Jackie McLeod

Robert John McLeod (April 30, 1930 – December 8, 2022) was a Canadian athlete, best known as an ice hockey player and coach.

[5] Playing with the Moose Jaw Canucks, he won a Western Canada Junior Hockey League championship during the 1948–49 season.

[6] He began the 1949–50 season playing for the Moose Jaw Canucks, then finished the year with the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL).

McLeod scored two goals and one assist in a 5–1 victory versus the Soviet Union men's national team, which determined first place on the final day of the championships.

[1] During the 1961–62 season, McLeod served as player-coach of the Moose Jaw Pla-Mors in the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League.

[5] At the end of the season, he was added to the Galt Terriers who represented Canada at the 1962 World Championships and won a silver medal, after losing to the Sweden men's national team in the final game.

[1] He played for the Saskatoon Quakers for the 1962–63 season,[3] and was added to the Trail Smoke Eaters for the 1963 World Championships, and placed fourth.

[14] The Saskatoon Blades recognize McLeod as a team builder, with a banner for him hanging above the rink inside the SaskTel Centre.

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Canada versus the Soviet Union at the 1967 Ice Hockey World Championships