Perry Ganchar

Perry Ganchar
Born (1963-10-28) October 28, 1963
Saskatoon, SK, CAN
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for NHL
Pittsburgh Penguins
Montreal Canadiens
St. Louis Blues
NHL Draft 113th overall, 1982
St. Louis Blues
Playing career 1979–1996

Perry Kenneth Ganchar (born October 28, 1963) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey forward who played 42 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, St. Louis Blues, and Pittsburgh Penguins.

Playing career

Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Perry graduated from Mount Royal Collegiate Saskatoon in 1981. Perry's best year in junior hockey Saskatoon Blades of the Western Hockey League was the 1982-83 season where he scored 68 goals and assisted on 48 for 116 points in 68 games, a team which included future NHL players Brian Skrudland, Lane Lambert, Joey Kocur, Dale Henry and Trent Yawney. Perry retired from professional hockey during the 1995-96 season with the International Hockey League Cleveland Lumberjacks and became an assistant coach and the head coach during 1997-98 season.

Career statistics

    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1979–80 Saskatoon Blades WHL 27 9 14 23 60 — — — — —
1980–81 Saskatoon Blades WHL 62 26 53 79 117 — — — — —
1981–82 Saskatoon Blades WHL 53 38 52 90 82 5 3 3 6 17
1982–83 Saskatoon Blades WHL 68 68 48 116 105 6 1 4 5 24
1982–83 Salt Lake Golden Eagles CHL — — — — — 1 0 1 1 0
1983–84 St. Louis Blues NHL 1 0 0 0 0 7 3 1 4 0
1983–84 Montana Magic CHL 59 23 22 45 77 — — — — —
1984–85 St. Louis Blues NHL 7 0 2 2 0 — — — — —
1984–85 Peoria Rivermen IHL 63 41 29 70 114 20 4 11 15 49
1985–86 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 75 25 29 54 42 — — — — —
1986–87 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 68 22 29 51 64 17 9 8 17 37
1987–88 Sherbrooke Canadiens AHL 28 12 18 30 61 — — — — —
1987–88 Montreal Canadiens NHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1987–88 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 30 2 5 7 36 — — — — —
1988–89 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1988–89 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 70 39 34 73 114 14 7 8 15 6
1989–90 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 79 40 45 85 111 14 3 5 8 27
1990–91 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 80 37 38 75 87 5 2 1 3 0
1991–92 Muskegon Lumberjacks IHL 65 29 20 49 65 14 9 9 18 18
1992–93 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 79 37 37 74 156 3 0 0 0 4
1993–94 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 63 14 17 31 48 — — — — —
1994–95 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 60 11 17 28 56 — — — — —
1995–96 Cleveland Lumberjacks IHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
NHL Totals 42 3 7 10 36 7 3 1 4 0


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