Garry Unger

Unger was born on December 7, 1947, Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to parents Olive and Jack. His younger sister, Carol Ann, contracted polio as a baby and became permanently disabled. ==Playing career==

Unger set an NHL record by playing 914 consecutive games in the regular season between February 24, 1968, and December 21, 1979, doing so with four teams: the Toronto Maple Leafs, Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and Atlanta Flames. Unger passed Andy Hebenton, who had the record of 630 consecutive games played that had stood since the 1963-64 NHL season. Unger's streak came to an end after team coach Al MacNeil benched him on December 21, 1979. Unger finished his career with 1105 career NHL games, scoring 413 goals and 391 assists for 804 points, and he also registered 1075 career penalty minutes. Unger was the MVP of the 1974 NHL All-Star Game, played in Chicago. He had an assist and scored a shorthanded goal in the West Division's 6–4 victory over the East Division. After retiring from the NHL Unger played for three seasons in the British professional league. The first season was with Tom Stewarts Dundee Rockets in 1985. During that season with the Rockets Garry played 41 games and scored 93 goals and made 54 assists. He then moved to newly relegated Peterborough Pirates and helped to get them promoted at the first time of asking, playing in 30 games that saw him score 95 goals and record over 100 assists on the way to over 200 points. ==Personal life==

Unger became a devout Christian following the death of teammate Bob Gassoff. He also credited his Flames teammates for helping him "on the right path spiritually." Unger and his wife have three children together. ==Career statistics==

Regular season and playoffs International ==See also==