P. J. Stock

P. J. Stock
Born	May 26, 1975 (1975-05-26) (age 36) Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, CAN
Height	5 ft 10 in (1.78 m)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Left wing
Shot	Left
Played for	AHL Hartford Wolf Pack Philadelphia Phantoms Providence Bruins NHL New York Rangers (1997–2000) Montreal Canadiens (2000) Philadelphia Flyers (2000–2001) Boston Bruins (2001–2004)
NHL Draft	Undrafted
Playing career	1997–2004

Philip Joseph Stock (born May 26, 1975) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. Since retiring as a player he has become a regular member of the Hockey Night In Canada broadcast team.

Playing career

Stock played two years with the Victoriaville Tigres of QMJHL, where he was briefly a junior teammate of Alexandre Daigle. Upon graduating junior, Stock entered St. Francis Xavier University in 1996.

He was not drafted by an NHL team and signed as a free agent with the New York Rangers in 1997. He spent the next three seasons playing for both the Rangers and their AHL farm team, the Hartford Wolf Pack. Wolf Pack fans in Hartford remember him as scoring the team's first ever goal on home ice at the Hartford Civic Center in 1997. Prior to 2000–01, Stock signed a free agent contract with the Montreal Canadiens. He played 20 games that year with the Canadiens before being traded to the Philadelphia Flyers for Gino Odjick. After a brief return to New York in the following offseason, Stock was claimed by the Boston Bruins in the annual waiver draft.

After two full seasons in Boston, Stock was briefly sent to their Providence farm team before being loaned to the Philadelphia Phantoms of the AHL. Stock totaled five goals, 26 points and 523 penalty minutes in 235 NHL games before being forced to retire due to an eye injury sustained during an AHL game between Springfield and Philadelphia. Stock was being loaned to the Philadelphia Phantoms at the time.

Broadcasting career

Stock had his own show on Montreal radio called The Stock Exchange on Team 990. He presents sports on Montreal News at 6 on CBMT (CBC) television on a segment named Stock Talk and he has some sporadic segments in a francophone sports debate program on RDS, L'antichambre. He was also a game and studio analyst for The NHL On OLN in its first season.

Stock debuted on CBC's Hockey Night in Canada in 2007 as a panel member for The Hot Stove segment hosted by Ron MacLean, which appears between the second and third periods of the early (7PM Eastern) game. For the 2008–09 season, he was reassigned to handle the scores and highlights during the intermissions of the doubleheader telecasts.

On December 18, 2009, Stock hosted "The Intermission with Tony Marinaro and The Stock Exchange" for the final time. He has decided to take it easy for a while and hang out with his family more often. He will still be on Hockey Night In Canada and occasionally on RDS's program called L'Antichambre.

On February 3, 2010, Stock joined the morning show team of Chantal Desjardins and Pete Marier on CHOM-FM in Montreal. He brought a comedic element to the show by attempting to interview his family's hamster, Richard Gere. Stock left the station a year later.

Stock is known for his love of cheap neckties. On the CBC Sports Online post-game show, he revealed he bought 25 neckties from a local gift shop for a total of $150.

Stock was a participant in the second season of the CBC's reality competition, Battle of the Blades, partnered with Russian figure skater Violetta Afanasieva.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1992–93	Pembroke Lumber Kings	CJAHL		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1994–95	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		70	9	46	55	386		4	0	0	0	60
1995–96	Victoriaville Tigres	QMJHL		67	19	43	62	432		12	5	4	9	79
1996–97	St. Francis Xavier University	CIAU		27	11	10	21	110		—	—	—	—	—
1997–98	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		41	8	8	16	202		11	1	3	4	79
1997–98	New York Rangers	NHL		38	2	3	5	114		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	New York Rangers	NHL		5	0	0	0	6		—	—	—	—	—
1998–99	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		55	4	14	18	250		6	0	1	1	35
1999–00	New York Rangers	NHL		11	0	1	1	11		—	—	—	—	—
1999–00	Hartford Wolf Pack	AHL		64	13	23	36	290		23	1	11	12	69
2000–01	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		20	1	2	3	32		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		9	1	2	3	27		—	—	—	—	—
2000–01	Philadelphia Flyers	NHL		31	1	3	4	78		2	0	0	0	0
2001–02	Boston Bruins	NHL		58	0	3	3	122		6	1	0	1	19
2002–03	Boston Bruins	NHL		71	1	9	10	160		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Boston Bruins	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Providence Bruins	AHL		4	1	0	1	2		—	—	—	—	—
2003–04	Philadelphia Phantoms	AHL		66	5	18	23	207		12	0	2	2	34
NHL totals				235	5	21	26	523		8	1	0	1	19

External links

• P. J. Stock's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• P. J. Stock's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Putting Stock in a New Career : Boston.com

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Name	Stock, P. J.
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Date of birth	May 26, 1975
Place of birth	Dollard-des-Ormeaux, QC, CAN
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