Floyd Thomson

Floyd Thomson
Born	(1949-06-14) June 14, 1949 Capreol, Ontario, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	St. Louis Blues
NHL draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1969–1982

Floyd Harvey Thomson (born June 14, 1949) is a Canadian former ice hockey player. He played with the St. Louis Blues of the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1971 to 1980. An undrafted player, Thomson began his professional career in 1969 in the International Hockey League with the Fort Wayne Komets before signing with the Blues as a free agent in 1970. He played 411 NHL games, all with St. Louis, scoring 56 goals and 97 assists. He spent the majority of his last five seasons in the Central Hockey League with the Salt Lake Golden Eagles where he was a Second and First Team All-Star in 1978 and 1979, respectively. Thomson retired in 1982.

Early life

Thomson, who later earned the nickname White-Pine, was taught how to skate as a toddler by his mother and played his amateur hockey in the Northern Ontario Hockey Association with the Falonbridge-Garson organization. After spending the 1969–70 season with the IHL's Fort Wayne Komets, Thomson was invited to play summer hockey in Johannesburg, South Africa.

Pre-NHL

Thomson spent the 1971–72 season in the Western Hockey League with the Denver Spurs, a team he captained to a championship, the first of three rings he'd win during his minor-pro career.

National Hockey League

Was taken under the wing of veterans Gary Sabourin, Red Berenson and Garry Unger early in his career with the Blues and is described as a player to took pride at both ends of the ice.

He arrived in St. Louis in 1971–72, scoring four goals and 10 points in 49 games. Thomson spent the next five seasons with the Blues scoring a career-high 14 goals in 1972-73.

The Blues made the NHL playoffs in three of his six full seasons with the team and he played in 10 playoff games, collecting two assists.

Post National Hockey League

In 1977–78 Thomson was sent down to the CHL's Salt Lake City Golden Eagles, where he was named a second-team all star. The following season he scored 41 goals and 81 points.

Thomson spent most of the 1979–80 season with the Golden Eagles, returning to the Blues for the final 11 games of his NHL career. His Salt Lake City team won the Adams Cup that season and captured a second straight title in 1980–81, Thomson's last season in professional hockey.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1965–66	Garson-Falconbridge Native Sons	NOJHL		1	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Garson-Falconbridge Native Sons	NOJHL		40	20	19	39	10		7	2	3	5	6
1967–68	Garson-Falconbridge Combines	NOJHL		29	5	12	17	56		7	3	4	7	21
1968–69	Garson-Falconbridge Combines	NOJHL		42	16	12	28	74		6	6	5	11	12
1969–70	Fort Wayne Komets	IHL		69	10	19	29	81		3	0	1	1	0
1970–71	Kansas City Blues	CHL		72	15	18	33	73		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Kansas City Blues	CHL		6	1	5	6	0		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	St. Louis Blues	NHL		49	4	6	10	48		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	Denver Spurs	WHL		17	6	6	12	8		9	2	2	4	14
1972–73	St. Louis Blues	NHL		75	14	20	34	71		5	0	1	1	2
1973–74	St. Louis Blues	NHL		77	11	22	33	58		—	—	—	—	—
1974–75	St. Louis Blues	NHL		77	9	27	36	106		2	0	1	1	0
1975–76	St. Louis Blues	NHL		58	8	10	18	25		—	—	—	—	—
1976–77	St. Louis Blues	NHL		58	7	8	15	11		3	0	0	0	4
1976–77	Kansas City Blues	CHL		13	3	11	14	16		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	St. Louis Blues	NHL		6	1	1	2	4		—	—	—	—	—
1977–78	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles	CHL		69	26	26	52	45		6	2	1	3	2
1978–79	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles	CHL		76	41	40	81	96		10	5	4	9	11
1979–80	St. Louis Blues	NHL		11	2	3	5	18		—	—	—	—	—
1979–80	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles	CHL		73	23	41	64	49		13	6	8	14	11
1980–81	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles	CHL		76	24	33	57	104		17	3	4	7	0
1981–82	Salt Lake City Golden Eagles	CHL		74	17	28	45	83		9	1	0	1	4
NHL totals				411	56	97	153	341		10	0	2	2	6

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database