Ron Stackhouse

{{Infobox ice hockey player

|image = Ron Stackhouse 2010-04-08.JPG

|image_size = 230px

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1949|8|26|mf=y}}

|birth_place = Haliburton, Ontario, Canada

|height_ft = 6

|height_in = 3

|weight_lb = 185

|position = Defence

|shoots = Right

|played_for = California Golden Seals
Detroit Red Wings
Pittsburgh Penguins

|draft = 18th overall

|draft_year = 1969

|draft_team = Oakland Seals

|career_start = 1969

|career_end = 1982}}

Ronald Lorne Stackhouse (born August 26, 1949) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Playing career

Stackhouse was born in Haliburton, Ontario. He started his career playing with the Peterborough Petes under Roger Neilson in the OHA. Stackhouse was drafted 18th overall by the Oakland Seals in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. He lasted only a few seasons with the Seals, before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1971.

Stackhouse's career did not pick up until he joined the Pittsburgh Penguins early in 1974. He tied an NHL record the next season with 6 assists in a game by a defenceman, and riled off seasons of 60 and 71 points. Stackhouse played with the Penguins until 1982, when he retired from hockey and returned to live in Haliburton, where he taught at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School.

Awards

Records

  • Tied NHL record with 4 assists in one period (March 1975)
  • Tied NHL record with 6 assists by a defenseman in one game (March 1975)

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! 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

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1967–68

| Peterborough Petes

| OHA

| 49

1392288

| 5

03320
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| 1968–69

| Peterborough Petes

| OHA

| 54

15314652

| 10

641041
1969–70

| Providence Reds

| AHL

| 65

15637

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1969–70

| Seattle Totems

| WHL

| —

| 5

0000
1970–71

| California Golden Seals

| NHL

| 78

8243273

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1971–72

| California Golden Seals

| NHL

| 5

1346

| —

1971–72

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 74

5253083

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1972–73

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 78

5293482

| —

1973–74

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 33

2141633

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1973–74

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 36

4151933

| —

1974–75

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 72

15456052

| 9

26810
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1975–76

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 80

11607176

| 3

0000
1976–77

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 80

7344172

| 3

2130
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1977–78

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 50

5152036

| —

1978–79

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 75

10334354

| 7

0004
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1979–80

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 78

6273336

| 5

10118
1980–81

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 74

6293586

| 4

0116
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1981–82

| Pittsburgh Penguins

| NHL

| 76

21921102

| 1

0000
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 889 !! 87 !! 372 !! 459 !! 824

! 32 !! 5 !! 8 !! 13 !! 38