Ron Ellis

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CanadaCanada  Ron Ellis Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 8, 1945
place of birth Lindsay , Ontario , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 88 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1960-1964 Toronto Marlboros
1964-1981 Toronto Maple Leafs

Ronald John Edward "Ron" Ellis (born January 8, 1945 in Lindsay , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player who played 1,104 games for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League (NHL ) has contested on the position of the right winger . With the Maple Leafs he won the Stanley Cup in 1967 .

Career

Ron Ellis began his career as a hockey player with the Toronto Marlboros , for whom he played from 1960 to 1964 in the Ontario Hockey Association and with whom he won the Memorial Cup in his last season there in 1964 . In the 1963/64 season , the winger made his debut in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs , with whom he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in 1967 . After the 1974/75 season , Ellis first announced the end of his career. However, in 1977 - after a two-year hiatus - he returned to the Maple Leafs, for which he was on the ice for four more years until 1981. During his time with the Maple Leafs, Ellis took part in the NHL All-Star Game four times .

After the final end of his career in 1981, Ellis first opened a sporting goods store. From 1986 Ellis suffered from depression, which led him to publish the book Over the boards: The Ron Ellis story together with Kevin Shea in 2002 . Ellis also served as the Director of Public Relations for the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto .

International

For Canada , Ellis took part in the 1972 Summit Series and the 1977 Ice Hockey World Championship in the Austrian capital of Vienna .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1960/61 Toronto Marlboros OHA 3 2 1 3 0 - - - - -
1961/62 Toronto Marlboros OHA 33 17th 12 29 16 12 6th 5 11 4th
1962/63 Toronto Marlboros OHA 36 21st 22nd 43 8th 10 9 9 18th 2
1963/64 Toronto Marlboros OHA 54 46 38 84 20th 9 4th 10 14th 10
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1964 Toronto Marlboros Memorial Cup 8th 5 9 14th 6th
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 62 23 16 39 14th 6th 3 0 3 2
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 19th 23 42 24 4th 0 0 0 2
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 22nd 23 45 14th 12 2 1 3 4th
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 74 28 20th 48 8th - - - - -
1968/69 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 72 25th 21st 46 12 4th 2 1 3 2
1969/70 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 76 35 19th 54 14th - - - - -
1970/71 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 24 29 53 10 6th 1 1 2 2
1971/72 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 23 24 47 17th 5 1 1 2 4th
1972/73 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 78 22nd 29 51 22nd - - - - -
1973/74 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 23 25th 48 12 4th 2 1 3 0
1974/75 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 79 32 29 61 25th 7th 3 0 3 2
1977/78 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 80 26th 24 50 17th 13 3 2 5 0
1978/79 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 16 12 28 10 6th 1 1 2 2
1979/80 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 12 11 23 6th 3 0 0 0 0
1980/81 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 27 2 3 5 2 - - - - -
OHA total 126 86 73 159 44 31 19th 24 43 16
NHL overall 1034 332 308 640 207 70 18th 8th 26th 20th

International

Represented Canada to:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1972 Canada Summit Series 1st place 8th 0 3 3 8th
1977 Canada WM 4th Place 10 5 4th 9 2
Men overall 18th 5 7th 12 10

( 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 Ellis, Ron
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Ellis, Ronald John Edward (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 8, 1945
PLACE OF BIRTH Lindsay , Ontario , Canada