Jack Shewchuk

Jack Michael Shewchuk (born June 19, 1917 in Brantford, Ontario - died May 15 1989) is a former NHL defenceman for the Boston Bruins.

Junior career

Jack Shewchuk played 2 seasons in the North Ontario Hockey Association, beginning in the 1932–33 season with the Sudbury Wolves and the Copper Cliff Jr. Redmen.

Professional career

Shewchuk was signed as a free agentby the Boston Bruins and spent the 1937–38 season with their AHL team, the Providence Reds. He made his NHL debut the following season playing three games in Boston and the majority of it with the Reds. Shewchuk had to sit by and watch as the Bruins went through the playoffs and won the Stanley Cup. However, Boston still engraved his name on the cup in 1939. He spent the entire 1939–40 season in the NHL, making his first appearance in the Stanley Cup playoffs as the Bruins prepared to defend their championship. However they were defeated by the New York Rangers in the semi-finals. Shewchuk split the 1941 season with the Bruins and the Hershey Bears. The Bruins again made the playoffs, but Shewachuk did not play. His name was original left off the Stanley Cup in 1941. However, when the cup was redone during 1957–58 season Shewchuk got his name etched onto the Stanley Cup a second time.

Shewchuk spent the next few seasons up and down with the Bruins before leaving the NHL for military service during the 1943–44 season. He came back to play one more NHL season in 1944–45 with the Bruins.

From 1945 to 1952, Shewchuk played in the AHL with the Hershey Bears and the St. Louis Flyers and OHA Sr. league where in his last 4 seasons of hockey he returned to play for the Kitchener Dutchmen and the Brantford Redmen before retiring from hockey.

Trivia

*Height 6ft 1in
*Weight 190 lb

External links

* [http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_25.shtml Picture of Jack Shewchuk's Name on the 1941 Stanley Cup Plaque]
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