Syl Apps, Jr.
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Sylvanus Marshall Apps, Jr. (Born - August 1, 1947, in Toronto, Ontario, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers, Los Angeles Kings and Pittsburgh Penguins.
[edit] Playing Career
He was originally drafted by the New York Rangers in 1964 but did not play his first big league season until 1970. That season, he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins, the team with which he made his mark, becoming one of the franchise's first stars. Between 1973 and 1976, Apps centered the so-called Century Line with left wing Lowell MacDonald and right wing Jean Pronovost. He led the team in scoring three times and was named to play in the 1975 All-Star Game. Apps' best season was 1976, when he scored 32 goals and 67 assists for 99 points, setting what was at the time the Penguins' single-season scoring mark.
Apps's numbers declining, he was traded to the Los Angeles Kings in the 1977-78 season and retired two years later, finishing his career as the Penguins' career assist leader and second in goals and points. He played 727 career NHL games, scoring 183 goals and 423 assists for 606 points. He is the son of Hockey Hall of Famer Syl Apps.
Syl Apps, Jr.'s son, also named Syl Apps, was a hockey player in his own right, starring at Princeton University before spending four years in the minor leagues, retiring in 2003. His daughter, Gillian Apps, is a psychology major at Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire. She is a member of the school's ice hockey team and was a member of the gold medal-winning Canadian national team at the 2006 Winter Olympics.
