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Rick Kennedy (ice hockey)

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Rick Kennedy
Born (1951-08-31) August 31, 1951 (age 73)
Weston, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Wing
Shot Left
Played for Saint Louis
Sioux City Musketeers
NHL draft Undrafted
Playing career 1971–1976

Richard kennedy is a Canadian retired ice hockey winger and coach who was the NCAA Scoring Champion in 1972–73.

Career

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Kennedy was enticed to join the fairly new program at Saint Louis University in 1971 due to knowing that, being a new program, he could play top minutes straight away and that the Billikens played their home games in the St. Louis Arena, the home of the St. Louis Blues.[1] After a decent freshman season, Kennedy's numbers exploded in his sophomore campaign; he led the nation in goals (47), assists (49) and points (96), leading the country's best offense to the top of the CCHA. Unfortunately, due to the low regard for the conference by most of college hockey, Kennedy's accomplishments went unrecognized outside of the CCHA. Due to this lack of respect, Saint Louis knew the conference tournament would be the end of their season. Despite dominating during the season, Saint Louis lost the opening game to Bowling Green and had to settle for second place.

As an upperclassmen, Kennedy's numbers declined as the team's strength of schedule improved but the Billikens were much more focused come playoff time, winning consecutive CCHA championships with Kennedy being named to the All-CCHA teams three years running. After graduating Kennedy played one season of senior hockey before hanging up his skates. He eventually became the head coach at Christian Brothers College and led the team to four MSCHA championships.[2] He was inducted into the St. Louis Amateur Hockey Hall of Fame in 2010.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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    Regular Season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1970–71 North York Rangers OHA-B
1971–72 Vancouver Nats WHL 21 4 3 7 24
1971–72 Saint Louis CCHA 36
1972–73 Saint Louis CCHA 38 47 49 96 22
1973–74 Saint Louis CCHA 37 28 30 58 10
1974–75 Saint Louis CCHA 40 33 28 61 8
1975–76 Sioux City Musketeers USHL 48 43 66 109 33

Awards and honours

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Award Year
All-CCHA First Team 1972-73 [3]
CCHA All-Tournament Team 1973 [4]
All-CCHA Second Team 1973-74 [3]
All-CCHA First Team 1974-75 [3]

References

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  1. ^ "2010 Rick Kennedy St Louis Amateur Hockey Hall of Fame". YouTube. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  2. ^ "Past Champions". Mid States Club Hockey Association. Retrieved March 6, 2021.
  3. ^ a b c "All-CCHA Teams". College Hockey Historical Archives. Retrieved 2013-07-27.
  4. ^ "2012-13 CCHA Media Guide". ISSUU.com. Retrieved 2014-04-23.
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Awards and achievements
Preceded by NCAA Ice Hockey Scoring Champion
1972–73
Succeeded by