Career
Currie was a selected 63rd overall in the 1977 National Hockey League Amateur Draft by the Saint Louis Blues following a 73-goal season for the Portland Winter Hawks of the WHL. He would play 22 games for the Blues in 1977-1978, and spend most of his first three professional seasons alternately dominating minor-pro and struggling to make an impact on the Blues. He would finally stake his claim to a roster spot in 1979-1980, posting 19 goals in 40 games once called up to Saint Louis. In 1980-1981, he would have his finest National Hockey League season recording 55 points in 61 games, helping the Blues to a 2nd place overall finish in the regular season.
In the playoffs, he played the best hockey of his career, recording 16 points and a then franchise record 12 assists in 11 games.
He has two sons, the eldest Tyler and the youngest name Kyle. However, Currie struggled throughout his career to maintain a consistent roster spot as coaches felt his poor defensive game and lack of size and physical play overshadowed his ability to create offense.
He continued to produce well in 1981-1982, notching 40 points in 48 games, before being dealt to the Vancouver Canucks at the trade deadline. Not a favourite of defensive-minded Canuck coach Roger Neilson, and despite his high level of production to that point of his career, Currie found himself back in the minors for most of the next two seasons, appearing in only 26 more games for the team
Released by Vancouver mid-way through the 1983-1984 season, Currie would get another chance to prove himself as he signed for the Hartford Whalers.
He would again provide instant offense, posting 14 goals and 28 points in just 32 games for the Whalers. Despite posting 11 points in 13 games to start the 1984-1985 campaign, he was waived by the Whalers. He would toil for two more seasons in the minors before moving to Europe, where he would finally retire in 1990.
Currie finished his National Hockey League career with totals of 92 goals and 119 assists for 211 points in 290 National Hockey League games, along with 73 penalty minutes.
