Stan Jonathan
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Stan Jonathan.jpg
| caption = Jonathan in 1980
| position = Left wing
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 8
| weight_lb = 175
| played_for = Boston Bruins
Pittsburgh Penguins
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|9|5|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Ohsweken, Ontario, Canada
| draft = 86th overall
| draft_year = 1975
| draft_team = Boston Bruins
| wha_draft = 103rd overall
| wha_draft_year = 198@
| wha_draft_team = Indianapolis Racers
| career_start = 1975
| career_end = 1983
}}
Stanley Carl "Bulldog" Jonathan (born September 5, 1955) is a Canadian former ice hockey left winger, most notably for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League, for whom he played for parts of eight seasons, and featured in two Stanley Cup Finals (1977, 1978).
Playing career
Stan Jonathan was drafted in the fifth round (86th overall) of the 1975 NHL entry draft by the Bruins. Ignored by most other scouts and by Bruins general manager Harry Sinden, Jonathan was picked up thanks to the shrewdness of Don Cherry, who had seen him play with the Peterborough Petes earlier that season, Jonathan's third season in Peterborough.{{cite web|url=http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2013/07/stan-jonathan.html|title=Stan Jonathan|work=GreatestHockeyLegends.com|access-date=January 2, 2017}} Cherry stated later that the proudest discovery of his hockey career was Stan Jonathan.
While Jonathan played with Peterborough, they represented Canada well as they placed third at the first unofficial world junior championship in 1973–1974.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13135|title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Stan Jonathan|website=www.legendsofhockey.net|access-date=2017-03-25}}
Jonathan started his NHL career with one game in the 1975–76 NHL season, before being called up permanently for the 1976–77 season. He typified Bruins hockey, displaying both outstanding offensive ability and toughness.{{Citation needed|date=January 2017}} Jonathan was adept at knocking in rebounds, and Cherry, his coach at the time, stated that he had the most accurate shot in the league.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBrx-Q_1COY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/RBrx-Q_1COY |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=They Call me Chief Ch 03 of 09|last=davey boy phelan|date=December 9, 2012|access-date=January 2, 2017|via=YouTube}}{{cbignore}} As a rookie, he led all NHL players in shooting percentage, putting goals in at a clip of 23.9%. That year, 1977–78, was his most productive season as he scored 27 goals with 25 assists. He also had 116 penalty minutes that year. his second season, he was again among the top-ten players in shooting percentage, at 22.3%. That year he won the Bruins' "7th Player Award" voted on by the fans for the player who exceeded expectations.
Besides his scoring touch, Jonathan was also a capable enforcer, having fought Keith Magnuson, Dave "The Hammer" Schultz, and Andre "Moose" Dupont. Arguably Jonathan's most famous moment{{Citation|last=Boston Herald|title=Boston Herald Talk of the Town : Former Boston Bruin Stan Jonathan|date=2014-02-19|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKSkqI5VkHw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/WKSkqI5VkHw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|accessdate=2017-03-25}}{{cbignore}} was his savage beating of Pierre Bouchard in a brawl during Game 4 of the 1978 Stanley Cup Finals. Challenged by Bouchard, who outweighed Jonathan by thirty pounds and stood six inches taller, Jonathan held his own, breaking Bouchard's nose and cheekbone and knocking him to the ice.
His 1978–79 season was shortened by an injury, but Jonathan played in all 11 playoff games of 1979. Jonathan scored a hat-trick in Game #6 of Boston's semifinal series versus Montreal, contributing to a 5–2 win in game 6 of the semi-finals against the Montreal Canadiens, which forced a game 7.{{Cite web|url=http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/edu/ViewLoitDa.do;jsessionid=C8D29BC11CB92615374A20259D7D8830?method=preview&lang=EN&id=11751|title=Stan Jonathan|last=Network|first=Canadian Heritage Information|website=www.virtualmuseum.ca|language=EN|access-date=2017-03-25}} He returned the following year and scored 21 goals and 19 assists. He also added 208 penalty minutes.
The Bruins traded him to the Pittsburgh Penguins on November 8, 1982, in exchange for cash. Jonathan played 19 games for Pittsburgh and retired after the 1983 season. He finished his NHL career with 91 goals and 110 assists in 411 games.
He is a full-blooded Tuscarora,{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4v4TBwAAQBAJ&q=stan+jonathan&pg=PA146|title=Native Americans in Sports|last=King|first=C. Richard|date=2015-03-10|publisher=Routledge|isbn=9781317464037|language=en}} born in Ohsweken, Ontario, a Six Nations reserve near Brantford, Ontario, Canada.
Stan Jonathan was charged with criminal negligence in a hunting accident on the Six Nations reserve that killed Peter Kosid of Hamilton, Ontario, on Sunday, November 11, 2012.{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2012/11/14/former_nhl_player_stan_jonathan_charged_in_fatal_hunting_accident_on_six_nations_reserve.html|title=Former NHL player Stan Jonathan charged in fatal hunting accident on Six Nations reserve - Toronto Star|date=November 14, 2012|work=TheStar.com|access-date=January 2, 2017}} The criminal charges against Jonathan in the hunting death of Peter Kosid have been withdrawn.{{cite news|url=http://www.thespec.com/news-story/5539994-ex-nhl-player-s-charges-dropped-in-tragic-hunting-death/|title=Ex-NHL player's charges dropped in 'tragic' hunting death|date=April 3, 2015|access-date=January 2, 2017|newspaper=The Hamilton Spectator|last1=Peeling|first1=Mike}}
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 | ||||||||
| 1972–73
| OHA-Jr. | 63 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 107
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1973–74 | Peterborough Petes | OHA-Jr. | 70 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 127
| 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| 1974–75
| Peterborough Petes | OMJHL | 70 | 36 | 39 | 75 | 138
| 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 14 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | AHL | 6 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1975–76
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1975–76 | IHL | 69 | 26 | 47 | 73 | 192
| 15 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 54 | |
| 1976–77
| Rochester Americans | AHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1976–77 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 69 | 17 | 13 | 30 | 69
| 14 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 24 |
| 1977–78
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 68 | 27 | 25 | 52 | 116
| 15 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 36 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1978–79 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 33 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 96
| 11 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 1979–80
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 79 | 21 | 19 | 40 | 208
| 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 29 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1980–81 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 74 | 14 | 24 | 38 | 192
| 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 30 |
| 1981–82
| Boston Bruins | NHL | 67 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 57
| 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1982–83
| NHL | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 13
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1982–83 | AHL | 48 | 13 | 23 | 36 | 86
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1985–86
| OHA-Sr. | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1986–87 | Brantford Motts Clamatos | OHA-Sr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 411 !! 91 !! 110 !! 201 !! 751 ! 63 !! 8 !! 4 !! 12 !! 137 |
=International=
References
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External links
- {{Ice hockey stats}}
- [http://www.hockeydraftcentral.com/1975/75086.html 1975 NHL Amateur Draft: Stan Jonathan]
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