Reginald John Kerr is a retired Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player.

Kerr was drafted in the 3rd Round, 41st overall in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft

1977 NHL Amateur Draft

The 1977 NHL Amateur Draft was held at the Mount Royal Hotel in Montreal, Quebec.-Selections by round:Below are listed the selections in the 1977 NHL Amateur Draft.Club teams are located in North America unless otherwise noted.-Round one:-Round two:...

 by the Cleveland Barons

Cleveland Barons (NHL)

The Cleveland Barons were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League from 1976–78. They were a relocation of the California Golden Seals franchise, which had played in Oakland since 1967...

, but only managed to play seven games for the Barons before he was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

 for Randy Holt

Randy Holt

Stewart Randall Holt is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman who spent 10 seasons in the National Hockey League...

. Kerr spent five seasons with the Black Hawks and scored a career-high 30 goals and 30 assists during the 1980-81 season. He left in 1982 and spent a season in the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

 for the Springfield Indians

Springfield Indians

The Springfield Indians were a minor professional ice hockey franchise, originally based in West Springfield, Massachusetts and later Springfield, Massachusetts. The Indians were founding members of the American Hockey League. They were in existence for a total of 60 seasons from 1926 to 1994, with...

 before signing with the Edmonton Oilers

Edmonton Oilers

The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division in the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....

, but he was assigned back to the AHL with the Moncton Alpines

Moncton Alpines

Moncton Alpines could refer to:*Moncton Wildcats - the former name of a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League*Moncton Golden Flames - the former name of a defunct professional ice hockey team based in Moncton...

 and played just three games for the Oilers. Kerr departed at the end of the season and retired.

In total, Kerr played 263 NHL

National Hockey League

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 games, scoring 66 goals and 94 assists for 160 points.

Kerr now lives in the Chicago area, and is President of R.J.Kerr, Inc., an office furniture company.

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