Eddie Shack

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Eddie Shack
Date of birth February 11, 1937
place of birth Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
date of death July 25, 2020
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada
Nickname The nose, the entertainer
size 185 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1952-1957 Guelph Biltmores
1957-1958 Providence Reds
1958-1960 New York Rangers
1960-1967 Toronto Maple Leafs
1967-1969 Boston Bruins
1969-1970 Los Angeles Kings
1970-1972 Buffalo Sabers
1972-1973 Pittsburgh Penguins
1973-1975 Toronto Maple Leafs
1976-1977 Whitby Warriors

Edward Steven Phillip "Eddie" Shack (born February 11, 1937 in Sudbury , Ontario , † July 25, 2020 in Toronto , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player . The left winger denied 1958-1975 over 1000 games for six franchises of the National Hockey League (NHL). He spent most of his career with the Toronto Maple Leafs , with whom he won the Stanley Cup four times in the 1960s .

Career

Eddie Shack began his career as a hockey player with the Guelph Biltmores , for which he was active from 1952 to 1957 in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA). He then made his debut in professional ice hockey in the 1957/58 season when he scored a total of 34 scorer points, including 16 goals, in 35 games for the Providence Reds from the American Hockey League (AHL). Subsequently, the attacker received a contract with the New York Rangers , for which he played the following two years in the National Hockey League (NHL). On February 5, 1960, the Rangers Shack wanted to transfer to the Detroit Red Wings together with Bill Gadsby in exchange for Red Kelly and Billy McNeill . Since the two Red Wings players did not agree to the transfer, Shack was given to the Toronto Maple Leafs two days later in exchange for Pat Hannigan and Johnny Wilson , with whom the left-shooter won the prestigious Stanley Cup four times in the following seven seasons ( 1962 , 1963 , 1964 and 1967 ).

In May 1967 Shack moved to the Boston Bruins , for which he was the following two NHL seasons on the ice. The Canadian also played for the Los Angeles Kings , Buffalo Sabers and Pittsburgh Penguins until 1973 , before he was bought by his ex-club Toronto Maple Leafs on July 3, 1973. With the team from Ontario he reached the playoffs again in the 1974/75 season, in which he scored one goal in four games. In the following season he was only used sporadically with the Leafs, so he moved to the Oklahoma City Blazers from the Central Hockey League . After a year in which Shack paused, he finished his career in 1977 with the Whitby Warriors of the Ontario Hockey Association.

Eddie Shack died on July 25, 2020 at the age of 83 in a Toronto hospital of complications from cancer .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1963 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
  • 1964 Stanley Cup win with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 1964 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
  • 1967 Stanley Cup win with the Toronto Maple Leafs

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1952/53 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 21st 2 6th 8th 43 - - - - -
1953/54 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 54 13 9 22nd 46 1 1 0 1 4th
1954/55 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 19th 6th 7th 13 35 2 0 0 0 4th
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 4th 10 14th 53
1957 Guelph Biltmores Memorial Cup 6th 2 2 4th 26th
1957/58 Providence Reds AHL 35 16 18th 34 98 - - - - -
1958/59 New York Rangers NHL 67 7th 14th 21st 109 - - - - -
1959/60 New York Rangers NHL 62 8th 10 18th 110 - - - - -
1959/60 Springfield Indians AHL 9 3 4th 7th 10 - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 12 1 2 3 17th - - - - -
1960/61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 55 14th 14th 28 90 4th 0 0 0 2
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 44 7th 14th 21st 62 9 0 0 0 18th
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 16 9 25th 97 10 2 1 3 11
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 11 10 21st 128 13 0 1 1 25th
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 5 9 14th 68 5 1 0 1 8th
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 26th 17th 43 88 4th 2 1 3 33
1965/66 Rochester Americans AHL 8th 3 4th 7th 12 - - - - -
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 11 14th 25th 58 8th 0 0 0 8th
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 70 23 19th 42 107 4th 0 1 1 6th
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 50 11 11 22nd 74 9 0 2 2 23
1969/70 Los Angeles Kings NHL 73 22nd 12 34 113 - - - - -
1970/71 Los Angeles Kings NHL 11 2 2 4th 8th - - - - -
1970/71 Buffalo Sabers NHL 56 25th 17th 42 93 - - - - -
1971/72 Buffalo Sabers NHL 50 11 14th 25th 34 - - - - -
1971/72 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 18th 5 9 14th 12 4th 0 1 1 15th
1972/73 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 74 25th 20th 45 84 - - - - -
1973/74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 7th 8th 15th 74 4th 1 0 1 2
1974/75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 26th 2 1 3 11 - - - - -
1974/75 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 8th 3 4th 7th 10 - - - - -
1975/76 without a contract not played
1976/77 Whitby Warriors OHA-Sr. 9 5 4th 9 8th - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 194 91 128 219 348 16 6th 10 16 71
AHL total 52 22nd 26th 48 120 - - - - -
NHL overall 1047 239 226 465 1437 74 6th 7th 13 151

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

Web links

Commons : Eddie Shack  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Dave Stubbs: Shack, four-time Cup-winner, dies at 83.nhl.com, July 26, 2020, accessed on July 26, 2020 (English).
personal data
SURNAME Shack, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shack, Edward Steven Phillip (full name); The Nose, The Entertainer (nicknames)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH February 11, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Sudbury , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH July 25, 2020
Place of death Toronto , Ontario , Canada