George Grigor
Introduction '''George Edward Grigor''' (September 3, 1916 — October 7, 1979) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played 2 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1943–44 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1948, was mainly spent in senior leagues.
Biography Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, but grew up in Toronto, Ontario and played junior with the local Young Rangers. In his final year of junior, 1935–36, he also played in the Toronto Mercantile Hockey League with the Toronto Dominions. He spent the next three years with a variety of commercial and OHA Senior A clubs before joining the Baltimore Orioles of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League in 1939.He recorded consecutive 20-goal seasons with Baltimore before returning to Toronto. Between 1941 and 1950, he continued to play for teams in the Mercantile league, the Toronto Hockey League's commercial division, and the OHA Senior A league.On January 6, 1944, while a member of Stafford Industries of the Toronto Mercantile Hockey League, he made his NHL debut with the Chicago Black Hawks, scoring their only goal in a 6–1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Maple Leaf Gardens. His only other NHL appearance was a few weeks later, on January 28, when the Black Hawks again visited Toronto. The Globe and Mail reported that the Black Hawks would have liked to sign Grigor, but his job in a war plant kept him in Toronto.He died at Toronto in 1979.
Career statistics ===Regular season and playoffs===Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP  G  A  Pts  PIM GP  G  A  Pts  PIM 1934–35 Toronto Young Rangers OHA 9  3  2  5  11 2  1  0  1  0 1935–36 Toronto Young Rangers OHA 11  8  6  14  25 2  0  0  0  0 1935–36 Toronto Dominion TIHL 16  3  4  7  16 —  —  —  —  — 1936–37 Toronto Dominion TIHL 9  1  3  4  12 3  0  1  1  4 1938–39 Niagara Falls Brights OHA Sr 20  4  11  15  48 —  —  —  —  — 1938–39 Niagara Falls Brights Al-Cup 7  6  5  11  28 —  —  —  —  — 1939–40 Baltimore Orioles EAHL 59  21  23  44  58 9  2  7  9  9 1940–41 Baltimore Orioles EAHL 59  22  32  54  95 —  —  —  —  — 1941–42 Toronto Marlies OHA Sr 25  9  12  21  71 6  0  3  3  10 1941–42 Toronto Kodaks TMHL 11  8  13  21  4 7  1  4  5  8 1942–43 Toronto Research Colonels OHA Sr 10  6  15  21  6 —  —  —  —  — 1942–43 Toronto Staffords TIHL 18  11  17  28  42 6  2  5  7  6 1943–44 Toronto Staffords TIHL 26  14  36  50  20 7  3  4  7  34 1943–44 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 2  1  0  1  0 1  0  0  0  0 1944–45 Toronto Staffords OHA Sr 8  1  4  5  8 —  —  —  —  — 1944–45 Toronto People's Credit TIHL 29  18  26  44  20 6  5  10  15  4 1945–46 Toronto People's Credit TIHL 29  13  20  33  23 5  1  4  5  14 1946–47 Toronto People's Credit TIHL 27  12  27  39  51 3  0  0  0  10 1947–48 Toronto People's Credit TIHL 26  7  25  32  22 5  0  2  2  12 EAHL totals 118  43  55  98  153 9  2  7  9  9 NHL totals 2  1  0  1  0 —  —  —  —  —
See also *List of National Hockey League players from the United Kingdom
References
External links ** Article referring to the "late George Grigor"