Ed Johnstone

Edward Lavern "Eddie" Johnstone (born March 2, 1954) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player. He played for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League (NHL).

Playing career
Johnstone played major junior with the Medicine Hat Tigers of the Western Canada Hockey League from 1971 to 1974. After two 100 point seasons in a row with Medicine Hat, Johnstone was drafted 104th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1974 NHL Amateur Draft, and 78th overall by the Michigan Stags in the 1974 WHA Amateur Draft. He played 23 games for the Stags in 1974–75 and played in the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds. Johnstone started his National Hockey League career in 1975–76, scoring 3 points in 10 games. Johnstone played for the Rangers until the end of the 1982–83 season, before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings along with Ron Duguay and Eddie Mio for Mike Blaisdell, Willie Huber, and Mark Osborne. He played for the Red Wings and their AHL minor league affiliate, the Adirondack Red Wings before retiring in 1987.

Awards and achievements
Named to the AHL First All-Star Team in 1977.
Played in NHL All-Star Game (1981)

 Career statistics 
     Regular season   Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1970–71Vernon EssosBCJHL?45499479————— 1971–72Medicine Hat TigersWCHL2714152946————— 1972–73Medicine Hat TigersWCHL68584410270————— 1973–74Medicine Hat TigersWCHL686454118164————— 1974–75Greensboro GeneralsSHL2521254621————— 1974–75Michigan Stags/Baltimore BladesWHA2344843————— 1975–76Providence RedsAHL58233356102300014 1975–76New York RangersNHL102134————— 1976–77New Haven NighthawksAHL804058987963697 1977–78New Haven NighthawksAHL1710122220————— 1977–78New York RangersNHL5313132644————— 1978–79New York RangersNHL30538271750510 1979–80New York RangersNHL7814213560901125 1980–81New York RangersNHL8030386810082244 1981–82New York RangersNHL68302858571026825 1982–83New York RangersNHL5215213627941519 1983–84Detroit Red WingsNHL461211235420000 1984–85Adirondack Red WingsAHL6927285570————— 1985–86Adirondack Red WingsAHL62293160741757124 1985–86Detroit Red WingsNHL31012————— 1986–87Adirondack Red WingsAHL613022528351012 1986–87Detroit Red WingsNHL60000————— NHL totals 426 122 136 258 375 55 13 10 23 83

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