Ron Anderson

Ronald Chester "Goings" Anderson (born July 29, 1945) is a Canadian former ice hockey right winger.

Career Anderson played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings, St. Louis Blues, and Buffalo Sabres between 1967 and 1972. He also played in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Alberta/Edmonton Oilers between 1972 and 1974. On October 11, 1972, in the first WHA regular season game (versus the Ottawa Nationals), he scored the first goal in WHA history.

In his NHL career, Anderson played in 251 games, scoring 28 goals and adding 30 assists. He played in 92 WHA games, scoring 19 goals and adding 17 assists.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1962–63 Edmonton Oil Kings CAHL — — — — — — — — — — 1962–63 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 20 1 3 4 8 1963–64 Edmonton Oil Kings CAHL 14 6 5 11 4 3 0 0 0 2 1963–64 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 17 8 5 13 17 1964–65 Edmonton Oil Kings ASHL — — — — — 5 5 2 7 6 1964–65 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 19 11 17 28 42 1965–66 Edmonton Oil Kings ASHL 30 15 19 34 51 11 7 3 10 31 1965–66 Hamilton Red Wings OHA 6 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1965–66 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup — — — — — 17 11 10 21 21 1965–66 Memphis Wings CPHL 3 1 3 4 4 — — — — — 1966–67 Memphis Wings CPHL 39 12 22 34 51 7 2 2 4 2 1967–68 Fort Worth Wings CPHL 39 21 19 40 46 — — — — — 1967–68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 18 2 0 2 13 — — — — — 1968–69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 7 0 0 0 8 — — — — — 1968–69 Los Angeles Kings NHL 56 3 5 8 36 — — — — — 1969–70 Buffalo Bisons AHL 9 8 3 11 16 — — — — — 1969–70 St. Louis Blues NHL 59 9 9 18 36 — — — — — 1970–71 Buffalo Sabres NHL 74 14 12 26 44 — — — — — 1971–72 Buffalo Sabres NHL 37 0 4 4 19 — — — — — 1971–72 Salt Lake Golden Eagles WHL 26 7 10 17 8 — — — — — 1972–73 Alberta Oilers WHA 77 32 48 80 24 1 0 0 0 0 1973–74 Edmonton Oilers WHA 19 5 2 7 6 1 0 0 0 0 1974–75 Mohawk Valley Comets NAHL 64 18 34 52 21 4 3 3 6 2 WHA totals 92 19 17 36 49 2 0 0 0 0 NHL totals 251 28 30 58 146 5 0 0 0 2