Tom Manastersky
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Playing career
Turning professional right out of high school, Manastersky played 6 seasons and 68 regular season games for his hometown Montreal Alouettes. The high point of his football career was being part of the Alouettes' first Grey Cup in 1949. He finished his career playing for the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1954.[1]
He was a two-sport professional athlete. He had played hockey for the Montreal Royals, Cincinnati Mohawks, and Victoria Cougars in the minor leagues, but in the 1950–51 NHL season he got called up. A big defenceman, he played six games for the Montreal Canadiens, recording 11 penalty minutes.
He died on March 11, 2012, following a lengthy illness.[2]
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1944–45 | High School of Montreal | HS-CA | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 19 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 25 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 68 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 29 | ||
| 1946–47 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1947–48 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 38 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Junior Royals | QJAHA | 30 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 16 | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1948–49 | Montreal Junior Royals | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 15 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 67 | ||
| 1949–50 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 27 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 87 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 25 | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Vancouver Canucks | PCHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 45 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Cincinnati Mohawks | AHL | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| NHL totals | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
References
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- ↑ [1] CFLAPEDIA entry - Tom Manastersky
- ↑ Former Alouette, Canadien Manastersky dies at 83Script error: No such module "Unsubst"., Montreal Gazette, March 13, 2012.
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- 1929 births
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- Cincinnati Mohawks (AHL) players
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