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Eric Paul Nesterenko (October 31, 1933 – June 4, 2022)[1] was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1951 until 1956 and for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1956 until 1972.

Eric Nesterenko
Nesterenko with the Chicago Black Hawks
Born (1933-10-31)October 31, 1933
Flin Flon, Manitoba, Canada
Died June 4, 2022(2022-06-04) (aged 88)
Grand Junction, Colorado, U.S.
Height 6 ft 1 in (185 cm)
Weight 186 lb (84 kg; 13 st 4 lb)
Position Centre
Shot Right
Played for Toronto Maple Leafs
Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Cougars
Playing career 19511974

Early life


Nesterenko was born in Flin Flon, Manitoba to immigrants from Ukraine. He moved at 16 and attended high school at North Toronto Collegiate Institute.[2] Nesterenko would play as a member of the Toronto Marlboros.[3]


Playing career


Following his long NHL career - in 1973–74 he played for the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association, after a year of coaching in Switzerland.[4] He had 250 goals and 324 assists during his NHL career, and won a Stanley Cup championship with Chicago in 1961. The rangy right winger was a superb penalty killer, who also was known for using his elbows in the corners.[citation needed]

Nesterenko was better known for speed on the ice than for goal-scoring. Chicago sportswriter Bob Markus commented, "I've always thought that Nesterenko would have been the greatest player of all time if they played the game without a puck."[5]

During one game in 1961, Nesterenko infamously attacked Willie O'Ree, the first black player in the NHL, with racial slurs and butt-ended O'Ree with his hockey stick, breaking O'Ree's nose and knocking out his front teeth. O'Ree retaliated with his stick and Nesterenko required 15 stitches in his head.[6]


Personal life


In 1986, he played the father of character Dean Youngblood (Rob Lowe) in the movie Youngblood, and was also the film's hockey consultant.[7] He has worked as a disk jockey, a stockbroker, a travel broker, a freelance writer, a university professor, and a ski instructor.[8][7]

Near the end of his NHL career, he was interviewed for Studs Terkel's bestselling book, Working: What People do all Day and How They Feel About What They Do.[citation needed]

Eric Nesterenko spent his later life in Colorado[9] and died on June 4, 2022 at the age of 88.[10][11]


Awards and achievements



Career statistics



Regular season and playoffs


Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GPGAPtsPIM GPGAPtsPIM
1949–50 Toronto Marlboros OHA 10000
1950–51 Toronto Marlboros OHA 4628225090 13791627
1951–52 Toronto Marlboros OHA 52534295133 626812
1951–52 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10000
1952–53 Toronto Marlboros OHA 3427214846
1952–53 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 351061627
1953–54 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 681492370 50119
1954–55 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 6215153099 40116
1955–56 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 40461065
1955–56 Winnipeg Warriors WHL 20861427 14371022
1956–57 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 248152332
1957–58 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70201838104
1958–59 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 7016183481 62248
1959–60 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6113233671 40002
1960–61 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 68191938125 112356
1961–62 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6815142997 1205522
1962–63 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 67121527103 62358
1963–64 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 707192693 72138
1964–65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 5614163063 1422416
1965–66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6715254058 61014
1966–67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6814233738 61232
1967–68 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 7111253637 100112
1968–69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 7215173229
1969–70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 6716183426 71234
1970–71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 768152328 1801119
1971–72 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 38481227 800011
1973–74 Chicago Cougars WHA 292578
1975–76 Trail Smoke Eaters WIHL 4010253538
WHA totals 292578
NHL totals 1,2192503245741,273 124132437127

See also



References


  1. Eric Paul Nesterenko
  2. http://www.ntci.on.ca/alumni/FN-sp2002.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. "The career after the hype".
  4. Frayne, Trent (10 March 1980). "Out of hockey and listening still for that distant drum". Maclean's - The Complete Archive. Maclean's. Retrieved 15 September 2019.
  5. Chicago Tribune, Feb. 11, 1972, sec.3, p.3
  6. "Willie O'Ree's little-known journey to break the NHL's color barrier". theconversation.com. January 17, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  7. Barry, Sal (August 7, 2016). "The Making of 'Youngblood: An Oral History". The Hockey News. Retrieved October 24, 2016.
  8. Chicago Blackhawks Legends: Eric Nesterenko
  9. "The career after the hype".
  10. Verdi, Bob (6 June 2022). "Former Blackhawk Eric Nesterenko Dies at 88". Chicago Blackhawks. Retrieved 6 June 2022.
  11. Thompson, Phil (7 June 2022). "Eric Nesterenko, member of the 1961 Chicago Blackhawks, dies at 88 — and leaves behind a complicated hockey legacy". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 11 June 2022.



На других языках


[de] Eric Nesterenko

Eric Paul „Sonja“ Nesterenko (* 31. Oktober 1933 in Flin Flon, Manitoba; † 6. Juni 2022) war ein kanadischer Eishockeyspieler und -trainer ukrainischer Herkunft, der im Verlauf seiner aktiven Karriere zwischen 1949 und 1974 unter anderem 1.343 Spiele für die Toronto Maple Leafs und Chicago Black Hawks in der National Hockey League (NHL) sowie 29 weitere für die Chicago Cougars in der World Hockey Association (WHA) auf der Position des Centers bestritten hat. Seinen größten Karriereerfolg feierte Nesterenko, der zweimal am NHL All-Star Game teilnahm, in Diensten der Chicago Black Hawks mit dem Gewinn des Stanley Cups im Jahr 1961.[1]
- [en] Eric Nesterenko

[ru] Нестеренко, Эрик

Эрик Нестеренко (англ. Eric Nesterenko; 31 октября 1933, Флин-Флон, Манитоба, Канада — 4 июня 2022) — канадский хоккеист, нападающий. Обладатель Кубка Стэнли в составе клуба «Чикаго Блэкхокс» в 1961 году. Участник Матча всех звёзд НХЛ 1961 и 1965 годов.



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