Ernie Dickens

Ernest Leslie Dickens (June 25, 1921 – September 27, 1985) was a Canadian two-sport athlete from Manitoba. He played soccer for Winnipeg United Weston and then enjoyed a career as an ice hockey defenceman in the National Hockey League (NHL), playing with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1942 and 1951.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1937–38 Winnipeg Rangers MJHL 22 2 1 3 63 2 1 0 1 12 1938–39 St. James Canadians MJHL 18 6 7 13 66 2 2 0 2 4 1939–40 Winnipeg Monarchs MJHL 19 3 6 9 24 7 2 0 2 10 1940–41 Toronto Marlboros OHA 15 2 7 9 50 12 3 8 11 10 1940–41 Toronto Marlboros OHA Sr 1 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1941–42 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 10 2 2 4 6 13 0 0 0 4 1941–42 Providence Reds AHL 39 8 15 23 14 — — — — — 1942–43 Toronto RCAF OHA Sr 10 4 7 11 10 9 3 1 4 11 1942–43 Toronto RCAF Al-Cup — — — — — 7 2 3 5 6 1943–44 Toronto RCAF OHA Sr 10 1 2 3 6 — — — — — 1945–46 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 15 1 3 4 6 — — — — — 1945–46 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 29 4 16 20 16 6 1 2 3 0 1946–47 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 64 11 40 51 21 12 1 1 2 6 1947–48 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 54 5 15 20 30 — — — — — 1947–48 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 9 0 4 4 2 — — — — — 1948–49 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 2 3 5 14 — — — — — 1949–50 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 0 13 13 22 — — — — — 1950–51 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 2 8 10 20 — — — — — 1951–52 Calgary Stampeders PCHL 69 14 34 48 20 — — — — — NHL totals 278 12 44 56 98 13 0 0 0 4

Awards and achievements Stanley Cup Championship (1942) AHL First All-Star Team (1947) Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame