William Meronek
{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image =
| image_size = 230px
| caption =
| position = Centre
| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 155
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1917|04|15}}
| birth_place = Stony Mountain, Manitoba, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1999|05|25|1917|04|15}}
| death_place =
| career_start = 1937
| career_end = 1950
}}
William Meronek (April 15, 1917 — May 25, 1999), nicknamed "Bill" or "Smiley", was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 20 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens between 1940 and 1943. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1937 to 1950, was spent in various minor leagues. He was born in Stony Mountain, Manitoba.
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 | ||||||||
| 1934–35
| MJHL | 10 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1935–36 | MJHL | 16 | 16 | 7 | 23 | 2
| 6 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 6 |
| 1936–37
| Portage Terriers | MJHL | 16 | 21 | 20 | 41 | 4
| 4 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1937–38 | QSHL | 20 | 10 | 10 | 20 | 4
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0 |
| 1938–39
| Verdun Maple Leafs | QSHL | 22 | 17 | 17 | 34 | 9
| 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1939–40 | NHL | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1939–40
| Verdun Maple Leafs | QSHL | 26 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1940–41 | Montreal Senior Canadiens | QSHL | 29 | 17 | 10 | 27 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1941–42
| Montreal Senior Canadiens | QSHL | 31 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 32
| 6 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1942–43 | Montreal Senior Canadiens | QSHL | 23 | 13 | 19 | 32 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1942–43
| Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 12 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 0
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44 | QSHL | 19 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 0
| 7 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 0 |
| 1943–44
| Montreal Noordyn | MCHL | 10 | 13 | 13 | 26 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1944–45 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 23 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 8
| 6 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 |
| 1945–46
| Montreal Royals | QSHL | 35 | 15 | 36 | 51 | 18
| 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1946–47 | Lachine Rapides | QPHL | 49 | 39 | 63 | 102 | 14
| 10 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 10 |
| 1947–48
| Lachine Rapides | QPHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49 | Hull Volants | ECSHL | 15 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 4
| 7 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 2 |
| 1949–50
| Hull Volants | ECSHL | 10 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0
| 13 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1949–50 | Cornwall Calumets | ECSHL | 15 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | QSHL totals ! 229 !! 118 !! 178 !! 296 !! 89 ! 37 !! 21 !! 22 !! 43 !! 2 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 20 !! 5 !! 8 !! 13 !! 0 ! 1 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 !! 0 |
Awards and achievements
- MJHL Scoring Champion (1937)
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=13713}}
- [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=145 William Meronek's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
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Category:Canadian ice hockey forwards
Category:Ice hockey people from Manitoba
Category:Montreal Canadiens players
Category:Montreal Royals (QSHL) players
Category:Portage Terriers players
Category:St. Boniface Seals players
Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen
Category:Verdun Maple Leafs (ice hockey) players
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