Jack Shewchuk
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Jack Michael Shewchuk (Born June 19, 1917 in Brantford, Ontario) is a former NHL Defenceman for the Boston Bruins.
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[edit] 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.
[edit] Professional Career
Shewchuck 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. Shewchuck had to sit by and watch as the Bruins went through the playoffs and won the Stanley Cup. 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. Shewchuck split the 1941 season with the Bruins and the Hershey Bears. The Bruins again made the playoffs. This time however he got his name etched onto the Stanley Cup as a member of the championship team.
Shewchuck 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, Shewchuck 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.
[edit] Awards & Achievements
- 1941 Stanley Cup Championship (Boston)
[edit] Trivia
- Height 6'1"
- Weight 190 Lbs
