Ken Reardon
Kenneth Joseph " Ken " Reardon ( born April 1, 1921 in Winnipeg, Manitoba; † 15 March 2008) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and functionary, who in his active years from 1937 to 1950 among others for the Canadiens de Montréal at the National Hockey League has played. His brother Terry was also a professional hockey player.
Career
Ken Reardon began his career as a hockey player with the Blue River Rebels, where he was active in the British Columbia Junior Hockey League in the season 1936/37. He then spent two years with the Edmonton Athletic Club, before the defender a professional contract with the Canadiens de Montréal received, for whom he played in the National Hockey League from 1940 to 1942. During World War II he served in the Canadian Army and was stationed in Ottawa. With the Ottawa Commandos located there, he won the 1943 Allan Cup, the Canadian Amateur Championship. For the season 1945/46, Reardon returned to the Canadiens de Montréal, with whom he won the prestigious Stanley Cup straight away. For him personally, the time in Montreal was successful and he was elected in 1947 and 1950 in the first All -Star team in the NHL, as well as in the years 1946, 1948 and 1949 in the second All- Star team in the NHL. He also took in the years 1947, 1948 and 1949 three times in a row in part on NHL All-Star Game on the part of the NHL All-Stars. Following the 1949/50 season he had to prematurely end his career due to injury at the age of 29 years.
Following his playing career, Reardon worked as a manager in hockey. In the organization of the Canadiens de Montréal, he rose to the post of Vice President. In 1966 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1996, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. He is Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and was named All- Century 's Second All-Star Team in Manitoba.