Cliff Pennington (ice hockey)

For the Major League Baseball player, see Cliff Pennington (baseball).

Clifford Raymond Pennington (April 18, 1940 – May 26, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 102 games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins between 1961 and 1962. Internationally Pennington played for the Canadian national team at the 1960 Winter Olympics, winning a silver medal. He died in 2020.

Cliff Pennington
Born	(1940-04-18)April 18, 1940 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	May 26, 2020(2020-05-26) (aged 80) St. Petersburg, Florida, US
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Right
Played for	Montreal Canadiens Boston Bruins
Playing career	1959–1973

Olympic medal record
Men's Ice hockey
Representing Canada
	1960 Squaw Valley	Ice hockey

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1955–56	St. Boniface Canadiens	MJHL		1	1	1	2	0		1	1	1	2	0
1955–56	St. Boniface Canadiens	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		4	1	0	1	2
1956–57	St. Boniface Canadiens	MJHL		30	28	27	55	2		7	3	1	4	0
1957–58	Flin Flon Bombers	SJHL		47	32	39	71	8		12	12	5	17	0
1958–59	Flin Flon Bombers	SJHL		48	62	50	112	116		12	7	9	16	15
1958–59	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		5	4	1	5	0		—	—	—	—	—
1958–59	Flin Flon Bombers	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		10	10	10	20	4
1959–60	Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen	OHA		47	23	28	51	5		6	4	6	10	0
1959–60	Winnipeg Warriors	WHL		2	1	1	2	2		—	—	—	—	—
1959–60	Flin Flon Bombers	SJHL		—	—	—	—	—		1	0	0	0	0
1959–60	Flin Flon Bombers	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		5	9	4	13	6
1959–60	Edmonton Oil Kings	M-Cup		—	—	—	—	—		6	6	2	8	0
1960–61	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		4	1	0	1	0		—	—	—	—	—
1960–61	Hull-Ottawa Canadiens	EPHL		65	33	69	102	10		14	4	11	15	0
1961–62	Boston Bruins	NHL		70	9	32	41	2		—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	Boston Bruins	NHL		28	7	10	17	4		—	—	—	—	—
1962–63	Kingston Frontenacs	EPHL		39	21	41	62	6		5	2	9	11	0
1963–64	San Francisco Seals	WHL		26	6	15	21	4		—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Quebec Aces	AHL		43	11	19	30	2		7	1	1	2	0
1964–65	Verdun Pirates	QSHL		—	—	—	—	—		—	—	—	—	—
1965–66	Los Angeles Blades	WHL		36	6	8	14	6		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Florida Rockets	EHL		64	37	49	86	2		—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	Nashville Dixie Flyers	EHL		68	49	66	115	18		4	3	3	6	0
1968–69	Nashville Dixie Flyers	EHL		72	59	58	117	26		14	6	11	17	4
1969–70	Des Moines Oak Leafs	IHL		72	43	57	100	6		3	1	2	3	0
1970–71	Des Moines Oak Leafs	IHL		54	22	42	64	8		—	—	—	—	—
1971–72	St. Petersburg Suns	EHL		66	25	56	81	61		2	1	2	3	2
1972–73	Suncoast Suns	EHL		48	25	47	72	10		—	—	—	—	—
1973–74	Suncoast Suns	EHL		5	0	5	5	0		—	—	—	—	—
EHL totals				318	195	276	471	117		20	10	16	26	6
NHL totals				102	17	42	59	6		—	—	—	—	—

International

Year	Team	Event		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1960	Canada	Ice hockey at the Olympics		4	0	2	2	6
Senior totals				4	0	2	2	6

Awards and achievements

• Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1956)
• EPHL Championships (1961 & 1963)
• EPHL First All-Star Team (1962)
• EHL South First All-Star Team (1969)
• IHL First All-Star Team (1970)
• IHL MVP (1970)
• Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from NHL.com, or Eliteprospects.com, or Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database