Aloysius Martin "Tod" Sloan (November 30, 1927 – July 12, 2017) was a Canadian professional

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player. He played in the

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(NHL) for the

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and

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. He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams: 1949 and 1951 in Toronto, and 1961 in Chicago.

Career

Sloan played junior hockey with the St. Michael's Majors. He began his professional career with the Pittsburgh Hornets of the

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in the 1946–47 season and was called up for one game by the

in 1947–48. In 1948–49, Sloan played 29 regular-season games with Toronto; he did not play in the playoffs and his name was left off the Stanley Cup, but he appeared in the Maple Leafs' 1949 team picture. He played eight full seasons for the Leafs and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1949 and 1951. In 1958, Sloan and teammate Jimmy Thomson were traded from Toronto to Chicago because of their activities in organizing the

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. Sloan played three seasons for the Black Hawks and won the Stanley Cup with them in 1961. His name was incorrectly engraved on the Cup as "Martin A. Sloan". Sloan retired from professional ice hockey in 1961. The following season, he joined the Galt Terriers senior team and played with the Canadian national ice hockey team in the 1962 IIHF world championship before retiring completely from competitive ice hockey. Sloan was a cousin of

Dave Keon David Michael Keon (born March 22, 1940) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre. He played professionally from 1960 to 1982, including 15 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. Ke ...

, another longtime member of the Maple Leafs. He lived in

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in his final years and died in Newmarket, Ontario on July 12, 2017 at the age of 89.

Awards

* 1946 - OHA-Jr. MVP * 1951, 1952, 1956 - Played in NHL All-Star Game * 1956 - NHL Second All-Star Team * 1956 - J.P. Bickell Memorial Award Source: Hockey Hall of Fame

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sloan, Tod 1927 births 2017 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian ice hockey forwards Chicago Blackhawks players Ice hockey people from Quebec People from Outaouais Pittsburgh Hornets players Stanley Cup champions Toronto Maple Leafs players Toronto St. Michael's Majors players