Hillary Menard
Hillary Menard | |||
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Born |
Timmins, Ontario, Canada | January 15, 1934||
Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | ||
Weight | 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb) | ||
Position | Left Wing | ||
Shot | Left | ||
Played for | Chicago Black Hawks | ||
Playing career | 1951–1968 |
Hillary Gilbert "Minnie" Menard (born January 15, 1934) is a Canadian retired professional ice hockey left winger who played in one National Hockey League game for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1953–54 NHL season. Hillary is the brother of Howie Menard. Leaving home at the age of fifteen, Minnie crafted one of the great stories in Canadian and USA hockey's Golden Age. At 5' 10" and weighing 178 lbs, his professional hockey career spanned fourteen years across six different leagues. He was a member of the Belleville McFarland's 1958-1959 Canadian Senior "A" league World Champion team winning the World Title in Prague, Czechoslovakia. In the 1957-1958 season Minnie hit the "50" goals scored milestone, leading his team to the coveted Allan cup. Hillary Menard also accumulated a team leading 134 penalty minutes in the same 1957-58 season. Minnie's playing career ended in 1966 with a last turn with the Des Moines Oak Leafs of the IHL where he served as player-coach for his final two-seasons.
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- Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- 1934 births
- Living people
- Barrie Flyers players
- Canadian ice hockey left wingers
- Chicago Blackhawks players
- Des Moines Oak Leafs players
- Galt Black Hawks players
- Hamilton Tiger Cubs players
- Sportspeople from Timmins
- New York Rovers players
- Omaha Knights (IHL) players
- Ice hockey people from Ontario
- Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States