Gerry O'Flaherty

Gerard Joseph O'Flaherty (born August 31, 1950) is a Canadian-American retired professional ice hockey player. During a playing career that lasted from 1971 to 1979 he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Vancouver Canucks, and Atlanta Flames of the National Hockey League, as well as time with the Tulsa Oilers of the minor Central Hockey League. Internationally O'Flaherty played for the United States at the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup.

Playing career Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where his father, John "Peanuts" O'Flaherty, played for the Pittsburgh Hornets, O'Flaherty later moved to Toronto, Ontario where he played in the MTHL with the North York Rangers. He was selected by the Toronto Maple Leafs in the 1970 NHL Amateur Draft and played a single year there before being claimed by the Vancouver Canucks during the 1972 NHL Intra-League Draft. While serving the Canucks O'Flaherty registered three consecutive 20-goal seasons and appeared in a total of 438 regular season games in 1971–1979. When he scored 25 goals in 1974–75, it was the most in a season by an American-born player, breaking the previous mark of 23, set by Tom Williams, in 1962–63. O'Flaherty's record was broken in 1978-79 when Tom Rowe scored 31 goals for the Washington Capitals.

International play O'Flaherty played for the United States at the inaugural 1976 Canada Cup. He had one assist in four games.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1967–68 North York Rangers MetJHL 36 19 24 43 13 — — — — — 1968–69 Kitchener Rangers OHA 22 4 3 7 4 — — — — — 1969–70 Kitchener Rangers OHA 54 40 38 78 30 6 6 6 12 8 1970–71 Tulsa Oilers CHL 70 23 29 52 33 — — — — — 1971–72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 2 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1971–72 Tulsa Oilers CHL 57 22 30 52 48 13 6 9 15 28 1972–73 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 13 17 30 29 — — — — — 1973–74 Vancouver Canucks NHL 78 22 20 42 18 — — — — — 1974–75 Vancouver Canucks NHL 80 25 17 42 37 5 2 2 4 6 1975–76 Vancouver Canucks NHL 68 20 18 38 47 2 0 0 0 0 1976–77 Vancouver Canucks NHL 72 12 12 24 20 — — — — — 1976–77 Tulsa Oilers CHL 5 2 3 5 2 — — — — — 1977–78 Vancouver Canucks NHL 59 6 11 17 15 — — — — — 1977–78 Tulsa Oilers CHL 10 9 7 16 0 — — — — — 1978–79 Atlanta Flames NHL 1 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1978–79 Tulsa Oilers CHL 38 18 24 42 18 — — — — — 1978–79 Nova Scotia Voyageurs AHL 35 8 14 22 18 10 2 1 3 6NHL totals 438 99 95 194 168 7 2 2 4 6

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1976 United States CC 4 0 1 1 0Senior totals 4 0 1 1 0