Hank Ciesla

Henry Edward "Hank" Ciesla (October 15, 1934 in St. Catharines, Ontario – April 22, 1976) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played 269 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers.

Transfer History

• 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).

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

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

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

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

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

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1950–51 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1951–52 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 41 14 25 39 27 14 5 7 12 14 1952–53 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 56 19 24 43 43 1 0 0 0 0 1953–54 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 59 39 30 69 66 15 6 7 13 8 1953–54 St. Catharines Teepees MC — — — — — 11 5 8 13 29 1954–55 St. Catharines Teepees OHA-Jr. 45 57 49 106 36 11 7 8 15 23 1955–56 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 8 23 31 22 — — — — — 1956–57 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 10 8 18 28 — — — — — 1957–58 New York Rangers NHL 60 2 6 8 16 6 0 2 2 0 1958–59 New York Rangers NHL 69 6 14 20 21 — — — — — 1959–60 Rochester Americans AHL 64 27 44 71 31 11 3 7 10 14 1960–61 Rochester Americans AHL 70 30 44 74 23 — — — — — 1961–62 Cleveland Barons AHL 70 25 38 63 22 6 4 3 7 6 1962–63 Cleveland Barons AHL 72 42 56 98 41 7 3 8 11 8 1963–64 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 69 18 38 56 46 5 1 3 4 8 1964–65 Buffalo Bisons AHL 49 8 8 16 34 — — — — — NHL totals 269 26 51 77 87 6 0 2 2 0 AHL totals 394 150 228 378 197 29 11 21 32 36