| Neil Strain | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
(1926-02-24)February 24, 1926 Kenora, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died | June 6, 1989(1989-06-06) (aged 63) | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for | New York Rangers | ||
| Playing career | 1946–1954 | ||
Neil Gilbert Strain (February 24, 1926 in Kenora, Ontario – June 6, 1989) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 52 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1952–53 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1946 to 1954, was spent in the minor leagues.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1945–46 | Portage Terriers | MJHL | 10 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Valleyfield Braves | QSHL | 38 | 13 | 21 | 34 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | San Francisco Shamrocks | PCHL | 66 | 21 | 22 | 43 | 36 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 6 | ||
| 1948–49 | San Francisco Shamrocks | PCHL | 67 | 29 | 24 | 53 | 42 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 4 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1949–50 | Minneapolis Millers | USHL | 37 | 12 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
| 1950–51 | Denver Falcons | USHL | 39 | 10 | 21 | 31 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1951–52 | Saskatoon Quakers | PCHL | 69 | 33 | 40 | 73 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1952–53 | New York Rangers | NHL | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | Saskatoon Quakers | WHL | 19 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1953–54 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| PCHL totals | 202 | 83 | 86 | 169 | 104 | 17 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 6 | ||||
| NHL totals | 52 | 11 | 13 | 24 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
External links
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- 1927 births
- 1989 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players
- Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players
- Denver Falcons players
- Minneapolis Millers (AHA) players
- New York Rangers players
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
- Portage Terriers players
- San Francisco Shamrocks (PCHL) players
- Saskatoon Quakers players
- Ice hockey people from Kenora
- Valleyfield Braves players
- 20th-century Canadian sportsmen
- Canadian ice hockey winger, 1920s births stubs