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Ed Beers
Edbeers
Position Forward
Height
Weight
6 ft 2 in (1.88 m)
194 lb (88 kg)
Teams Calgary Flames
St. Louis Blues
Born October 17, 1959(1959-10-17),
Merritt, British Columbia
NHL Draft Undrafted
Pro Career 1982 – 1986

Edward Joseph "Eddy" Beers (born October 12, 1959, in Merritt, British Columbia) is a retired professional ice hockey forward who played 250 games in the National Hockey League. He was nearly a point per game player in his time in the NHL, but his NHL career was cut short by injury.

Beers played for the Calgary Flames and St. Louis Blues. He also played for the University of Denver in the NCAA for the years of 1979–1982 and led the NCAA in scoring his senior season.

He was not drafted by any NHL team and was signed as a free agent by the Calgary Flames in 1982 after he was finished with the University of Denver. After aplitting the 1982-83 season between Calgary and the Colorado Flames he broke out with 36 goals for the NHL team in 1983-84. He continued with 28 in 1984-85. Calgary traded him to the St. Louis Blues in the middle of the 1985-86 season and he showed some scoring spark with 7 goals in 24 games with the Blues/

In the pre-season of 1986-87 he suffered a career-ending herniated disk and had to retire.

Career statistics[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1976–77 Merritt Centennials BCJHL 30 12 7 19 138
1977–78 Merritt Centennials BCJHL 63 54 61 115 100
1978–79 Merritt Centennials BCJHL
1978–79 University of Denver NCAA 19 6 7 13 37
1979–80 University of Denver NCAA 36 13 20 33 24
1980–81 University of Denver NCAA 39 24 15 39 63
1981–82 University of Denver NCAA 42 50 34 84 59
1981–82 Calgary Flames NHL 5 1 1 2 21
1982–83 Calgary Flames NHL 41 11 15 26 21 8 1 1 2 27
1982–83 Colorado Flames CHL 29 12 17 29 52
1983–84 Calgary Flames NHL 73 36 39 75 88 11 2 5 7 12
1984–85 Calgary Flames NHL 74 28 40 68 94 3 1 0 1 0
1985–86 Calgary Flames NHL 33 11 10 21 8
1985–86 St. Louis Blues NHL 24 7 11 18 24 19 3 4 7 8
NHL totals 250 94 116 210 256 41 7 10 17 47

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