Jack McLean (ice hockey)
Jack McLean | |||
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Born |
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | January 31, 1923||
Died |
October 14, 2003 Ottawa, Ontario, Canada | (aged 80)||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Center | ||
Shot | Right | ||
Played for | Toronto Maple Leafs | ||
Playing career | 1939–1949 |
John "Jack" McLean (January 31, 1923 — October 14, 2003) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs for three seasons, from 1942–43 until 1944–45. He scored the game-winning goal at the 10:18 mark of the fourth overtime period against the Detroit Red Wings on March 23, 1943 - one of the longest games in Stanley Cup playoffs history. Jack was part of the Toronto Maple Leafs' Stanley Cup championship in 1944–45.
McLean was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and was a 19-year-old university student when he joined the Leafs, playing forward at a time when many regulars left to join the war effort. McLean did not practise with the Leafs, and with but a few exceptions, was allowed only to play games in Canada (at home in Toronto and in Montreal). Whereas many young men dreamed of playing in the NHL, Jack used his NHL career to provide a university degree in engineering, which became his career after retiring in 1945.
After moving to Ottawa in 1946, Jack joined the Ottawa Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League, and helped the team reach the Allan Cup final in 1948.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1939–40 | Toronto Young Rangers | OHA | 20 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1939–40 | Toronto People's Credit | TIHL | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1940–41 | Toronto Young Rangers | OHA | 14 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 27 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 8 | ||
1940–41 | Toronto People's Credit | TIHL | 23 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ||
1941–42 | Toronto Young Rangers | OHA | 16 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 22 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 6 | ||
1941–42 | Toronto People's Credit | TIHL | 13 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1942–43 | Toronto Maple Leafs | AHL | 27 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | ||
1943–44 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 32 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 40 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | ||
1944–45 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 8 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1945–46 | Toronto Staffords | OHA Sr | 11 | 9 | 6 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | ||
1946–47 | Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 24 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | ||
1947–48 | Ottawa Senators | QSHL | 41 | 26 | 14 | 40 | 50 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | ||
1947–48 | Ottawa Senators | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 20 | ||
NHL totals | 67 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 86 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 |
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1923 births
- 2003 deaths
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
- Ottawa Senators (QSHL) players
- Sportspeople from Winnipeg
- Stanley Cup champions
- Toronto Maple Leafs players
- Toronto Young Rangers players
- University of Toronto alumni
- Canadian ice hockey player stubs