Gerry Brisson

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Position	Right Wing
Shoots	Left
Height Weight	5 ft 8 in (1.73 m) 160 lb (73 kg/11 st 6 lb)
Pro clubs	AHL  Quebec Aces NHL  Montreal Canadiens
Nationality	Canada
Born	September 3, 1937, St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada
Pro career	1962 – 1964

Gerry Brisson (born September 3, 1937 in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Canada) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey right winger.

Contents 1 Playing career 2 Coaching career 3 Awards & Achievements 4 Career statistics 4.1 Player 4.2 Coach 5 External links

[edit] Playing career

Brisson began his hockey career with the Peterborough TPT's playing one season then moving on to play briefly for the QHL Montreal Royals and then played for four seasons in the Western Hockey League for the Winnipeg Warriors. He played next for the WHL Spokane Comets for two seasons before going on to the NHL Montreal Canadiens where he played for only four games earning two assists and four penalty minutes. That would be his only time in the NHL as he went on to play in the WHL for the San Francisco Seals, the Seattle Totems and again with the San Francisco Seals with stops in the AHL with the Quebec Aces and the MSHL St. Boniface Mohawks for which he was a player-coach.

[edit] Coaching career

After taking on double-duty as a player-coach, Brisson left to coach the Manitoba Junior Hockey League West Kildonan North Stars for one season then left there to coach the Western Canada Hockey League Winnipeg Monarchs for one season and losing in the second round of the playoffs. He left there to coach the Calgary Wranglers for one season but did not qualify his team for the playoffs finishing last in their division.

[edit] Awards & Achievements

• WHL Prairie Division First All-Star Team (1959)

[edit] Career statistics

[edit] Player

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1957–58	Peterborough TPT's	WHL		52	28	23	51	0
1957–58	Montreal Royals	QHL		2	0	0	0	0
1957–58	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		1	1	0	1	0		-	-	-	-	-
1958–59	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		62	38	45	83	20		7	5	0	5	2
1959–60	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		66	24	32	56	20		-	-	-	-	-
1960–61	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		70	29	26	55	35		-	-	-	-	-
1961–62	Spokane Comets	WHL		70	44	39	83	60		16	7	9	16	16
1962–63	Spokane Comets	WHL		66	26	21	47	44		-	-	-	-	-
1962–63	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		4	0	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-
1963–64	San Francisco Seals	WHL		50	18	25	43	15		11	6	2	8	4
1963–64	Quebec Aces	AHL		12	0	1	6	-		-	-	-	-	-
1964–65	Seattle Totems	WHL		63	19	19	38	35		7	0	1	1	2
1965–66	San Francisco Seals	WHL		65	22	15	37	23		3	0	0	0	0
1966–67	San Francisco Seals	WHL		7	1	1	2	2		-	-	-	-	-
1968–69	St. Boniface Mowhawks	MSHL
NHL totals				4	0	2	2	4		-	-	-	-	-

[edit] Coach

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	W	L	T	OTL		Result
1968–69	St. Boniface Mowhawks	MSHL		24	11	10	3	0
1969–70	West Kildonan North Stars	MJHL		34	12	18	4	0
1976–77	Winnipeg Monarchs	WCHL		72	31	34	7	0		Lost Round 2
1977–78	Calgary Wranglers	WCHL		72	18	40	4	0		Did Not Qualify

[edit] External links

• Gerry Brisson's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Gerry Brisson's biography at Legends of Hockey