Career
Unger set an National Hockey League 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, Saint Louis Blues and Atlanta Flames. His record has since been surpassed by Doug Jarvis, who played 964 consecutive games. Unger finished with 1105 career National Hockey League games, scoring 413 goals and 391 assists for 804 points, and he also registered 1075 career penalty minutes.
Unger was also the Most Valuable Player of the 1974 National Hockey League All-Star game.
Garry was the oldest of four children of Jakob and Olive (Wheeler) Unger. Garry presently works with the Banff Hockey Academy in Banff, Alberta, Canada.
