Jack Keating

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = Jack Keating 1947 (cropped).jpg | image_size = 190px | caption = Keating, circa 1947 | position = Left wing | played_for = Detroit Red Wings <br>Harringay Racers <br>Richmond Hawks | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 180 | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1916|10|09}} | birth_place = Kitchener, Ontario, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1951|12|19|1916|10|09}} | death_place = Indianapolis, Indiana, United States | career_start = 1936 | career_end = 1948 }}

'''John Thomas "Jack, Red" Keating''' (October 9, 1916 — December 19, 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1938–39 and 1939–40 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1948, was spent in the minor leagues, as well as two seasons in the English National League. Keating was born in Kitchener, Ontario. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the military during the Second World War. While playing for the Harringay Racers in 1937–38, he was the top goal scorer in the UK with 29 goals. In 1946, he married Blanche Kernel in Indianapolis and had 3 children. He graduated from Optometry school in 1951 and died in Indianapolis that year of cancer.

==Career statistics== ===Regular season and playoffs=== {| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em" |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM |- | 1934–35 | Kitchener Greenshirts | OHA | 14 || 11 || 10 || 21 || 4 | 2 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 0 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1935–36 | Kitchener Greenshirts | OHA | 7 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 10 | 4 || 3 || 1 || 4 || 0 |- | 1936–37 | Richmond Hawks | ENL | 40 || 13 || 2 || 15 || 8 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1937–38 | Harringay Racers | ENL | — || 18 || 2 || 20 || — | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1938–39 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 1 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1938–39 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 50 || 19 || 12 || 31 || 18 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1939–40 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 11 || 2 || 0 || 2 || 2 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1939–40 | Indianapolis Capitals | IAHL | 32 || 8 || 12 || 20 || 4 | 5 || 1 || 2 || 3 || 0 |- | 1940–41 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 53 || 21 || 18 || 39 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1941–42 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 55 || 19 || 25 || 44 || 14 | 10 || 9 || 9 || 18 || 0 |- | 1942–43 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 7 || 4 || 4 || 8 || 0 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1945–46 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 14 || 8 || 3 || 11 || 0 | 5 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0 |- | 1945–46 | Hollywood Wolves | PCHL | 8 || 5 || 2 || 7 || 6 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1946–47 | Los Angeles Monarchs | PCHL | 55 || 36 || 26 || 62 || 16 | 10 || 3 || 3 || 6 || 26 |- | 1947–48 | Los Angeles Monarchs | PCHL | 45 || 31 || 19 || 50 || 26 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | IAHL/AHL totals ! 211 !! 79 !! 74 !! 153 !! 42 ! 20 !! 11 !! 12 !! 23 !! 0 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 12 !! 3 !! 0 !! 3 !! 4 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Keating, Jack}} Category:1916 births Category:1951 deaths Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers Category:Detroit Red Wings players Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States Category:Harringay Racers players Category:Hollywood Wolves players Category:Indianapolis Capitals players Category:Kitchener Greenshirts players Category:Los Angeles Monarchs players Category:Pittsburgh Hornets players Category:Richmond Hawks players Category:Ice hockey people from Kitchener, Ontario Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen