Career
Vickers played ten seasons in the National Hockey League (National Hockey League) with the New York Rangers. Steve "The Sarge" Vickers was drafted 10th overall by the New York Rangers in the 1971 National Hockey League Amateur Draft after playing junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), for whom he was named a First Team league All-Star, Vickers spent a single season in the minor leagues with the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey League before coming up to the Rangers in 1972. He played the whole of his ten-year career for the Rangers, scoring thirty or more goals on four occasions and just missing on a fifth.
He was later moved to the Rangers first line with Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle.
Vickers" best season was 1975, when he scored 41 goals and was named to the National Hockey League"s Second All-Star Team. He remained effective until his final season, in which his effectiveness dropped sharply and finished the year in the minor leagues with the Springfield Indians, after which he retired.
Vickers finished his career with 246 goals and 340 assists for 586 points in 698 games, adding 330 penalty minutes. He was named to play in the National Hockey League All-Star Game in 1975 and 1976.
He made National Hockey League history in 1972 when he became the first rookie, as well as the first New York Ranger, to ever to record hat tricks in consecutive games (November 12 versus the Los Angeles Kings and November 15 versus the Philadelphia Flyers).
In February 1976, Vickers set the Rangers team record for most points in a game, with 7, against the Washington Capitals. Ranked Number. 18 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & Sons, 2009).