Theodore Samuel "Teeder" Kennedy (born December 12, 1925) in Port Colborne, Ontario is a retired professional centre.
Kennedy was originally the property of the Montreal Canadiens, but was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1943 for Frank Eddolls before he had played an NHL game. This move cost Toronto General Manager Frank Selke his job, as Eddolls was a favourite of Toronto owner Conn Smythe. Nevertheless the trade was a great one for the Leafs.
Kennedy played fourteen years in the NHL; all of them with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He won the Hart Memorial Trophy in 1955 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. In 1998, he was ranked number 57 on the List of 100 greatest hockey players by The Hockey News. He won the Stanley Cup five times 1945, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951. The last 3 Stanley Cups as captain of Maple Leafs.
1n 1957–1958, he was the second coach of the Peterborough Petes and like his predecessor, Calum MacKay, lasted just one season. He was replaced by Scotty Bowman, and returned to Port Colborne to raise thoroughbred horses.
Career statistics
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
1942–43 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1943–44 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 49 | 26 | 23 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | ||
1944–45 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 49 | 29 | 25 | 54 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 2 | ||
1945–46 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 21 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1946–47 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 60 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 4 | ||
1947–48 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 60 | 25 | 21 | 46 | 32 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 0 | ||
1948–49 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 59 | 18 | 21 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 2 | ||
1949–50 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 53 | 20 | 24 | 44 | 34 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | ||
1950–51 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 63 | 18 | 43 | 61 | 32 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 6 | ||
1951–52 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 19 | 33 | 52 | 33 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | ||
1952–53 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 43 | 14 | 23 | 37 | 42 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
1953–54 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 67 | 15 | 23 | 38 | 78 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
1954–55 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 70 | 10 | 42 | 52 | 74 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
1956–57 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 30 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 35 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
NHL totals | 696 | 231 | 329 | 560 | 432 | 78 | 29 | 31 | 60 | 32 |
Preceded by Al Rollins |
Winner of the Hart Trophy 1955 |
Succeeded by Jean Béliveau |
Preceded by Syl Apps |
Toronto Maple Leafs Captain 1948-55 |
Succeeded by Sid Smith |
Preceded by Jimmy Thomson |
Toronto Maple Leafs Captain 1956-57 |
Succeeded by George Armstrong |