Question: Facts: - played for: detroit red wings buffalo sabres - weight lb: 185 - career end: 1996 - position: right wing - height in: 0 - draft year: 1979 - shoots: right - height ft: 6 - birth date: 29 november 1959 - career start: 1979 - draft: 45th overall - draft team: detroit red wings - birth place: toronto , on , can Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of jody gage .
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joseph william '' jody '' gage -lrb- born november 29 , 1959 in toronto , ontario -rrb- is a former professional ice hockey right winger .he was drafted in the third round , 45th overall , by the detroit red wings in the 1979 nhl entry draft .gage played junior hockey in the ontario hockey association from 1976 -- 79 with the st. catharines fincups , hamilton fincups , and kitchener rangers before turning pro in 1979 -- 80 , splitting time with the kalamazoo wings of the international hockey league and the adirondack red wings of the american hockey league .in his ahl debut on october 11 , 1979 , gage scored four goals in an 8-3 win over the hershey bears .with his help , adirondack would win the calder cup championship in 1981 .prior to the 1985 -- 86 season , gage signed with the buffalo sabres as a free agent and was assigned to the ahl 's rochester americans , where gage would soon become one of the important figures in the history of the franchise .his amerks debut was a mirror image of his ahl debut in 1979 , scoring four goals in a win over hershey .in ten seasons , gage became the amerks ' all-time leader in games played -lrb- 653 -rrb- , points -lrb- 728 -rrb- , goals -lrb- 351 -rrb- , and assists -lrb- 377 -rrb- .gage won the les cunningham award in 1987 -- 88 after a 60-goal season -lrb- second player in league history to accomplish this feat -rrb- .he was the third player in ahl history to score 1000 points , the fifth player to play 1000 ahl games , and the fifth member of the ahl 's 500-goal club .gage led rochester to a calder cup in 1986 -- 87 and back to the calder cup finals in 1989 -- 90 , 1990 -- 91 , and 1992 -- 93 .the man dubbed '' mr. amerk '' retired during the 1995 -- 96 season and finished his ahl career with 504 goals , 1,048 points , seven 40-goal seasons , and 51 playoff goals .in 68 career nhl games with detroit and buffalo , gage totaled 14 goals , 15 assists , and 26 penalty minutes .immediately after his retirement , gage accepted a position as assistant general...