Ron Greschner
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Ron Greschner (born 22 December 1954 in Goodsoil, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman who played in the NHL for 16 seasons between 1974 and 1990.
Greschner was selected 32nd overall by the New York Rangers in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft. He played in 982 career NHL games, all with the Rangers, scoring 179 goals and 431 assists for 610 points. He also compiled 1,226 penalty minutes. Greschner's best offensive season was the 1977–78 season when he scored 24 goals and 48 assists for 72 points (all career highs). For much of his career, he was known as an offensive minded type of defenceman in the mold of Bobby Orr and Brad Park. As his offensive skills declined in his later years, he became a comptetent stay-at-home type of defenceman. Carol Alt married Ron Greschner in 1983, They divorced in 1996, and she is currently in a relationship with Russian ice hockey star Alexei Yashin, a player with the New York Islanders and a man thirteen years her junior.
[edit] Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1974–75 | New York Rangers | NHL | 70 | 8 | 37 | 45 | 93 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1975–76 | New York Rangers | NHL | 77 | 6 | 21 | 27 | 93 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1976–77 | New York Rangers | NHL | 80 | 11 | 36 | 47 | 89 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1977–78 | New York Rangers | NHL | 78 | 24 | 48 | 72 | 100 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1978–79 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 | 17 | 36 | 53 | 66 | 18 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 16 | ||
| 1979–80 | New York Rangers | NHL | 76 | 21 | 37 | 58 | 103 | 9 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 10 | ||
| 1980–81 | New York Rangers | NHL | 74 | 27 | 41 | 68 | 112 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 17 | ||
| 1981–82 | New York Rangers | NHL | 29 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 16 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1982–83 | New York Rangers | NHL | 10 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | ||
| 1983–84 | New York Rangers | NHL | 77 | 12 | 44 | 56 | 117 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| 1984–85 | New York Rangers | NHL | 47 | 16 | 29 | 45 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 12 | ||
| 1985–86 | New York Rangers | NHL | 78 | 20 | 28 | 48 | 104 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | ||
| 1986–87 | New York Rangers | NHL | 61 | 6 | 34 | 40 | 62 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1987–88 | New York Rangers | NHL | 51 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 82 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1988–89 | New York Rangers | NHL | 58 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 94 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
| 1989–90 | New York Rangers | NHL | 55 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 53 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | ||
| 16 Seasons | NHL Total | 981 | 179 | 431 | 610 | 1226 | 84 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 106 | |||
| Preceded by Barry Beck |
New York Rangers captains 1986-87 |
Succeeded by Kelly Kisio |
