yave1964 Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 If you are a hard core Hockey fann you may have heard of Chris Terry. Maybe. Terry was drafted by Carolina in the fifth round in 2007, a decent goal scoring winger built like a fire hydrant, nice shot but not a lot of speed, defense is ok but not great enough to play a checking role. He caught his first break in the NHL at 24, scored his first goal the day before his birthday. He spent the next season in the AHL, his sixth straight and then in 2015 and 16 he spent two years on the bottom line with Carolina, averaging 10 goals a year. He left for Montreal as an UFA which turned out to be a mistake, the Habs were a mess and rotated people in and out of the lineup, Terry spent 14 games in Montreal in 2016-17 scoring two goals. They were his last 14 games in the NHL. From there Terry bounced between Grand rapids and Bridgeport, scoring at a point a game pace, at 35 he struggled to find an AHL contract but managed to sign with the Independent Chicago Wolves where he managed to score 21 goals and 50 points in 61 games, proving he can still score. Here is the Crash Davis thing comes from. Crash is a fictional character from the Legendary movie Bull Durham who stuck around in his quest to break an all time home run record, something that nobody seemed to know about as nobody pays much attention to Minor league records. Well.... Terry could score. He can still score. IMHO he could have had a ten year NHL career if the breaks had went right, those days are long gone but he plays for love of the game. This year he entered the season pushing against towards 300 goals, he finally got number 300 against the Griffins and Michael Hutchinson on December 29th. He played hard all year, finishing with 311 goals for his AHL career, good for 16th all time in league history. In the history of the league, only 3 players who appeared in the last quarter of a century have more goals in the league than he does. If he has another year in him that is about what last year was, he will crack the top ten goal scorers in AHL history. I followed him early in the year as he was chasing 300, his teammates in about any article about Terry simply gush on and on about what a fantastic teammate and person he is, just well loved by the league. Just a quick write up about a terrific goal reached by a 35 year old winger who deserves the recognition for an amazing career. Not that anyone noticed. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JR Ewing Posted April 26 Share Posted April 26 It's one of those things that, as Crash said in the movie, is a dubious honour, but I respect it. Fred Glover could play hockey, but he was trapped in the minors because, when he was in his prime, he was buried by the likes of Sid Abel and Alex Delvecchio. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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