John Gunnard "Jack, Jake" Hendrickson (December 5, 1936 - June 27, 2016) was a Canadian

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice hock ...

player who played 5 games in the

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with the

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between 1957 and 1962. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1957 to 1971, was spent in various minor leagues.

Career

Hendrickson was born in

Kingston, Ontario Kingston is a city in Ontario, Canada. It is located on the north-eastern end of Lake Ontario, at the beginning of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River (south end of the Rideau Canal). The city is midway between Toro ...

. In 2004, he was inducted as a player into the

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Sports Hall of Fame. He had previously been inducted twice; first in 1996, as a member of the Midland team that won the 1958 Ontario Baseball Association Intermediate 'A' championship and second, in 1998, as a member of the 1953-54 Midland Red Wings hockey team. Hendrickson starred on defence when this team, coached by Hockey Hall of Famer

Roy Conacher Roy Gordon Conacher (October 5, 1916 – December 29, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks. He was the ...

, won the Ontario Hockey Association Junior C championship. Hendrickson played professional hockey from 1954-55 through the 1970-71 season. He played a total of five games in the

with the

. He also played in the

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, the Eastern Professional Hockey League, the

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, the

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, the International Hockey League, and the

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Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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