{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player (born 1963)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | caption = | image_size = 230px | position = Right Wing | played_for = Buffalo Sabres | shoots = Left | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 9 | weight_lb = 170 | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|6|2}} | birth_place = Toronto, Ontario, Canada | career_start = 1982 | career_end = 1988 | draft = 80th overall | draft_year = 1981 | draft_team = Buffalo Sabres }} '''Jeffrey Eatough''' (born June 2, 1963) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey right winger. He played one game in the National Hockey League with the Buffalo Sabres, on March 25, 1982 against the Boston Bruins. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1982 to 1988, was spent in various minor leagues. Internationally he played for the Canadian national junior team at the 1981 World Junior Championships.
==Biography== As a youth, Eatough played in the 1976 Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament with a minor ice hockey team from Toronto.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|title=Pee-Wee players who have reached NHL or WHA|year=2018|website=Quebec International Pee-Wee Hockey Tournament|access-date=2019-01-12|archive-date=2019-03-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190306085544/https://www.publicationsports.com/ressources/files/439/Joueurs_Pro.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Eatough was a star in the Ontario Hockey League, finishing seventh in the league with 53 goals in the 1981–82 season while playing for the Cornwall Royals.{{cn|date=January 2019}}
He was drafted in the fourth round, 80th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1981 NHL entry draft. He played just one game in the National Hockey League with the Sabres as an 18-year-old during the 1981–82 season. He did not register a point.{{cn|date=January 2019}}
Later in his career, he finished sixth in the Atlantic Coast Hockey League in scoring during the 1986–87 season, tallying 43 goals and 42 assists for the Mohawk Valley Comets.{{cn|date=January 2019}}
==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1979–80 | Aurora Tigers | OPJAHL | 40 || 16 || 25 || 41 || 186 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1979–80 | Niagara Falls Flyers | OMJHL | 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1980–81 | Cornwall Royals | QMJHL | 68 || 30 || 42 || 72 || 147 | 18 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 52 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1980–81 | Cornwall Royals | M-Cup | — || — || — || — || — | 5 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 12 |- | 1981–82 | Cornwall Royals | OHL | 66 || 53 || 37 || 90 || 180 | 5 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 21 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1981–82 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1982–83 | Cornwall Royals | OHL | 9 || 5 || 3 || 8 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1982–83 | North Bay Centennials | OHL | 50 || 25 || 24 || 49 || 73 | 8 || 2 || 5 || 7 || 12 |- | 1983–84 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 24 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 5 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1983–84 | Flint Generals | IHL | 5 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | Flint Generals | IHL | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1984–85 | Mohawk Valley Stars | ACHL | 42 || 27 || 33 || 60 || 37 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1984–85 | Pinebridge Bucks | ACHL | 12 || 4 || 8 || 12 || 31 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1985–86 | Flint Generals | IHL | 4 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1985–86 | Mohawk Valley Comets | ACHL | 27 || 18 || 19 || 37 || 43 | 6 || 5 || 8 || 13 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1986–87 | Mohawk Valley Comets | ACHL | 53 || 43 || 42 || 85 || 93 | 13 || 5 || 7 || 12 || 46 |- | 1987–88 | Carolina Thunderbirds | AAHL | 9 || 3 || 8 || 11 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | ACHL totals ! 134 !! 92 !! 102 !! 194 !! 204 ! 19 !! 10 !! 15 !! 25 !! 50 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
===International=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" ID="Table3" style="text-align:center; width:40em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Year ! Team ! Event ! rowspan="102" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1981 | Canada | WJC | 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 4 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="4"| Junior totals ! 5 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 |}
==See also== * List of players who played only one game in the NHL
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *{{icehockeystats}}
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