Ken Hodge

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Ken Hodge
Date of birth June 25, 1944
place of birth Birmingham , England , UK
size 188 cm
Weight 97 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1961–1962 St. Catharines Teepees
1962-1965 St. Catharines Black Hawks
1965-1967 Chicago Black Hawks
1967-1976 Boston Bruins
1976-1977 New York Rangers
1977-1988 New Haven Nighthawks
1979-1980 Binghamton Dusters

Kenneth Raymond "Ken" Hodge senior (born June 25, 1944 in Birmingham , England ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 977 games for the Chicago Black Hawks , Boston Bruins and New York Rangers in the course of his active career between 1964 and 1978 has contested in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . In the service of the Boston Bruins, Hodge won the Stanley Cup in 1970 and 1972 . His son Ken Hodge junior was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

During his junior years, Hodge played with Phil Esposito and Poul Popiel for the St. Catharines Teepees in the Ontario Hockey Association , which then became the St. Catharines Black Hawks .

After the end of his last junior season he played briefly with the Buffalo Bisons in the American Hockey League and also came to a use with the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League . Since the Black Hawks' squad were mostly short players, Hodge, who prevailed in the NHL in the 1965/66 season , was assigned the role of clearer. Since he still had running deficits, he resigned himself to this role, even if it did not correspond to his nature and his offensive qualities were not used.

For the 1967/68 season he was given to the Boston Bruins together with Phil Esposito and Fred Stanfield in one of the most one-sided barter deals in NHL history for Pit Martin and Gilles Marotte . Together with Wayne Cashman and Esposito, he formed the Bruins' top attack line. Now, freed from the unpopular role as a predator, he used his excellent shot and became one of the best scorers in the league. But this new role was not well received by the fans. The more he focused on scoring goals, the more he was booed. The audience had expected an attacker who was playing physically and he didn't want to live up to that. He didn't get along well with his trainer Harry Sinden . When he handed over the coaching post to Tom Johnson after the Stanley Cup victory in 1970 , Hodge reached over 100 points for the first time, which was also due to more frequent use in power play. He also switched his game to a new bat. Up until then he had played with a strongly curved racket, now with an almost straight stick, he added the backhand shot to his repertoire .

When Don Cherry took over the Bruins as coach, Hodge had another problem with the coach. For the 1976/77 season he moved to the New York Rangers . In return, Rick Middleton came to Boston. After a decent season in New York, he mostly had to go to the AHL for the New Haven Nighthawks in the second season . In 1978 he ended his active career first, but returned to the Binghamton Dusters in the AHL for the 1979/80 season. Subsequently, at the age of 36, Hodge resigned for a second and last time from active sport.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1961/62 St. Catharines Teepees OHA 31 4th 3 7th 6th 6th 1 0 1 6th
1962/63 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 50 23 23 46 97 - - - - -
1963/64 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 56 37 51 88 110 13 6th 19th 25th 28
1964/65 St. Catharines Black Hawks OHA 55 63 60 123 107 5 3 7th 10 8th
1964/65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
1964/65 Buffalo bison AHL 2 0 2 2 0 4th 0 0 0 4th
1965/66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 63 6th 17th 23 47 5 0 0 0 8th
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 69 10 25th 35 59 6th 0 0 0 4th
1967/68 Boston Bruins NHL 74 25th 31 56 31 4th 3 0 3 2
1968/69 Boston Bruins NHL 75 45 45 90 75 10 5 7th 12 4th
1969/70 Boston Bruins NHL 72 25th 29 54 87 14th 3 10 13 7th
1970/71 Boston Bruins NHL 78 43 62 105 113 7th 2 5 7th 6th
1971/72 Boston Bruins NHL 60 16 40 56 81 15th 9 8th 17th 62
1972/73 Boston Bruins NHL 73 37 44 81 58 5 1 0 1 7th
1973/74 Boston Bruins NHL 76 50 55 105 43 16 6th 10 16 16
1974/75 Boston Bruins NHL 72 23 43 66 90 3 1 1 2 0
1975/76 Boston Bruins NHL 72 25th 36 61 42 12 4th 6th 10 4th
1976/77 New York Rangers NHL 78 21st 41 62 43 - - - - -
1977/78 New York Rangers NHL 18th 2 4th 6th 8th - - - - -
1977/78 New Haven Nighthawks AHL 52 17th 29 46 13 15th 3 4th 7th 20th
1978/79 without a contract not played after resignation
1979/80 Binghamton Dusters AHL 37 10 20th 30th 24 - - - - -
OHA total 190 127 137 264 320 24 10 26th 36 42
AHL total 91 27 51 78 37 19th 3 4th 7th 24
NHL overall 880 328 472 800 779 97 34 47 81 130

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Hodge, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodge, Kenneth Raymond
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 25, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Birmingham , England