 1950 | |||
| Born |
(1923-12-10)December 10, 1923 Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada | ||
| Died |
September 28, 1985(1985-09-28) (aged 61) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | ||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||
| Weight | 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Right | ||
| Played for | Chicago Black Hawks | ||
| Playing career | 1943–1951 | ||
Hector Salisbury Highton (December 10, 1923 – September 28, 1985) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played twenty-four games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. On January 7, 1944, he was sent to the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League with Gord Buttrey and $10,000 for goaltender Mike Karakas. He retired in 1951 after a stint with the Pacific Coast Hockey League.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | W | L | T | Min | GA | SO | GAA | GP | W | L | Min | GA | SO | GAA | ||
| 1940–41 | Spokane Bombers | PCHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | 1 | 60 | 5 | 0 | 5.00 | ||
| 1942–43 | New Westminster Spitfires | PCHL | 10 | — | — | — | 600 | 33 | 1 | 3.30 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 190 | 18 | 0 | 5.68 | ||
| 1943–44 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1440 | 108 | 0 | 4.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Providence Reds | AHL | 27 | 5 | 21 | 1 | 1620 | 125 | 0 | 4.62 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Providence Reds | AHL | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 240 | 29 | 0 | 7.25 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 26 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1560 | 118 | 0 | 4.54 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 52 | 20 | 24 | 8 | 3120 | 215 | 1 | 4.13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 59 | 16 | 32 | 11 | 3540 | 257 | 0 | 4.36 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | St. Louis Flyers | AHL | 65 | 21 | 34 | 10 | 3900 | 278 | 0 | 4.28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Los Angeles Monarchs | PCHL | 70 | 28 | 33 | 9 | 4200 | 271 | 1 | 3.87 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 434 | 25 | 0 | 3.46 | ||
| 1949–50 | Los Angeles Monarchs | PCHL | 62 | 26 | 28 | 8 | 3720 | 209 | 3 | 3.37 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 1032 | 50 | 3 | 2.91 | ||
| 1950–51 | Victoria Cougars | PCHL | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 1140 | 68 | 0 | 3.58 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Vancouver Canucks | PCHL | 48 | 13 | 21 | 13 | 2860 | 173 | 3 | 3.63 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Portland Eagles | PCHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 3 | 4 | 480 | 20 | 1 | 2.50 | ||
| AHL totals | 233 | 69 | 130 | 34 | 13,980 | 1022 | 0 | 4.39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| NHL totals | 24 | 10 | 14 | 0 | 1440 | 108 | 0 | 4.50 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
- "Hec Highton NHL Player Page". NHL.com. Retrieved April 22, 2023.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1923 births
- 1985 deaths
- Canadian expatriates in the United States
- Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Ice hockey people from Medicine Hat
- Los Angeles Monarchs players
- Portland Eagles players
- Providence Reds players
- St. Louis Flyers players
- Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players
- Victoria Cougars (1949–1961) players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen