Eddie Shack
Eddie Shack | |||
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Born |
Sudbury, Ontario | February 11, 1937||
Height | 6 ft 1 in (185 cm) | ||
Weight | 200 lb (91 kg; 14 st 4 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for |
New York Rangers Toronto Maple Leafs Boston Bruins Los Angeles Kings Buffalo Sabres Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Playing career | 1957–1975 |
Edward Steven Phillip Shack (born February 11, 1937), also known by the nicknames The Entertainer and The Nose,[1] is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played for six National Hockey League teams from 1959 to 1975.
Playing career
Shack was born in Sudbury, Ontario, in 1937,[2] the son of Ukrainian immigrants.
He left his job as a butcher to try out with the Guelph Biltmores hockey club, knowing he could return to the trade if hockey did not pan out as a career.
Shack played junior hockey for the Guelph Biltmores[3] of the OHA for five seasons starting at the age of 15. He had his best season in 1956–57, when he led the league in assists[4] and starred in the Memorial Cup playoffs.
The New York Rangers signed Shack and assigned him to their AHL Providence Reds farm team for half a season. He made the NHL in the 1959 season and played two years for the Blueshirts. In 1960, he was to be traded with Bill Gadsby to the Detroit Red Wings for Red Kelly and Billy McNeill, but the transaction was cancelled when Kelly decided to retire rather than accept the trade.[5]
In November of the 1960 season, Shack was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs, where he played seven seasons on the left wing as a colourful, third-line agitator who was popular with the fans despite a lack of scoring prowess. Canadian sports writer Stephen Cole likened Shack's playing to that of 'a big puppy let loose in a wide field'.
During the 1966 season Shack broke out, scoring 26 goals on a line with Ron Ellis and Bob Pulford. His popularity was such that a novelty song called Clear the Track, Here Comes Shack, written in his honour and performed by Douglas Rankine with The Secrets,[6] reached #1 on the Canadian pop charts and charted for nearly three months.
Shack was a member of the Maple Leafs' last Stanley Cup-winning team in 1967, although his production fell significantly and he was traded in May of 1967 to the Boston Bruins for Murray Oliver and cash.[7] Playing on the right wing on a line with Derek Sanderson and Ed Westfall, Shack revived and scored 23 goals.
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Afflicted by injuries, he spent the next four seasons moving between the Los Angeles Kings, the Buffalo Sabres and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Pittsburgh sold him back to Toronto for the 1974 season.[8] He retired after the 1975 season.
After retirement, Shack was a popular advertising spokesman in Canada, most notably for The Pop Shoppe soft drink brand,[9] and a Schick razor promotion for which he shaved his mustache. He also promoted a small chain of doughnut stores.[10] He appeared for a number of years at alumni all-star games. Shack also revealed he had been illiterate most of his life and subsequently became an advocate for literacy programs in his native Ontario.[11]
Achievements
- Played for Stanley Cup winning teams in 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1967. He scored the Cup-winning goal in 1963, claiming famously that he had scored the goal off his backside and was only trying to get out of the way.
- Played in the National Hockey League All-Star Game in 1962, 1963 and 1964
- One of two players to score twenty or more goals in a season for five or more NHL teams. (Bill Guerin was the other, notching 20 goals for seven different NHL teams)[12]
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1952–53 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA-Jr. | 21 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1953–54 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA-Jr. | 54 | 13 | 9 | 22 | 46 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
1954–55 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA-Jr. | 19 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 35 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1955–56 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA-Jr. | 48 | 23 | 49 | 72 | 93 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 | ||
1956–57 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA-Jr. | 52 | 47 | 57 | 104 | 129 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 53 | ||
1956–57 | Guelph Biltmores | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | ||
1957–58 | Providence Reds | AHL | 35 | 16 | 18 | 34 | 98 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1958–59 | New York Rangers | NHL | 67 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 109 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1959–60 | New York Rangers | NHL | 62 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 110 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1959–60 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 9 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1960–61 | New York Rangers | NHL | 12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1960–61 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 55 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 90 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1961–62 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 44 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 62 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | ||
1962–63 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 63 | 16 | 9 | 25 | 97 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | ||
1963–64 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 64 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 128 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 25 | ||
1964–65 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 67 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 68 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 8 | ||
1965–66 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 63 | 26 | 17 | 43 | 88 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 33 | ||
1965–66 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1966–67 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 63 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 58 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||
1967–68 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 70 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 107 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||
1968–69 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 50 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 74 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 23 | ||
1969–70 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 73 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 113 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Los Angeles Kings | NHL | 11 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1970–71 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 56 | 25 | 17 | 42 | 93 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Buffalo Sabres | NHL | 50 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 34 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1971–72 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 18 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 15 | ||
1972–73 | Pittsburgh Penguins | NHL | 74 | 25 | 20 | 45 | 84 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1973–74 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 7 | 8 | 15 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1974–75 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 26 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1974–75 | Oklahoma City Blazers | CHL | 8 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1976–77 | Whitby Warriors | OHA-Sr. | 9 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
NHL totals | 1047 | 239 | 226 | 465 | 1437 | 74 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 151 |
See also
References
- ↑ "Eddie Steven Phillip Shack". Legends of Hockey. Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum. Archived from the original on 2011-02-23. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ↑ Fischler, Stan; Fischler, Shirley (2003-03-02). Who's Who in Hockey. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-7407-1904-2. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ Staff, Bathroom Readers' Institute (2005). Uncle John's Bathroom Reader Shoots and Scores. Raincoast Books. p. 70. ISBN 978-1-55192-849-4. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ Diamond, Dan; Zweig, Eric (2003-09-01). Hockey's glory days: the 1950s and '60s. Andrews McMeel Publishing. p. 150. ISBN 978-0-7407-3829-6. Retrieved 25 August 2011.
- ↑ "Eddie Shack on hockey-reference.com".
- ↑ Kearney, Mark; Randy Ray (1999). The Great Canadian Book of Lists. Dundurn Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-88882-213-0. Retrieved 2009-01-12.
- ↑ "Leafs Trade Shack for Bruins' Oliver". Windsor Star. 16 May 1967. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ "Trade Doesn't Surprise Shack". The Star-Phoenix. 6 July 1973. p. 14. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Matthews, Blair. "The Epic of The Pop Shoppe". Soda Pop Dreams Magazine. Playing with Words Specialty Publications. Archived from the original on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ↑ Belasco, Warren James; Philip Scranton (2002). Food Nations: Selling Taste in Consumer Societies. Routledge. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-415-93077-2.
- ↑ Rutherford, Krissie (2007-05-19). "Eddie Shack teaches personal literacy lesson" (PDF). The Oakville Beaver. Metroland Media Group. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2008-11-27. Retrieved 2008-11-27.
- ↑ Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.57, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9
External links
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