Tod Sloan
Born (1927-11-30)November 30, 1927
Litchfield, Quebec, Canada
Died July 12, 2017(2017-07-12) (aged 89)
Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb)
Position Centre/Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
National team  Canada
Playing career 1946–1962

Aloysius Martin "Tod" Sloan (November 30, 1927 – July 12, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams: 1949 and 1951 in Toronto, and 1961 in Chicago.

Career

Sloan played junior hockey with the St. Michael's Majors. He began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League in the 1946–47 season and was called up for one game by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1947–48. In 1948–49, Sloan played 29 regular-season games with Toronto; he did not play in the playoffs and his name was left off the Stanley Cup, but he appeared in the Maple Leafs' 1949 team picture. He played eight full seasons for the Leafs and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1949 and 1951.

In 1958, Sloan and teammate Jimmy Thomson were traded from Toronto to Chicago because of their activities in organizing the National Hockey League Players' Association. Sloan played three seasons for the Black Hawks and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1961. His name was incorrectly engraved on the Cup as "Martin A. Sloan".[1]

Sloan retired from professional ice hockey in 1961. The following season, he joined the Galt Terriers senior team and played with the Canadian national ice hockey team in the 1962 IIHF world championship before retiring completely from competitive ice hockey.

Sloan was a cousin of Dave Keon, another longtime member of the Maple Leafs. He lived in Sutton, Ontario, in his final years and died in Newmarket, Ontario, on July 12, 2017, at the age of 89.[2][3]

Awards

Source: Hockey Hall of Fame

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1943–44 Copper Cliff Reps NOJHA — — — — — — — — — —
1944–45 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 19 21 16 37 14 9 10 10 20 0
1944–45 Toronto St. Michael's Majors M-Cup — — — — — 14 17 4 21 32
1945–46 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA-Jr. 25 43 32 75 49 11 16 6 22 16
1946–47 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 64 15 24 39 31 12 2 2 4 0
1947–48 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1947–48 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 61 20 24 44 18 2 1 0 1 2
1948–49 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 29 3 4 7 0 — — — — —
1949–50 Cleveland Barons AHL 62 27 39 66 28 9 10 4 14 7
1950–51 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 31 25 56 105 11 4 5 9 18
1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 25 23 48 89 4 0 0 0 10
1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 15 10 25 76 — — — — —
1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 67 11 32 43 100 5 1 1 2 4
1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 63 13 15 28 89 4 0 0 0 2
1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 37 29 66 100 2 0 0 0 5
1956–57 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 52 14 21 35 33 — — — — —
1957–58 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 13 25 38 58 — — — — —
1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 27 35 62 79 6 3 5 8 0
1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 20 20 40 54 3 0 0 0 0
1960–61 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 67 11 23 34 48 12 1 1 2 8
1961–62 Galt Terriers OHA-Sr. 9 11 4 15 8 — — — — —
NHL totals 745 220 262 482 831 47 9 12 21 47

References

  1. ^ "Tod Sloan remembered by Dave Keon as key part of 1951 Maple Leafs Cup win". NHL.com.
  2. ^ https://canadianobituaries.com/simcoe/67079-tod-aloysius-martin-sloan-july-12-2017[dead link]
  3. ^ "Former Maple Leafs forward Tod Sloan, 89, dies | MAPLE LEAFS | Toronto Maple Lea". Torontosun.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.

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