Terrance Michael Caffery (April 1, 1949 – August 3, 2022) was a Canadian professional

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player. He played for the

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and the

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of the

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, as well as for the

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and the

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of the

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between 1969 and 1976.

Playing career

After an impressive junior career with the

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of the Ontario Hockey Association, during which Caffery was drafted third overall by the Black Hawks in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft behind

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and

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, he played a season for the Canadian National team. He made his NHL debut with the Black Hawks in

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, but spent most of the next three seasons in the minor leagues with the Dallas Black Hawks of the

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and the Cleveland Barons of the

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, averaging over a point a game and winning the AHL's Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in 1972. The following season Caffery signed with the Whalers and met with his greatest success as a pro, scoring 100 points to finish in the WHA's top ten in the loop's inaugural season and proving a key component in the Whalers' league championship that year. He was awarded the

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as the league's rookie of the year. However, he suffered a knee injury late that year that, despite him starring in the playoffs, forced him to miss the entire 1974 season. He returned to play for the Whalers the year after that, but remained seriously impaired, and retired during the 1976 season. His brother was Jack Caffery, a two-sport player who also played minor league baseball in the Milwaukee Braves organization and was credited with inventing the backward grip for faceoffs. Caffery died on August 3, 2022, in his home at

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

Awards

1972: Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Caffery, Terry 1949 births 2022 deaths Calgary Cowboys players Canadian ice hockey centres Chicago Blackhawks draft picks Chicago Blackhawks players Cleveland Barons (1937–1973) players Dallas Black Hawks players Minnesota North Stars players National Hockey League first-round draft picks New England Whalers players Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players Ice hockey people from Toronto Toronto Marlboros players