Tony Leswick
Date of birth | March 17, 1923 |
place of birth | Humboldt , Saskatchewan , Canada |
date of death | July 1, 2001 |
Place of death | New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada |
Nickname | Mighty Mouse |
size | 168 cm |
Weight | 70 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
1939-1940 | Saskatoon Dodgers |
1940-1942 | Saskatoon Quakers |
1942-1943 |
Cleveland Barons Victoria VMD |
1943-1944 | Saskatoon Navy New Westminster Royals |
1944-1945 | Winnipeg Navy |
1945–1951 | New York Rangers |
1951-1955 | Detroit Red Wings |
1955-1956 | Chicago Black Hawks |
1956-1959 | Edmonton Flyers |
1959-1960 | Vancouver Canucks |
Anthony Joseph "Tony" Leswick (born March 17, 1923 in Humboldt , Saskatchewan , † July 1, 2001 in New Westminster , British Columbia ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who, in the course of his active career between 1939 and 1960, among others 799 Has played games for the New York Rangers , Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Leswick, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game six times , won the Stanley Cup three times in 1952 , 1954 and 1955 for the Detroit Red Wings . His brothers Jack and Pete were also professional ice hockey players.
Career
Tony Leswick began his career as a hockey player with the amateur teams Saskatoon Dodgers and Saskatoon Quakers, for which he was active from 1939 to 1942 in his home province of Saskatchewan. For the 1942/43 season , the winger received a professional contract with the Cleveland Barons from the American Hockey League . In his first season in professional ice hockey, he scored 17 goals and 28 assists for the Barons in a total of 56 games. He also played two games for the amateur team Victoria VMD. From 1943 to 1945 he was on the ice for the army teams Saskatoon Navy and Winnipeg Navy, as well as the amateur team New Westminster Royals.
For the 1945/46 season Leswick was obliged by the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League . In his six years with the Rangers, he became an instant star of the league and took part in the first four editions of the NHL All-Star Game . In the 1949/50 season he was also elected to the second All-Star Team of the NHL. On June 8, 1951, the Canadian was given in exchange for Gaye Stewart to the league rivals Detroit Red Wings . With the team he won the prestigious Stanley Cup in 1952, 1954 and 1955 . He himself also ran again in 1952 and 1954 in the NHL All-Star Game. Following the last Stanley Cup win, he was transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks in an extensive swap with Glen Skov , Johnny Wilson and Benny Woit in exchange for Jerry Toppazzini , John McCormack , Dave Creighton and Bucky Hollingworth . There he was also able to earn a regular place straight away, but was bought back by the Red Wings the next year. From 1956 to 1959, however, he ran almost exclusively for their farm team Edmonton Flyers in the Western Hockey League , where he was temporarily player-coach with the Flyers between 1957 and 1959. Only in the 1957/58 season he played 26 games for Detroit in the NHL. In the 1959/60 season he went to Edmonton's WHL competitor Vancouver Canucks . He then ended his active career at the age of 37.
In the 1963/64 season Leswick was the head coach for the Indianapolis Capitals - after the accidental destruction of their own stadium and the associated move in the further course of the season Cincinnati Wings - from the newly founded Central Professional Hockey League . After missing the playoffs, he resigned.
Tony leswick died in July 2001 at the age of 78 years to cancer .
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
Status: end of the 2017/18 season
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1939/40 | Saskatoon Dodgers | N-SJHL | 4th | 5 | 2 | 7th | 13 | 2 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
1940/41 | Saskatoon Jr. Quakers | N-SJHL | 11 | 15th | 10 | 25th | 34 | 2 | 1 | 6th | 7th | 2 | ||
1940/41 | Saskatoon Quakers | S-SJHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1941 | Saskatoon Junior Quakers | Memorial Cup | 12 | 7th | 4th | 11 | 14th | |||||||
1941/42 | Saskatoon Quakers | SSHL | 32 | 21st | 21st | 42 | 45 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 8th | 4th | ||
1942 | Saskatoon Quakers | Allan Cup | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 4th | |||||||
1942/43 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 52 | 14th | 26th | 40 | 43 | 4th | 3 | 3 | 6th | 4th | ||
1942/43 | Victoria VMD | NNDHL | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1943/44 | Saskatoon Navy | SSHL | 18th | 26th | 26th | 52 | 50 | 4th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 18th | ||
1943/44 | New Westminster Royals | NWIHL | 19th | 25th | 11 | 36 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
1944/45 | Winnipeg Navy | WNDHL | 12 | 9 | 8th | 17th | 33 | 6th | 7th | 2 | 9 | 12 | ||
1945/46 | New York Rangers | NHL | 50 | 15th | 9 | 24 | 26th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1946/47 | New York Rangers | NHL | 59 | 27 | 14th | 41 | 51 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1947/48 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 | 24 | 16 | 40 | 76 | 6th | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8th | ||
1948/49 | New York Rangers | NHL | 60 | 13 | 14th | 27 | 70 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1949/50 | New York Rangers | NHL | 69 | 19th | 25th | 44 | 85 | 12 | 2 | 4th | 6th | 12 | ||
1950/51 | New York Rangers | NHL | 70 | 15th | 11 | 16 | 112 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1951/52 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 70 | 9 | 10 | 19th | 93 | 8th | 3 | 1 | 4th | 22nd | ||
1952/53 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 70 | 15th | 12 | 27 | 87 | 6th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 11 | ||
1953/54 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 70 | 6th | 18th | 24 | 90 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 4th | 18th | ||
1954/55 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 70 | 10 | 17th | 27 | 137 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 20th | ||
1955/56 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 70 | 11 | 11 | 22nd | 71 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1956/57 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 60 | 22nd | 31 | 53 | 107 | 8th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | ||
1957/58 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 22nd | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1957/58 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 42 | 10 | 15th | 25th | 46 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1958/59 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 36 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1959/60 | Vancouver Canucks | WHL | 9 | 3 | 6th | 9 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
WHL overall | 147 | 38 | 65 | 103 | 180 | 19th | 2 | 2 | 4th | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 740 | 165 | 159 | 324 | 900 | 59 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 91 |
( 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
- Tony Leswick at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Tony Leswick at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Tony Leswick at hockeydb.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Nytimes.com, Tony Leswick, 78, the Rangers' Mighty Mouse. The New York Times , accessed January 6, 2012 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Leswick, Tony |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Leswick, Anthony Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | March 17, 1923 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Humboldt , Saskatchewan , Canada |
DATE OF DEATH | July 1, 2001 |
Place of death | New Westminster , British Columbia , Canada |