Gary Aldcorn
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player (b. 1935)}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
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| position = Left wing
| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
Boston Bruins
| ntl_team = CAN
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 170
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1935|3|7}}
| birth_place = Shaunavon, Saskatchewan, Canada
| career_start = 1955
| career_end = 1963
}}
Gary William Aldcorn (born March 7, 1935) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played 226 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1956 and 1961. Over his NHL career, Aldcorn scored 41 regular-season goals and one goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Internationally Aldcorn played for the Canadian national team at the 1965 World Championships.
Before his career in the NHL, Aldcorn won the 1954 Allan Cup national senior ice hockey championship as a member of the Winnipeg Maroons, then won the 1955 Memorial Cup national junior ice hockey championship as a member of the Toronto Marlboros.
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
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! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1951–52
| MJHL | 20 | 9 | 7 | 16 | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1952–53 | Winnipeg Monarchs | MJHL | 35 | 18 | 24 | 42 | 16
| 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 1953–54
| Winnipeg Monarchs | MJHL | 36 | 23 | 14 | 37 | 37
| 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 2 |
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| 1953–54 | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 16 | 14 | 12 | 26 | 8 |
| 1954–55
| OHA | 47 | 27 | 22 | 49 | 59
| 13 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 45 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1954–55 | Toronto Marlboros | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 11 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 4 |
| 1955–56
| WHL | 67 | 22 | 12 | 34 | 66
| 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1956–57 | NHL | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1956–57
| AHL | 42 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 28
| 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1957–58 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1957–58
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 11 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 22
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1958–59 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1958–59
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 66 | 37 | 42 | 79 | 52
| 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
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| 1959–60 | NHL | 70 | 22 | 29 | 51 | 32
| 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1960–61
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 49 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1960–61 | NHL | 21 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62
| Winnipeg Maroons | SSHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | Winnipeg Maroons | SSHL | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963–64
| Winnipeg Maroons | SSHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1964–65 | Winnipeg Olympics | SSHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1966–67
| Winnipeg Maroons | MSHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1967–68 | St. Boniface Mohawks | MSHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 226 !! 41 !! 56 !! 97 !! 78 ! 6 !! 1 !! 2 !! 3 !! 4 |
=International=
Coaching statistics
Season Team Lge Type GP W L T OTL Pct
1967-68 St. Boniface Mohawks MSHL Player-Head 24 10 13 1 0 0.43750
1969-70 Canadian National Team Intl Assistant
Awards and achievements
- 1956: President's Cup (WHL) Championship
- 1956: Edinburgh Cup Championship
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=11822}}
- [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=40 Gary Aldcorn’s biography] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111002142151/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=40 |date=2011-10-02 }} at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
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Category:Boston Bruins players
Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States
Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
Category:People from Shaunavon, Saskatchewan
Category:Rochester Americans players
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players
Category:Toronto Marlboros players
Category:Winnipeg Maroons players
Category:Winnipeg Monarchs players