Art Stratton

Arthur Stratton (born October 8, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.

Career He played 95 games in the National Hockey League for 5 separate teams. These included the New York Rangers (18 games), Detroit Red Wings (5 games), Chicago Black Hawks (2 games), Pittsburgh Penguins (58 games), and Philadelphia Flyers (12 games). Stratton's NHL career was scattered across 4 playing seasons between 1959 and 1968, where he scored 18 goals and 33 assists.

Stratton's professional hockey career was more illustrious than his NHL statistics demonstrate. Starting in 1955 and playing straight until 1976, he was only in the NHL for 4 seasons and with 5 different teams. Stratton contributed to the following professional hockey teams during his lengthy and productive career: St. Catharines Teepees, Cleveland Barons, North Bay Trappers, Winnipeg Warriors, Springfield Indians, Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers, Buffalo Bisons, Pittsburgh Hornets, St. Louis Braves, Seattle Totems, Tidewater Wings, Virginia Red Wings, Rochester Americans, Richmond Robins and Hampton Gulls. He holds the American Hockey League record for points in a game with 9 (all assists) while playing with the Buffalo Bisons against Pittsburgh on March 17, 1963.

Stratton also coached the Syracuse Eagles for part of the 1974/1975 American Hockey League Season. That year, the Eagles were last in the league standings, with a record of 21 games under .500.

Awards and achievements MJHL Co-Scoring Champion (1955) MJHL Goal Scoring Leader (1955) MJHL First Team Allstar (1955) Northern Ontario Hockey Association Rookie of the Year (1957) WHL Rookie of the Year Prairie Division (1958) AHL First All-Star Team (1963, 1964, & 1965) Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1963) AHL Most Valuable Player (1965 & 1974) AHL Scoring Champion (1965) CPHL First All-Star Team (1966 & 1967) CPHL Scoring Champion (1966 & 1967) CPHL Most Valuable Player (1966 & 1967) AHL Second All-Star Team (1974) SHL Second All-Star Team (1976) SHL Most Valuable Player (1976) Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1953–54 Winnipeg Barons MJHL 36 17 28 45 39 6 0 5 5 0 1954–55 Winnipeg Barons MJHL 32 50 26 76 39 5 3 3 6 0 1955–56 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 48 37 42 79 49 6 1 3 4 17 1955–56 Cleveland Barons AHL 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 2 1956–57 North Bay Trappers NOHA 60 29 34 63 23 13 5 8 13 12 1957–58 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 70 23 53 76 12 7 4 1 5 4 1958–59 Cleveland Barons AHL 62 29 47 76 40 7 1 3 4 2 1959–60 New York Rangers NHL 18 2 5 7 2 — — — — — 1959–60 Springfield Indians AHL 46 12 44 56 29 — — — — — 1960–61 Springfield Indians AHL 48 16 41 57 16 — — — — — 1960–61 Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers EPHL 16 7 5 12 4 7 0 2 2 0 1961–62 Buffalo Bisons AHL 63 15 24 39 52 6 1 3 4 2 1962–63 Buffalo Bisons AHL 70 20 70 90 18 13 4 15 19 2 1963–64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 5 0 3 3 2 — — — — — 1963–64 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 66 17 65 82 29 5 0 2 2 4 1964–65 Buffalo Bisons AHL 71 25 84 109 32 9 1 5 6 4 1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1965–66 St. Louis Braves CPHL 66 28 66 94 14 5 0 1 1 2 1966–67 St. Louis Braves CPHL 67 34 56 90 46 — — — — — 1967–68 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 58 16 21 37 16 — — — — — 1967–68 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 12 0 4 4 4 5 0 0 0 0 1968–69 Seattle Totems WHL 66 15 44 59 58 4 0 0 0 4 1969–70 Seattle Totems WHL 59 24 55 79 22 — — — — — 1970–71 Seattle Totems WHL 71 17 31 48 40 — — — — — 1971–72 Seattle Totems WHL 11 1 6 7 6 — — — — — 1971–72 Tidewater Wings AHL 61 15 41 56 54 — — — — — 1972–73 Virginia Wings AHL 76 30 50 80 32 12 4 4 8 0 1973–74 Rochester Americans AHL 76 24 71 95 118 6 2 6 8 4 1974–75 Richmond Robins AHL 29 8 18 26 10 7 1 2 3 10 1975–76 Hampton Gulls SHL 70 14 64 78 112 9 2 3 5 2 AHL totals 669 211 555 766 430 66 14 41 55 30 WHL totals 277 80 189 269 138 11 4 1 5 8 NHL totals 95 18 33 51 24 5 0 0 0 0