| Gerald Heffernan | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Heffernan, 1947 Montreal Royals | |||
| Born |
July 24, 1916 Montreal, Quebec, Canada | ||
| Died |
January 16, 2007 (aged 90) Moraga, California, United States | ||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (175 cm) | ||
| Weight | 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb) | ||
| Position | Right Wing | ||
| Shot | Right | ||
| Played for | Montreal Canadiens | ||
| Playing career | 1936–1946 | ||
Gerald Joseph Heffernan (July 24, 1916 – January 16, 2007) was a Canadian ice hockey player. He played 85 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens from 1941 to 1944. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1946, was spent in the minor leagues. With Montreal he won the Stanley Cup in 1944. After retiring from hockey Gerald Heffernan became an insurance salesman and lived the rest of his years in Moraga, California.
His son, Terence Heffernan, was a Canadian screenwriter.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1934–35 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 10 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1935–36 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 9 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1934–36 | Montreal Royals | MTL Sr | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1936–37 | Montreal Royals | MTL Sr | 21 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1937–38 | Harringay Greyhounds | ENL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1938–39 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 21 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 35 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1938–39 | Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 9 | 13 | 22 | 14 | ||
| 1939–40 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 29 | 11 | 19 | 30 | 38 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | ||
| 1939–40 | Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | ||
| 1940–41 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 33 | 15 | 18 | 33 | 24 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1940–41 | Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1941–42 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 41 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | ||
| 1941–42 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 9 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1942–43 | Montreal Shamrocks | QSHL | 22 | 19 | 15 | 34 | 28 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1943–44 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 43 | 28 | 20 | 48 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
| 1944–45 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 23 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 38 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 41 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 4 | ||
| QSHL totals | 175 | 102 | 118 | 220 | 186 | 43 | 21 | 28 | 49 | 20 | ||||
| NHL totals | 85 | 33 | 35 | 68 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | ||||
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Gerald Heffernan's Obituary
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