Steve Vickers

Stephen James Vickers, a Canadian professional ice hockey player, was born on April 21, 1951. Nicknamed "The Sarge," Vickers played junior hockey with the Toronto Marlboros of the Ontario Hockey Association, where he was named a First Team league All-Star. The New York Rangers drafted him 10th overall in the 1971 NHL Amateur Draft. He spent a season in the minor leagues with the Omaha Knights of the Central Hockey League before the Rangers called him up in 1972.

In his first NHL season, Vickers scored 30 goals and 23 assists for 53 points and was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as rookie of the year in 1973. Alongside centre Walt Tkaczuk and winger Bill Fairbairn, he formed a line that proved to be one of the 1970s' best two-way forward trios. He was later moved to the Rangers' first line with Rod Gilbert and Jean Ratelle. Vickers' best season came in 1974–75, when he scored 41 goals and was named to the NHL's Second all-star team.

Vickers played all ten of his NHL seasons with the New York Rangers, from 1972 to 1982, scoring thirty or more goals in each of four seasons.