Peter John Goegan (March 6, 1934 – October 8, 2008) was a Canadian professional

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defenceman who played 383 games in the

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(NHL) with the

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New York Rangers The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the New York City borough of Manhattan. They compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference. The team plays its home ...

, and

Minnesota North Stars The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League (NHL) for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, Minnesota, and the team's colors for ...

between 1958 and 1968. Goegan recorded 20 goals and 70 assists during his NHL Career.

Playing career

Goegan started playing hockey

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, and then moved for two seasons to the

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before joining professional hockey in 1956. He played for two years in the

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(AHL) with the

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, winning a

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, but in the 1957–58 season he debuted in the NHL with the

. In the following seasons he became a defender for the Red Wings, except for a loan to the

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of the

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(WHL) during the 1959-60 championship. In 1962 he played for a few months in the

organization, winning another Calder Cup with the

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farm team, but in October he returned to the Red Wings. He split five seasons between the Rangers and another AHL affiliate, the

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, with whom he won the third Calder Cup in his career. Goegan was selected in the

1967 NHL Expansion Draft The 1967 NHL Expansion Draft was held on June 6, 1967, in the ballroom of the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec. The draft took place to fill the rosters of the league's six expansion teams for the 1967–68 season: the California Seals ...

by the

, with whom he played 46 games in addition to a WHL loan to the Phoenix Roadrunners. He retired a year later in 1969 after playing with the

Baltimore Clippers The Baltimore Clippers were a minor league professional ice hockey team from in Baltimore, Maryland, playing in the Baltimore Civic Center. The Clippers were members of the American Hockey League from 1962 to 1976, and then played one season in ...

and the

Denver Spurs The Denver Spurs were a professional ice hockey team based in Denver. The Spurs began play in the Western Hockey League in 1968, and played at the Denver Coliseum. The Spurs became the first professional sports team in Colorado to win a championsh ...

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Goegan, Pete 1934 births 2008 deaths Baltimore Clippers players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Denver Spurs (WHL) players Detroit Red Wings players Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players Minnesota North Stars players New York Rangers players Phoenix Roadrunners (WHL) players Pittsburgh Hornets players Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay Springfield Indians players