OHL Mourns the Loss of Tod Sloan
The Ontario Hockey League is deeply saddened by the loss of Tod Sloan who passed away Wednesday at the age of 89.
Sloan was a prolific scorer during his two-year OHA tenure with the St. Michael’s Majors winning two J. Ross Robertson Cup titles in 1945 and 1946 along with a Memorial Cup in 1945.
In his second season he captured the league’s scoring title and was the first player ever awarded the Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy with an incredible 47 goals and 32 assists for 79 points in just 25 games played. He would also claim the 1946 Red Tilson Trophy becoming just the second player in history to earn the prestigious Most Outstanding honour.
We are saddened to learn of the passing of former Maple Leaf Tod Sloan. Our thoughts are with his family and friends. pic.twitter.com/YejA5ko5bC
— Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) July 13, 2017
Born Aloysius Martin Sloan on Nov. 30, 1927 in Pontiac, Quebec, Sloan played 745 NHL games between 1947-48 and 1960-61, his first 549 with the Toronto Maple Leafs. He had 482 points in all (220 goals, 262 assists) and 831 penalty minutes.
One @MapleLeafs great remembers another. https://t.co/6v3piz1Aer
— NHL (@NHL) July 15, 2017
He was a member of two Stanley Cup winning teams in Toronto in 1949 and 1951 making a bigger impact in the latter scoring a critical goal to force overtime in the decisive game before teammate Bill Barilko tallied the historic winner. Sloan’s third Stanley Cup would come as a member of the Chicago Blackhawks in 1961.
Condolences are extended to Tod’s family and friends.
