Frank Beaton

Frank Beaton
Born (1953-04-28) April 28, 1953 (age 71)
Antigonish, Nova Scotia, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Cincinnati Stingers
Edmonton Oilers
Birmingham Bulls
New York Rangers
NHL draft Undrafted
WHA draft Undrafted
Playing career 1973–1983

Alexander Francis "Seldom" Beaton (born April 28, 1953) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 153 games in the World Hockey Association with the Cincinnati Stingers, Edmonton Oilers, and Birmingham Bulls from 1975 to 1978 and 25 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers from 1979 to 1980.

Notoriously, Beaton was traded in 1982 by the New York Islanders to the Minnesota North Stars, in exchange for a steak dinner.[1][2]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1969–70 Dartmouth Lakers MJrHL — — — — — 4 1 0 1 2
1970–71 Dartmouth Lakers MJrHL — — — — — — — — — —
1970–71 Cape Breton Metros MJrHL 1 0 1 1 0 — — — — —
1970–71 Antigonish Bulldogs MJrHL — — — — — 7 4 5 9 22
1971–72 Sarnia Bees SOJHL 49 5 10 15 226 — — — — —
1972–73 Windsor Spitfires SOJHL 16 3 10 13 91 — — — — —
1973–74 Flint Generals IHL 66 9 14 23 190 7 2 2 4 18
1974–75 Flint Generals IHL 65 4 17 21 175 5 0 0 0 13
1975–76 Cincinnati Stingers WHA 29 2 3 5 61 — — — — —
1975–76 Hampton Gulls SHL 45 17 14 31 276 — — — — —
1976–77 Edmonton Oilers WHA 68 4 9 13 274 5 0 2 2 21
1976–77 Hampton Gulls SHL 7 2 3 5 14 — — — — —
1977–78 Birmingham Bulls WHA 56 6 9 15 279 5 2 0 2 10
1977–78 Hampton Gulls AHL 6 0 2 2 33 — — — — —
1978–79 New York Rangers NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1978–79 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 74 6 23 29 319 10 2 0 2 40
1979–80 New York Rangers NHL 23 1 1 2 43 — — — — —
1979–80 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 40 10 14 24 106 10 1 4 5 52
1980–81 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 15 1 1 2 20 — — — — —
1980–81 Birmingham Bulls CHL 41 8 5 13 143 — — — — —
1981–82 Indianapolis Checkers CHL 77 13 28 41 270 13 3 6 9 36
1982–83 Birmingham South Stars CHL 69 15 19 34 188 10 4 2 6 18
WHA totals 153 12 21 33 614 — — — — —
NHL totals 25 1 1 2 43 — — — — —

References

  1. ^ Fischler, Stan (December 23, 2022). "Bluelines: Who's Better, Sidney Crosby or Alex Ovechkin?". thehockeynews.com. The Hockey News. I kid you not – when Bill Torrey was constructing the Islanders' dynasty of the 1980s, he traded minor leaguer Frank Beaton – ostensibly as a favor to his North Stars GM buddy Lou Nanne – in exchange for dinner at the posh Manhattan steakhouse, Palm ... Bow Tie Bill revealed that the dinner bill totalled $380, which was big bucks in those days.
  2. ^ "Frank Beaton: Transactions". www.hockey-reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. December 23, 2022.


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