Pete Conacher

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Pete Conacher
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Born (1932-07-29) July 29, 1932 (age 91)
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Left wing
Shot Left
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
New York Rangers
National teamFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
Playing career 19511966

Charles William "Pete" Conacher, Jr. (born July 29, 1932) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey player who played 229 games in the National Hockey League between 1951 and 1957. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1951 to 1966, was mainly spent in the American Hockey League.

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Conacher played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, and New York Rangers. In 1959, Conacher played for the World Champion Belleville McFarlands. He is the son of NHL Hall of Famer, Charlie Conacher.

Junior hockey career

Pete Conacher began his hockey career in the Toronto Hockey League in 1943 with the Leaside PeeWee team. He went on to play for the North Toronto Kinsmen Terriers in the 1944-45 season; where he would go on to be a Minor Bantam finalist. At the age of 16, he became property of the Chicago Blackhawks but was sent to their Ontario Hockey Association affiliate, the Galt Black Hawks. He would play in Galt (now part of Cambridge, Ontario) for two seasons. His best offensive season came in 1951-'52 where he would score 120 points (53G, 67A) in 51 games. In 1952, he turned pro with the Chicago Blac Hhawks to play in the National Hockey League.

Professional hockey career

In his 13 years as a professional hockey player, he would also end up playing for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hershey Bears, St. Louis Flyers, and Buffalo Bisons (AHL). In 1959, he would play for the Belleville McFarlands and go on to win the World Championship in Prague. [1] By the end of his professional hockey career, Pete had played 229 NHL regular season games, with 47 goals and 39 assists. [2]

After ending his professional career in 1966, he would join the NHL Oldtimers Hockey Club and would play charity hockey games across Canada for the following 13 years. To this day, he still plays for the Oldtimers hockey team. Pete was recognized for his 1959 World Championship success with the Belleville McFarlands by being inducted into the Belleville Hall of Fame.

Personal life

Pete was also a past President of the Ontario chapter of Special Olympics Canada. During summers he was not playing hockey, he would play in the Beaches Major Fastball League and senior baseball for Lizzies at the old Viaduct Stadium. He has also served as a board member for the Charlie Conacher Throat Cancer Research Fund at the Toronto General Hospital. Pete and his wife Ann have lived in Etobicoke for the past 48 years. He currently sits on the Board of Directors with the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.

Conacher's uncles, Lionel Conacher, and Roy Conacher, also played in the NHL and were later inducted into the Hall of Fame. His cousins, Lionel Conacher Jr., was a first round draft pick in 1960 for the Montreal Alouettes of the Canadian Football League. Another cousin Brian Conacher represented Canada at the 1964 Winter Olympics and played for the Toronto Maple Leafs, winning a Stanley Cup with them during the 1966–67 NHL season. Cory Conacher, formerly of the Tampa Bay Lightning, is also a distant relative of Pete's. [3] He is also a cousin with Murray Henderson.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season TeamLeagueGP G A Pts PIM GPGAPtsPIM
1949–50 Galt Red Wings OHA 4825275222
1950–51 Galt Black Hawks OHA5232326410356110
1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 20110
1951–52 Galt Black HawksOHA5153671203333360
1952–53 Chicago Black HawksNHL415611720000
1952–53 St. Louis Flyers AHL 291216286
1953–54 Chicago Black HawksNHL701992823
1954–55 Chicago Black HawksNHL182462
1954–55 New York Rangers NHL521071710
1955–56 New York RangersNHL41111122850000
1955–56 Buffalo Bisons AHL181715326
1956–57 Buffalo BisonsAHL6026295516
1957–58 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL50115
1957–58 Buffalo BisonsAHL481232442
1958–59 Belleville McFarlands OHA Sr 10000
1959–60 Buffalo BisonsAHL565101516
1960–61 Hershey Bears AHL69112435481234
1961–62 Hershey BearsAHL702729561672025
1962–63 Hershey BearsAHL702924536155490
1963–42 Hershey BearsAHL723426601260332
1964–65 Hershey BearsAHL63342458101582104
1965–66 Hershey BearsAHL601420344
AHL totals615221249470985116112715
NHL totals2294739865570000

International

YearTeamEventGPGAPtsPIM
1959 Canada WC 873102
Senior totals873102

Awards and honours

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