Gus Kyle

Walter Lawrence "Gus" Kyle (September 11, 1923 – November 17, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 203 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins between 1949 and 1952. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1941 to 1956, was spent in different amateur and minor leagues.

Kyle scored six goals in his NHL career, five of them for the New York Rangers. His other goal was his lone tally for Boston. It occurred on January 13, 1952 in Boston's 5-4 home win over the Chicago Black Hawks.

Following the close of his playing career, Kyle coached in the minor professional Western Hockey League and Central Hockey League between 1957 and 1964. Kyle became the sales director for the expansion St. Louis Blues and spent some two decades on the Blues radio broadcasting team.

Gus is the brother of Bill Kyle. Prior to the NHL, Kyle was a Royal Canadian Mounted Policeman during the years 1942 - 1947, when he purchased his discharge to play professional hockey.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1939–40 Notre Dame Hounds S-SJHL 7 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1940–41 Notre Dame Hounds S-SJHL 17 7 8 15 29 2 0 0 0 2 1941–42 New York Rovers EAHL 57 5 17 22 89 7 1 2 3 18 1942–43 Ottawa Postal Corps OCHL 18 7 18 25 43 4 1 4 5 2 1943–44 Saint John Beavers NBDHL 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 0 2 0 1943–44 Fredericton Army NBDHL 5 8 3 11 — — — — — — 1944–45 Saint John Beavers Al-Cup — — — — — 6 5 0 5 14 1945–46 Saint John Beavers SJCHL 9 4 5 9 16 2 2 1 3 0 1945–46 Saint John Beavers Al-Cup — — — — — 8 4 4 8 32 1946–47 Saint John Beavers MSHL 39 24 41 65 115 6 4 6 10 8 1947–48 Regina Capitals WCSHL 43 15 20 35 76 4 1 0 1 4 1948–49 Regina Capitals WCSHL 40 5 10 15 100 7 0 0 0 8 1948–49 Regina Capitals Al-Cup — — — — — 14 2 6 8 28 1949–50 New York Rangers NHL 70 3 5 8 143 12 1 2 3 30 1950–51 New York Rangers NHL 64 2 3 5 92 — — — — — 1951–52 Boston Bruins NHL 69 1 12 13 127 2 0 0 0 4 1952–53 Calgary Stampeders WHL 70 8 22 30 146 5 0 3 3 18 1953–54 Calgary Stampeders WHL 69 10 17 27 94 12 0 5 5 23 1954–55 Calgary Stampeders WHL 66 5 16 21 88 9 0 3 3 8 1955–56 Calgary Stampeders WHL 7 0 3 3 10 — — — — — WHL totals 212 23 58 81 338 26 0 11 11 49 NHL totals 203 6 20 26 362 14 1 2 3 34