Steve Vickers
Steve Vickers was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on April 21st, 1951 and is the Hockey Player. At the age of 73, Steve Vickers biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
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Stephen James Vickers (born April 21, 1951) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player.
He played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the New York Rangers.
He won the Calder Memorial Trophy in 1973.
Playing career
Steve "The Sarge" Vickers played junior hockey with the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA) and was named a First Team All-Star in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). In the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft, he was drafted 10th overall by the New York Rangers. Before the Rangers called him up in 1972, he spent a season in the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey League.
Lefty Tkaczuk, center Walt Tkaczuk, and winger Bill Fairbairn formed a line that became one of the best two-way forward trios in the 1970s. Vickers scored 30 goals and 23 assists for a total of 53 points and were named the Calder Memorial Trophy as the year's rookie of the year. In each of his four seasons, he spent all of his NHL time with the Rangers, scoring 30 or more goals. Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle joined him in the Rangers' first line later in life. Vickers' best season was 1974-75, when he scored 41 goals and was named to the NHL's Second All-Star team. He played well into his fourth season, but his numbers dropped sharply; he spent the year with the Springfield Indians in the minor leagues, after which he retired.
In 1975 and 1976, Vickers appeared in the NHL All-Star Game. In 1972, he made NHL history by becoming the first rookie and first New York Ranger to score hat tricks in two games (December versus the Los Angeles Kings and November 15 against the Philadelphia Flyers). Vickers set the Rangers team record for most points in a game against the Washington Capitals in February 1976.