Wednesday, July 12, 2017

Tod Sloan obit

Former Maple Leafs forward Tod Sloan, 89, dies

 

He was not on the list.


Maple Leafs great Tod Sloan, who tied the clinching game of the 1951 Stanley Cup final that Bill Barilko won in overtime, has passed away.

The 89-year-old had been living in Sutton, Ont., and recently was visited by an NHL alumni group which presented him with the franchise’s century anniversary blazer. Sloan, who was voted 38th on the list of top 100 Leafs, was a Quebec-born cousin of Dave Keon, No. 1 on that list.

A playmaking centre who earned the nickname ‘Slinker’, Sloan did not get his name on the 1949 Cup having not participated in the playoffs his rookie year. But in 1951 he led the team with 31 goals and added nine more points in the playoffs.

None were more important than the two he scored in Game 5, the second coming with barely 20 seconds to go in regulation time. Ted Kennedy and Max Bentley worked the puck to the net where a shot off the post came right to Sloan for the 2-2 goal. Barilko did the rest, his last goal before disappearing in a plane crash.

Sloan went on to be a dominant Leaf in the 1950s, a second-team all-star with young George Armstrong and Dick Duff as his linemates.

“He was a better player than me and I’m more well known,” remarked Armstrong a couple of years ago.

Sloan had 346 points in 549 games and remains 26th in franchise scoring. He lasted long enough in the NHL to play on Chicago’s Cup team in 1961.

Awards

 

    1946 - OHA-Jr. MVP

    1951, 1952, 1956 - Played in NHL All-Star Game

    1956 - NHL Second All-Star Team

    1956 - J.P. Bickell Memorial Award

 

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

 

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