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Hank Ciesla

Position: C
Shoots: Left
Height: 6-2    Weight: 190 lbs.
Born: October 15, 1934 in St. Catharines, Ontario
Died: April 22, 1976

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NHL/WHA Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1955-56 21 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 8 23 31 0.44 11 0.16 22
1956-57 22 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 10 8 18 0.26 7 0.11 28
1957-58 23 New York Rangers NHL 60 2 6 8 0.13 3 0.05 16
1958-59 24 New York Rangers NHL 69 6 14 20 0.29 7 0.11 21
Career 4 Seasons NHL 269 26 51 77 0.29 29 0.11 87

NHL/WHA Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1957-58 23 New York Rangers NHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 0
Career 1 Season NHL 6 0 2 2 0.33 0

Other Regular Season

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G GC GC/G TGF PGF TGA PGA +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1950-51 16 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 1 0 1 1 1.00 0
1951-52 17 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 41 14 25 39 0.95 27
1952-53 18 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 56 19 24 43 0.77 43
1953-54 19 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 59 39 30 69 1.17 66
1953-54 19 St. Catharines Teepees M-Cup 11 5 8 13 1.18 29
1954-55 20 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 45 57 49 106 2.36 36
1959-60 25 Rochester Americans AHL 64 27 44 71 1.11 31
1960-61 26 Rochester Americans AHL 70 30 44 74 1.06 23
1961-62 27 Cleveland Barons AHL 70 25 38 63 0.90 22
1962-63 28 Cleveland Barons AHL 72 42 56 98 1.36 41
1963-64 29 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 69 18 38 56 0.81 46
1964-65 30 Buffalo Bisons AHL 49 8 8 16 0.33 34
Career 6 Seasons AHL 394 150 228 378 0.96 197
Career 1 Season M-Cup 11 5 8 13 1.18 29
Career 5 Seasons OHA-Jr. 202 129 129 258 1.28 172

Other Playoffs

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Season Age Team Lg GP G A PTS PTS/G +/- PIM ESG PPG SHG GWG SOG SOG/G SPCT TOI ATOI
1950-51 16 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1951-52 17 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 14 5 7 12 0.86 14
1952-53 18 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 1 0 0 0 0.00 0
1953-54 19 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 15 6 7 13 0.87 8
1954-55 20 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 11 7 8 15 1.36 23
1959-60 25 Rochester Americans AHL 11 3 7 10 0.91 14
1961-62 27 Cleveland Barons AHL 6 4 3 7 1.17 6
1962-63 28 Cleveland Barons AHL 7 3 8 11 1.57 8
1963-64 29 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 5 1 3 4 0.80 8
Career 4 Seasons AHL 29 11 21 32 1.10 36
Career 5 Seasons OHA-Jr. 42 18 22 40 0.95 45

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Glossary

Games Played

1955-56 NHL 70 (2)
1956-57 NHL 70 (1)

Transactions

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September, 1955: Rights traded to Chicago by Buffalo (AHL) for $15,000 with Montreal receiving Bob Duncan (Toronto/OHA-Jr.) and Toronto receiving Gary Collins (Kitchener/OHA-Jr.), September 1955.

June, 1957: Traded to NY Rangers by Chicago for Ron Murphy, June, 1957.

October 3, 1959: Traded to Toronto by NY Rangers with Bill Kennedy and future considerations for Noel Price, October 3, 1959.

August, 1961: Traded to Cleveland (AHL) by Toronto (Rochester-AHL) for Bill Dineen and cash, August 1961.

June 4, 1963: Claimed by Detroit (Pittsburgh-AHL) from Cleveland (AHL) in Inter-League Draft, June 4, 1963.

October 10, 1964: Traded to Chicago (Buffalo-AHL) by Detroit (Pittsburgh-AHL) for Jerry Toppazzini, October 10, 1964.