Cliff Pennington (ice hockey)
| Cliff Pennington | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 | |||
| Born |
April 18, 1940 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | ||
| Died |
May 26, 2020 (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
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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[]
External links[]
- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
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- 1940 births
- 2020 deaths
- Boston Bruins players
- Canadian ice hockey centres
- Des Moines Oak Leafs players
- Edmonton Oil Kings (WCHL) players
- Flin Flon Bombers players
- Hull-Ottawa Canadiens players
- Ice hockey people from Manitoba
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Jacksonville Rockets players
- Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) players
- Los Angeles Blades (WHL) players
- Medalists at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Montreal Canadiens players
- Nashville Dixie Flyers players
- Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players
- Olympic ice hockey players of Canada
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Canada
- Quebec Aces (AHL) players
- San Francisco Seals (ice hockey) players
- St. Boniface Canadiens players
- Sportspeople from Winnipeg
- Suncoast Suns (EHL) players
- Suncoast Suns (SHL) players
- Winnipeg Warriors (minor pro) players
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