Cliff Pennington (ice hockey)

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Cliff Pennington
1962 Topps Cliff Pennington.jpg
Born (1940-04-18)April 18, 1940
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died May 26, 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 80)
St. Petersburg, Florida, US
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Montreal Canadiens
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1959–1973
Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing  Canada
Silver medal – second place 1960 Squaw Valley Ice hockey

Clifford Raymond Pennington (April 18, 1940 – May 26, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 102 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins between 1961 and 1962. Internationally Pennington played for the Canadian national team at the 1960 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. He died in 2020.[1]

Career statistics[]

Regular season and playoffs[]

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1955–56 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 1 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 2 0
1955–56 St. Boniface Canadiens M-Cup 4 1 0 1 2
1956–57 St. Boniface Canadiens MJHL 30 28 27 55 2 7 3 1 4 0
Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 47 32 39 71 8 12 12 5 17 0
Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 48 62 50 112 116 12 7 9 16 15
1958–59 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 5 4 1 5 0
1958–59 Flin Flon Bombers M-Cup 10 10 10 20 4
1959–60 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen OHA 47 23 28 51 5 6 4 6 10 0
1959–60 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 2 1 1 2 2
Flin Flon Bombers SJHL 1 0 0 0 0
1959–60 Flin Flon Bombers M-Cup 5 9 4 13 6
1959–60 Edmonton Oil Kings M-Cup 6 6 2 8 0
1960–61 Montreal Canadiens NHL 4 1 0 1 0
1960–61 Hull-Ottawa Canadiens EPHL 65 33 69 102 10 14 4 11 15 0
1961–62 Boston Bruins NHL 70 9 32 41 2
1962–63 Boston Bruins NHL 28 7 10 17 4
1962–63 Kingston Frontenacs EPHL 39 21 41 62 6 5 2 9 11 0
1963–64 San Francisco Seals WHL 26 6 15 21 4
1963–64 Quebec Aces AHL 43 11 19 30 2 7 1 1 2 0
1964–65 Verdun Pirates QSHL
1965–66 Los Angeles Blades WHL 36 6 8 14 6
1966–67 Florida Rockets EHL 64 37 49 86 2
1967–68 Nashville Dixie Flyers EHL 68 49 66 115 18 4 3 3 6 0
1968–69 Nashville Dixie Flyers EHL 72 59 58 117 26 14 6 11 17 4
1969–70 Des Moines Oak Leafs IHL 72 43 57 100 6 3 1 2 3 0
1970–71 Des Moines Oak Leafs IHL 54 22 42 64 8
1971–72 St. Petersburg Suns EHL 66 25 56 81 61 2 1 2 3 2
1972–73 Suncoast Suns EHL 48 25 47 72 10
1973–74 Suncoast Suns EHL 5 0 5 5 0
EHL totals 318 195 276 471 117 20 10 16 26 6
NHL totals 102 17 42 59 6

International[]

Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM
1960 Canada Ice hockey at the Olympics 4 0 2 2 6
Senior totals 4 0 2 2 6

Awards and achievements[]

  • Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1956)
  • EPHL Championships (1961 & 1963)
  • EPHL First All-Star Team (1962)
  • EHL South First All-Star Team (1969)
  • IHL First All-Star Team (1970)
  • IHL MVP (1970)
  • Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

References[]

  1. ^ "PENNINGTON CLIFF - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages".

External links[]

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