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Roland McLenahan

Roland McLenahan
Born (1921-10-26)October 26, 1921
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Died April 23, 1984(1984-04-23) (aged 62)
Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
Height 5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight 170 lb (77 kg; 12 st 2 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1941–1957

Roland Joseph "Rollie" McLenahan (October 26, 1921 – April 23, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 8 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1945–46 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1941 to 1957, was spent in the minor leagues.

McLenahan was a member of the AHL First All Star Team in 1950, and a member of the IHL First All-Star Team in 1954, 1955, and 1956. He retired from playing hockey following the 1956–1957 season.

Post-retirement

From 1957 to 1958, he was head coach of the AHL's Rochester Americans,[1] who won the Calder Cup that year. He later served as a Director for the Department of Youth for the Province of New Brunswick from 1961 to 1981. He was a scout for Montreal from 1960 to 1968, and a member of the Canada Games Council. McLenahan also served as director of the CAHA, and a director of Hockey Canada. He helped found the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, and the New Brunswick Amateur Hockey Association.

In 1981, he was discovered to have lung cancer, but the cancer spread to his brain. He died in his native Fredericton, at the age of 62, on April 23, 1984, and was buried in the Fredericton Hermitage Cemetery. He was inducted into the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame in 1982 and in 2005, Krista Betts, a gold medal winner in Canadian Women's Wrestling at the Canada Games who is from the small farming community of Bass River, Weldford Parish, New Brunswick received the prestigious Roly McLenahan Award.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1935–36 Marysville Royals YCHL — — — — — 2 0 0 0 4
1936–37 Devon Northsiders YCHL — — — — — 1 0 1 1 2
1937–38 Devon Northsiders YCHL 4 6 2 8 8 — — — — —
1938–39 Fredericton Merchants YCHL 12 12 5 17 — — — — — —
1939–40 Windsor Mills QAHA — — — — — — — — — —
1939–40 Windsor Mills Al-Cup — — — — — 2 0 0 0 2
1940–41 Guelph Biltmores OHA 15 6 4 10 15 5 1 4 5 4
1941–42 Washington Eagles EAHL 57 19 25 44 55 8 3 4 7 20
1942–43 Sudbury Tigers NOHA 3 0 0 0 2 3 1 2 3 2
1942–43 Sudbury Wolves Al-Cup — — — — — 3 0 0 0 8
1943–44 Sudbury Open Pit Miners NBHL 8 5 4 9 20 — — — — —
1943–44 Sudbury Open Pit Miners Al-Cup — — — — — 16 4 4 8 36
1944–45 Sudbury Tigers NOHA 6 7 6 13 10 7 0 4 4 12
1945–46 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8 2 1 3 10 2 0 0 0 0
1945–46 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 39 7 13 20 32 — — — — —
1946–47 Cleveland Barons AHL 64 6 17 23 55 4 0 0 0 2
1947–48 Hershey Bears AHL 58 7 18 25 59 2 0 1 1 4
1948–49 Hershey Bears AHL 64 15 33 48 86 11 4 6 10 8
1949–50 Hershey Bears AHL 67 25 35 60 49 — — — — —
1950–51 Buffalo Bisons AHL 65 11 33 44 33 4 1 2 3 8
1951–52 Fredericton Capitals NBSHL 19 23 17 40 35 — — — — —
1952–53 Fredericton Capitals NBSHL 9 11 6 17 30 6 5 5 10 8
1952–53 Sudbury Wolves NOHA 36 27 34 61 31 7 3 5 8 0
1952–53 Sudbury Wolves Al-Cup — — — — — 7 4 6 10 6
1953–54 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 47 24 29 53 96 11 3 3 6 20
1954–55 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 57 27 37 74 80 10 1 8 9 25
1955–56 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 58 34 32 66 62 8 2 7 9 0
1956–57 Cincinnati Mohawks IHL 50 7 10 17 31 — — — — —
AHL totals 357 71 149 220 314 21 5 9 14 22
NHL totals 8 2 1 3 10 2 0 0 0 0

References

  1. ^ "Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Rollie McLenahan". www.legendsofhockey.net. Archived from the original on December 13, 2013.
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