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Jack Stoddard
Jack Stoddard A Stoney Creek native, Jack Stoddard was a standout in the AHL before spending a couple of seasons in the NHL. Born in September of 1926, Stoddard started playing with the Stratford Kroehlers in the Junior OHA in 1943. For the next three seasons he returned to his native area, playing with the Hamilton Whizzers and Lloyds in Junior A action, and a year with the Hamilton Patricias in the Senior OHA loop. After a season with the 1946-47 Baltimore Clippers of the EAHL, where he picked up 22 goals in 53 games, the right-winger went to play with the Providence Reds, and then went on with the Quebec Aces for a season. He returned to Rhode Island for the 1948-49 season, helping the club to win the Calder Cup that year, and remained with the AHL club for three more years, where he was the team’s top scorer. For the 1950-51 season, he scored 37 goals. After 35 games with the Reds the next season, he was called up to the New York Rangers in January of 1952, playing 20 games and scoring four times. The next season, his only full NHL term, he scored 12 times. After a season with the Cleveland Barons, where he won his second Calder Cup, he returned once again to Providence, but then returned to the minors, playing with the Owen Sound Mercurys, Chatham Maroons, and Woodstock Athletics in OHA Senior A play before retiring after the 1961-62 season. Stoddard continued to stay in the game, coaching the Owen Sound Senior A club, the Downtowners, for the 1972-73 season.
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