Background
He was born in Toronto, Ontario.
He was born in Toronto, Ontario.
He played in three minutes and one second of one game in the National Hockey League with the Saint Louis Blues during the 1968-1969 season. This occurred only because the Blues" starting goaltender, Glenn Hall, was ejected from a game before his replacement, Jacques Plante, was prepared to enter. Irons tended the Netto until Plante was able to take over.
Irons shares with Christian Soucy the National Hockey League record for the fewest career minutes by a goaltender.
Irons played 11 seasons in the IHL with the Fort Wayne Komets, earning six selections to the All-Star team His jersey number 30 is retired by the team