Tod Sloan (ice hockey)

Aloysius Martin "Tod" Sloan (November 30, 1927 – July 12, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams: 1949 and 1951 in Toronto, and 1961 in Chicago.

Tod Sloan
Born	(1927-11-30)November 30, 1927 Litchfield, Quebec, Canada
Died	July 12, 2017(2017-07-12) (aged 89) Newmarket, Ontario, Canada
Height	5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight	152 lb (69 kg; 10 st 12 lb)
Position	Centre/Right Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	Toronto Maple Leafs Chicago Black Hawks
National team	Canada
Playing career	1946–1962

Career

Sloan played junior hockey with the St. Michael's Majors. He began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League in the 1946–47 season and was called up for one game by the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1947–48. In 1948–49, Sloan played 29 regular-season games with Toronto; he did not play in the playoffs and his name was left off the Stanley Cup, but he appeared in the Maple Leafs' 1949 team picture. He played eight full seasons for the Leafs and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1949 and 1951.

In 1958, Sloan and teammate Jimmy Thomson were traded from Toronto to Chicago because of their activities in organizing the National Hockey League Players' Association. Sloan played three seasons for the Black Hawks and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1961. His name was incorrectly engraved on the Cup as "Martin A. Sloan".^[1]

Sloan retired from professional ice hockey in 1961. The following season, he joined the Galt Terriers senior team and played with the Canadian national ice hockey team in the 1962 IIHF world championship before retiring completely from competitive ice hockey.

Sloan was a cousin of Dave Keon, another longtime member of the Maple Leafs. He lived in Sutton, Ontario, in his final years and died in Newmarket, Ontario, on July 12, 2017, at the age of 89.^[2][3]

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

References

1. "Tod Sloan remembered by Dave Keon as key part of 1951 Maple Leafs Cup win". NHL.com.
2. https://canadianobituaries.com/simcoe/67079-tod-aloysius-martin-sloan-july-12-2017 ^{[dead link]}
3. "Former Maple Leafs forward Tod Sloan, 89, dies | MAPLE LEAFS | Toronto Maple Lea". Torontosun.com. Retrieved 2017-07-14.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database