Floyd Thomson

Floyd Thomson
Born (1949-06-14) June 14, 1949 (age 75)
Capreol, Ontario, Canada
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for St. Louis Blues
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1969–1982

Floyd Harvey Thomson (born June 14, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1980. An undrafted player, Thomson began his professional career in 1969 in the International Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets before signing with the Blues as a free agent in 1970. He played 411 NHL games, all with St. Louis, scoring 56 goals and 97 assists. He spent the majority of his last five seasons in the Central Hockey League with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles where he was a Second and First Team All-Star in 1978 and 1979, respectively. Thomson retired in 1982.[1]

Early life

Thomson, who later earned the nickname White-Pine, was taught how to skate as a toddler by his mother and played his amateur hockey in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association with the Falonbridge-Garson organization. After spending the 1969–70 season with the IHL's Fort Wayne Komets, Thomson was invited to play summer hockey in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pre-NHL

Thomson spent the 1971–72 season in the Western Hockey League with the Denver Spurs, a team he captained to a championship, the first of three rings he'd win during his minor-pro career.

National Hockey League

Was taken under the wing of veterans Gary Sabourin, Red Berenson and Garry Unger early in his career with the Blues and is described as a player to took pride at both ends of the ice.

He arrived in St. Louis in 1971–72, scoring four goals and 10 points in 49 games. Thomson spent the next five seasons with the Blues scoring a career-high 14 goals in 1972-73.

The Blues made the NHL playoffs in three of his six full seasons with the team and he played in 10 playoff games, collecting two assists.

Post National Hockey League

In 1977–78 Thomson was sent down to the CHL's Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, where he was named a second-team all star. The following season he scored 41 goals and 81 points.

Thomson spent most of the 1979–80 season with the Golden Eagles, returning to the Blues for the final 11 games of his NHL career. His Salt Lake City team won the Adams Cup that season and captured a second straight title in 1980–81, Thomson's last season in professional hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1965–66 Garson-Falconbridge Native Sons NOJHL 1 1 0 1 0 — — — — —
1966–67 Garson-Falconbridge Native Sons NOJHL 40 20 19 39 10 7 2 3 5 6
1967–68 Garson-Falconbridge Combines NOJHL 29 5 12 17 56 7 3 4 7 21
1968–69 Garson-Falconbridge Combines NOJHL 42 16 12 28 74 6 6 5 11 12
1969–70 Fort Wayne Komets IHL 69 10 19 29 81 3 0 1 1 0
1970–71 Kansas City Blues CHL 72 15 18 33 73 — — — — —
1971–72 Kansas City Blues CHL 6 1 5 6 0 — — — — —
1971–72 St. Louis Blues NHL 49 4 6 10 48 — — — — —
1971–72 Denver Spurs WHL 17 6 6 12 8 9 2 2 4 14
1972–73 St. Louis Blues NHL 75 14 20 34 71 5 0 1 1 2
1973–74 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 11 22 33 58 — — — — —
1974–75 St. Louis Blues NHL 77 9 27 36 106 2 0 1 1 0
1975–76 St. Louis Blues NHL 58 8 10 18 25 — — — — —
1976–77 St. Louis Blues NHL 58 7 8 15 11 3 0 0 0 4
1976–77 Kansas City Blues CHL 13 3 11 14 16 — — — — —
1977–78 St. Louis Blues NHL 6 1 1 2 4 — — — — —
1977–78 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles CHL 69 26 26 52 45 6 2 1 3 2
1978–79 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles CHL 76 41 40 81 96 10 5 4 9 11
1979–80 St. Louis Blues NHL 11 2 3 5 18 — — — — —
1979–80 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles CHL 73 23 41 64 49 13 6 8 14 11
1980–81 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles CHL 76 24 33 57 104 17 3 4 7 0
1981–82 Salt Lake City Golden Eagles CHL 74 17 28 45 83 9 1 0 1 4
NHL totals 411 56 97 153 341 10 0 2 2 6

References

  1. ^ "Floyd Thomson player profile". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved 2010-01-25.