{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=June 2013}} {{more footnotes needed|date=June 2013}} }} {{Infobox ice hockey player | image = | image_size = | position = Centre | shoots = Right | height_ft = 5 | height_in = 6 | weight_lb = 155 | played_for = Chicago Black Hawks | birth_date = {{birth date|1910|1|1}} | birth_place = Humboldt, Saskatchewan, Canada | death_date = {{death date and age|1934|8|4|1910|1|1}} | death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada | career_start = 1929 | career_end = 1934 }}
'''Jack Leswick''' (January 1, 1910 – August 4, 1934) was a Canadian ice hockey centre who played 37 games in the National Hockey League with the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1933–34 season. The bulk of his career, which lasted from 1929 to 1934, was mainly spent in the American Hockey Association. Leswick died in the summer of 1934, shortly after Chicago won the Stanley Cup.
==Playing career== Jack Leswick played 3½ seasons for the Duluth Hornets of the AHA. He spent the second half of 1932–33 playing for the Wichita Blue Jays. He began the 1934 season in the AHA playing for the Kansas City Greyhounds. Leswick was called up to the Chicago Black Hawks shortly after the beginning of the 1934 season. He played 37 games, scoring 1 goal and 7 assists and was assessed 16 penalty minutes (PIM), as Chicago won the Stanley Cup championship that spring, though Leswick did not play any playoff games.
==Suspicious death== Leswick died in the off-season after the 1933–34 season. His body was found in the Assiniboine River without his wallet or other valuables. Leswick's death was ruled either a suicide or accident by the Winnipeg Coroner.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.losthockey.com/profiles/leswick_jack/jack_leswick.cfm |title=Jack Leswick: Profile page |access-date=2008-12-01 |publisher=LostHockey.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080602071719/http://www.losthockey.com/profiles/leswick_jack/jack_leswick.cfm |archive-date=2008-06-02 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Personal life== Two of Leswick's brothers, Pete and Tony, also played in the NHL. Leswick's nephew is former Major League Baseball player Lenny Dykstra.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Frankie|first1=Christopher|title=Nailed!: The Improbable Rise and Spectacular Fall of Lenny Dykstra|date=2013|publisher=Running Press|isbn=9780762448289|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NjZXDgAAQBAJ&q=lenny+dykstra+jack+leswick&pg=PT16|accessdate=11 October 2017|language=en}}</ref>
==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 |- | 1929–30 | Drumheller Miners | ASHL | 11 || 14 || 5 || 19 || 15 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1929–30 | Duluth Hornets | AHA | 13 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 6 | 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4 |- | 1930–31 | Duluth Hornets | AHA | 41 || 22 || 9 || 31 || 27 | 4 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 4 |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1931–32 | Duluth Hornets | AHA | 34 || 9 || 7 || 16 || 36 | 8 || 0 || 5 || 5 || 4 |- | 1932–33 | Wichita Blue Jays | AHA | 41 || 22 || 18 || 40 || 76 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#f0f0f0" | 1933–34 | Kansas City Greyhounds | AHA | 8 || 1 || 5 || 6 || 14 | — || — || — || — || — |- | 1933–34 | Chicago Black Hawks | NHL | 37 || 1 || 7 || 8 || 16 | — || — || — || — || — |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | AHA totals ! 137 !! 55 !! 40 !! 95 !! 159 ! 15 !! 0 !! 6 !! 6 !! 12 |- bgcolor="#e0e0e0" ! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 37 !! 1 !! 7 !! 8 !! 16 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |}
==Awards and achievements== *1934 Stanley Cup Championship (Chicago Black Hawks)
==See also== * List of ice hockey players who died during their playing career
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * {{icehockeystats}}
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