Sunday, August 16, 2009
NHL's Ted Kennedy Dies
Hall of Famer Ted "Teeder" Kennedy, who played on five Toronto Stanley Cup championship teams, died Friday in Port Colborne, Ontario. He was 83.
Kennedy played 14 seasons in the NHL, all with the Maple Leafs.
"The entire Toronto Maple Leaf hockey club sends our deepest sympathies to the Kennedy family," said Brian Burke, the team's president and general manager.
"He truly was a man of great class and he was one of the most accomplished leaders in our team's long history."
Kennedy, who died in a nursing home, won the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player in 1955. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1966.
Ted "Teeder" Kennedy
Wow...all 14 season's playing for the same team, the Leafs, doesn't happen any longer in any professional sport, does it?
More on Teeder. APee:
Kennedy spent 14 years in the NHL, all with the Maple Leafs. He was a five-time All-Star. The center captained Toronto from 1948 to 1955, when he won the Hart Trophy as league MVP. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. He finished his career with 231 goals and 329 assists in 696 games. He had 29 goals and 31 assists in 78 playoff games. Hall of Famer Dick Duff recalls how honored he felt when he was given the No. 9 Kennedy had worn. "At that time, Ted Kennedy was regarded by fans and team ownership as one of, if not, the best player to have ever worn the crest of the Maple Leafs, and I was truly humbled by the gesture," Duff said. "I admired him greatly and I wore his number with tremendous pride." In addition to his son, Kennedy is survived by his wife, Doreen, two grandchildren and one great-grandchild.
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman called Kennedy the "embodiment of Maple Leaf success." "Teeder never wanted to play for any other team, and he never did," Bettman said. "He always wanted what was best for the Leafs, and for 14 superb seasons that is what he helped them achieve through his leadership, his incomparable work ethic and his ferocious will to win."
NHL players never die. They just take their stick and puck and play, skating on a different astral plane.
Rest in peace, Teeder.
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