Ike Hildebrand
Born (1927-05-27)May 27, 1927
Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died August 27, 2006(2006-08-27) (aged 79)
St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 147 lb (67 kg; 10 st 7 lb)
Position Right wing
Shot Right
Played for New York Rangers
Chicago Black Hawks
National team  Canada
Playing career 19441960

Isaac Bruce Hildebrand (May 27, 1927 – August 27, 2006) was a Canadian ice hockey and lacrosse player. Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, he played 41 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks during the 1953–54 and 1954–55 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1944 to 1960, was spent in various minor leagues.

Career

In 1985, he was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame for the sport of lacrosse.[1] He was inducted into Canada's Lacrosse Hall of Fame in 1972 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 1985 as well as Sports Halls of Fame in Peterborough (1978), Belleville (1989) and Oshawa (1993).

Ike excelled at both of Canada's national sports, lacrosse and hockey. He played lacrosse with the New Westminster Salmonbellies senior team and at age 17 won the MVP award in the Mann Cup Canadian championship. In a lacrosse career that spanned 17 years (1943–1960) he was honored 13 times as an all-star. After a junior ice hockey career with the Oshawa Generals, he spent 10 years playing professional hockey with minor league teams in the Pacific Coast Hockey League, the United States Hockey League, the Quebec Senior Hockey League and the American Hockey League.

Hildebrand also played 41 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers, and the Chicago Black Hawks from 1953 to 1954. He was playing coach with the Belleville McFarlands and scored the winning goal when they won the 1959 World Championship for Canada.

After his playing days, Hildebrand turned to coaching with the London Nationals, Orillia Terriers and two years with the Oshawa Generals.

He died in St. Albert, Alberta in 2006.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1944–45 Seattle Ironmen PCHL 93582
1945–46 Oshawa Generals OHA 271421358 122111324
1946–47 Oshawa Generals OHA 2928255323 531416
1947–48 Toronto Marlboros OHA 3529376629 52026
1948–49 Los Angeles Monarchs PCHL 4517193632 715617
1949–50 Los Angeles Monarchs PCHL 6324366028 17681420
1950–51 Kansas City Royals USHL 6342499167
1951–52 Cleveland Barons AHL 4831164719 51347
1952–53 Cleveland Barons AHL 6438347240 1111211
1953–54 New York Rangers NHL 31671312
1953–54 Vancouver Canucks WHL 80002
1953–54 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 71454
1954–55 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 30000
1954–55 Montreal Royals QSHL 5317254227 1416714
1955–56 Cleveland Barons AHL 549192843 811210
1956–57 Pembroke Lumber Kings EOHL 236121844
1956–57 Belleville McFarlands OHA Sr 2519365573 1025710
1957–58 Belleville McFarlands OHA Sr 5115395455 13519242
1957–58 Belleville McFarlands Al-Cup 146121812
1958–59 Belleville McFarlands OHA Sr 4630366631
1959–60 Belleville McFarlands OHA Sr 4523224520 12311144
AHL totals 1667869147102 2435828
OHA Sr totals 16787133220179 3510354516
NHL totals 417111816

International

Year Team Event GPGAPtsPIM
1959 Canada WC 866124
Senior totals 866124

References

  1. "Ike Hildebrand Biography". Canada's Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on 7 May 2018. Retrieved 24 June 2008.


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