John Hanna (ice hockey)
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = John Hanna postcard 72-73.png
| caption = Hanna in 1972–73
| position = Defence
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 175
| played_for = New York Rangers
Montreal Canadiens
Philadelphia Flyers
Cleveland Crusaders
| birth_date = {{birth date|1935|4|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2005|11|20|1935|4|5|mf=y}}
| death_place = Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada
| career_start = 1955
| career_end = 1975
}}
John Isaac "Junior" Hanna (April 5, 1935 – November 20, 2005) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He played in the National Hockey League from 1958 to 1968, and the World Hockey Association from 1972 to 1973. Hanna was one of first players in the National Hockey League (NHL) to be of Lebanese descent.{{cite web |title=Hockey and Ramadan |url=http://www.iihf.com/home-of-hockey/news/news-singleview/?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=3817&cHash=73974ae61ee084463156d04e4589a774 |website=www.iihf.com |publisher=International Ice Hockey Federation |accessdate=9 August 2018 |language=en |date=24 September 2009}}{{cite web |last1=White |first1=John |title=Cape Breton's John "Junior" Hanna: First NHLer of Lebanese descent |url=http://cedarsclubsydney.ca/492/ |website=cedarsclubsydney.ca |publisher=Cape Breton Star |accessdate=9 August 2018 |date=15 March 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180810011247/http://cedarsclubsydney.ca/492/ |archive-date=10 August 2018 |url-status=dead }}
Biography
Hanna was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia. He played junior hockey for the Trois-Rivières Lions and the Chicoutimi Sagueneens before signing a professional contract. He played 198 games in the NHL with the New York Rangers, Montreal Canadiens and Philadelphia Flyers. He also played 66 games in the World Hockey Association (WHA) with the Cleveland Crusaders. However, the majority of his career was spent in the minors with the Quebec Aces of the American Hockey League and the Seattle Totems of the Western Hockey League.
After retiring from competitive play, he was hired for several brief coaching stints in the AHL. He also served as head coach of the Cleveland Crusaders of the World Hockey Association for part of the 1974-75 season.{{cite news |title=W.H.A. Crusaders Name Hanna Coach |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1974/05/29/archives/wha-crusaders-name-hanna-coach.html |newspaper=The New York Times |accessdate=9 August 2018 |language=en |date=29 May 1974}}{{cite book |last1=Surgent |first1=Scott |title=The Complete Historical and Statistical Reference to the World Hockey Association, 1972-1979 |date=2010 |publisher=Xaler Press |isbn=9780964477445 |page=20 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VUT0v_BSkFoC&q=%22john+hanna%22+hockey+died&pg=PA20 |accessdate=9 August 2018 |language=en}}
Hanna died of cancer on November 20, 2005.{{cite web |title=Cape Breton hockey great dies at age 70 {{!}} CBC News |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/cape-breton-hockey-great-dies-at-age-70-1.562446 |website=CBC |publisher=CBC News |accessdate=9 August 2018 |date=21 November 2005}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1953–54
| Sydney Bruins | CBJHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1953–54 | North Sydney Falcons | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 1954–55
| Trois-Rivières Reds | QJHL | 42 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 107
| 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 10 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1955–56 | EHL | 28 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 13
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1955–56
| Chicoutimi Sagueneens | QSHL | 40 | 3 | 14 | 17 | 101
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1956–57 | Chicoutimi Sagueneens | QSHL | 43 | 1 | 14 | 15 | 64
| 10 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 1957–58
| Trois-Rivières Reds | QSHL | 48 | 3 | 25 | 28 | 66
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1957–58 | AHL | 7 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 24
| 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 10 |
| 1958–59
| NHL | 70 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 83
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1959–60 | New York Rangers | NHL | 61 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 87
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1960–61
| New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1960–61 | AHL | 18 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62
| AHL | 65 | 0 | 17 | 17 | 85
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 70 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 61
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1963–64
| NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1963–64 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 58 | 4 | 14 | 18 | 54
| 9 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 |
| 1964–65
| Quebec Aces | AHL | 70 | 9 | 25 | 34 | 83
| 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1965–66 | Quebec Aces | AHL | 69 | 4 | 22 | 26 | 93
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 1966–67
| Quebec Aces | AHL | 67 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 54
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1967–68 | NHL | 15 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1967–68
| Quebec Aces | AHL | 24 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 27
| 14 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 34 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1968–69 | WHL | 71 | 25 | 27 | 52 | 49
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 1969–70
| Seattle Totems | WHL | 66 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 38
| 6 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1970–71 | Seattle Totems | WHL | 70 | 20 | 40 | 60 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1971–72
| Seattle Totems | WHL | 36 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 16
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1972–73 | WHA | 66 | 6 | 20 | 26 | 68
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1973–74
| AHL | 11 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1974–75 | AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | WHA totals ! 66 !! 6 !! 20 !! 26 !! 68 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 198 !! 6 !! 26 !! 32 !! 206 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
=Coaching stats=
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| rowspan="2"|Team | rowspan="2"|Year | colspan="6"|Regular season | colspan="1"|Post season | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | L | T | Pts | Division rank | Result |
| Cleveland Crusaders
| 1974-75 | 34 || 14 || 19 || 1 || 29 | 2nd in East || Missed playoffs |
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
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