Ron Schock

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Ron Schock 1973.JPG

| image_size =

| caption = Schock in 1973

| played_for = Pittsburgh Penguins
Boston Bruins
St. Louis Blues
Buffalo Sabres

| position = Centre

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 10

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1943|12|19|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Chapleau, Ontario, Canada

| career_start = 1963

| career_end = 1980

}}

Ronald Lawrence Schock (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League from 1964 to 1978. His younger brother, Danny Schock, also played briefly in the NHL. Schock retired following 909 games, recording a total of 166 goals, 351 assists, and 517 points.

Playing career

Schock scored his first NHL goal as a member of the Boston Bruins on February 29, 1964. It came in his team's 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden.

While playing with the St. Louis Blues, Schock attended a hockey dinner and was asked where he would least like to be traded. He responded, either the New York Rangers or Pittsburgh Penguins. Two days later he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins.

Ron Schock is perhaps most famous for his double overtime "Midnight Goal" that won game 7 for the Blues over the Minnesota North Stars on May 3, 1968, and sent the Blues to the Stanley Cup finals in the first year of the NHL expansion.{{Cite web | url=http://blues.nhl.com/club/page.htm?id=34437 |title = Great Moments}}{{Cite web | url=http://penguinslegends.blogspot.com/2006/12/ron-schock.html |title = Pittsburgh Penguins Legends: Ron Schock|date = 2006-12-19}} Arguably, this was a major contribution to the early popularity of the St. Louis Blues franchise.{{Cite web | url=http://www.jcs-group.com/trueblues/caught.html |title = The Team Quickly Caught the Imagination of Local Fans}}

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 ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
1961–62 \| Niagara Falls Flyers \| OHA \| 50	18	27	45	17 \| 10	1	7	8	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1962–63 \| Niagara Falls Flyers \| OHA \| 46	23	48	71	66 \| 9	5	11	16	19
1962–63 \| Kingston Frontenacs \| EPHL \| 1	0	1	1	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1962–63 \| Niagara Falls Flyers \| M-Cup \| —	—	—	—	— \| 7	4	4	8	4
1963–64 \| Niagara Falls Flyers \| OHA \| 44	38	36	74	30 \| 4	2	1	3	2
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1963–64 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 5	1	2	3	0 \| —	—	—	—	—
1963–64 \| Minneapolis Bruins \| CPHL \| —	—	—	—	— \| 2	0	3	3	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1964–65 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 33	4	7	11	14 \| —	—	—	—	—
1965–66 \| San Francisco Seals \| WHL \| 43	11	21	32	28 \| 7	1	5	6	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1965–66 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 24	2	2	4	6 \| —	—	—	—	—
1966–67 \| Boston Bruins \| NHL \| 66	10	20	30	8 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1967–68 \| Kansas City Blues \| CPHL \| 10	2	8	10	2 \| —	—	—	—	—
1967–68 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 55	9	9	18	17 \| 12	1	2	3	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1968–69 \| St. Louis Blues \| NHL \| 67	12	27	39	14 \| 12	1	2	3	6
1969–70 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 76	8	21	29	40 \| 10	1	6	7	7
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1970–71 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 71	14	26	40	20 \| —	—	—	—	—
1971–72 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 77	17	29	46	22 \| 4	1	0	1	6
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1972–73 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 78	13	36	49	23 \| —	—	—	—	—
1973–74 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 77	14	29	43	22 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1974–75 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 80	23	63	86	36 \| 9	0	4	4	10
1975–76 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 80	18	44	62	28 \| 3	0	1	1	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1976–77 \| Pittsburgh Penguins \| NHL \| 80	17	32	49	10 \| 3	0	1	1	0
1977–78 \| Buffalo Sabres \| NHL \| 40	4	4	8	0 \| 2	0	0	0	0
bgcolor="#f0f0f0" \| 1978–79 \| Hershey Bears \| AHL \| 79	21	45	66	21 \| 4	0	2	2	0
1979–80 \| Rochester Americans \| AHL \| 40	10	18	28	12 \| —	—	—	—	—
bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" \| NHL totals ! 909 !! 166 !! 351 !! 517 !! 260 ! 55 !! 4 !! 16 !! 20 !! 29