Ronald Lawrence Schock (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian former professional

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 - In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patriarch ...

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

. His younger brother,

Danny Schock Daniel Patrick Schock (December 30, 1948 — June 15, 2017) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 20 regular season games and one playoff game in the National Hockey League. He played with the Boston Bruins and Philadelphia Flye ...

, also played briefly in the NHL. Schock retired following 909 games, recording a total of 166 goals, 351 assists, and 517 points.

Playing career

Schock scored his first NHL goal as a member of the Boston Bruins on February 29, 1964. It came in his team's 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings at Boston Garden. While playing with the

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, Schock attended a hockey dinner and was asked where he would least like to be traded. He responded, either the

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. Two days later he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins. Ron Schock is perhaps most famous for his double overtime "Midnight Goal" that won game 7 for the Blues over the

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on May 3, 1968, and sent the Blues to the Stanley Cup finals in the first year of the NHL expansion. Arguably, this was a major contribution to the early popularity of the St. Louis Blues franchise.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

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* 1943 births Living people Boston Bruins players Buffalo Sabres players Canadian ice hockey centres Hershey Bears players Ice hockey people from Ontario Kansas City Blues players Kingston Frontenacs (EPHL) players Minneapolis Bruins players Niagara Falls Flyers players People from Chapleau, Ontario Pittsburgh Penguins players Rochester Americans players San Francisco Seals (ice hockey) players St. Louis Blues players {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1940s-stub