Rod Kennedy

Rod Kennedy
Kennedy with the Montreal Wanderers.
Born (1882-03-17)March 17, 1882
Drummondville, Quebec, Canada
Died September 28, 1935(1935-09-28) (aged 53)
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
Position Defence
Played for Montreal Wanderers
Montreal Victorias
Montreal Nationals
Playing career 1903–1910
Kennedy, at center in the middle row, with the ECAHA All-Stars for the Hod Stuart Memorial Game in January 1908

John Roddick Kennedy (March 17, 1882 – September 28, 1935) was a Canadian amateur and professional ice hockey player. Kennedy, a defenceman, played most of his hockey in the amateur era, representing two storied clubs in the Montreal Wanderers and Montreal Victorias.[1]

Career

Kennedy was twice a member of Stanley Cup winning teams, both times with the Montreal Wanderers, in 1906 and 1907.[2][3]

In January 1908 Kennedy was part of a benefit All-Star game, hosted by the Eastern Canada Amateur Hockey Association, for the family of his deceased former teammate on the Montreal Wanderers Hod Stuart, who had died in June 1907 in a diving accident.[4] Montreal Wanderers won the game against the ECAHA All-Stars 10 goals to 7.[5]

During the 1909–10 season Kennedy played with the Montreal Nationals in the short-lived Canadian Hockey Association circuit.

Death

Kennedy died in Brantford, Ontario on September 28, 1935, after an illness lasting over four months. He had moved to Brantford from Quebec to manage a plant with the Lake of the Woods Milling Company.[6]

Achievements

References

Bibliography

  • Podnieks, Andrew (2000), The NHL All-Star Game: Fifty Years of the Great Tradition, Toronto, Ontario: HarperCollins, ISBN 0-00-200058-X

Notes

  1. ^ "The Standard's Series of Famous Hockey Players" The Standard (Montreal), Jan. 18, 1908 (pg. 3) via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (numerique.banq.qc.ca). Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  2. ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1906 (Mar) (nhl.com). Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  3. ^ Stanley Cup Annual Record 1907 (Mar) (nhl.com). Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  4. ^ "THE ALL-STAR HOCKEY TEAM WHICH TOOK PART IN THE RECENT "HOD" STUART MEMORIAL GAME AT MONTREAL" The Standard (Montreal), Jan. 18, 1908 (pg. 4) via Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (numerique.banq.qc.ca). Retrieved 2022-08-12.
  5. ^ Podnieks 2000, pp. 2–4
  6. ^ "Kennedy Funeral Wednesday" Montreal Gazette. Oct. 1, 1935 (pg. 4). Retrieved 2022-08-12.