Jack Bownass

John Jack Bownass (July 27, 1930 – February 10, 2010) was a Canadian ice hockey player. In the early 1960s he served as captain of the Kitchener-Waterloo Beavers in the Eastern Professional Hockey League. He went on to play 80 games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers from 1958 to 1961. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1950 to 1971, was spent in the minor leagues. He was born and died in Winnipeg, Manitoba.

The Canadian Amateur Hockey Association established a second Canadian national team in 1967, to increase the available pool of players at the 1968 Winter Olympics, and Father David Bauer recruited Bownass to coach the second team which was based in Ottawa.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1946–47 Winnipeg Rangers MJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1947–48 Winnipeg Black Hawks MJHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1948–49 Winnipeg Black Hawks MJHL 29 3 2 5 16 — — — — — 1949–50 Winnipeg Black Hawks MJHL 36 3 7 10 76 6 1 1 2 12 1950–51 Sarnia Sailors IHL 3 0 0 0 0 — — — — — 1950–51 Detroit Hettche IHL 43 6 7 13 101 3 0 0 0 4 1951–52 Shawinigan Falls Cataractes QSHL 49 0 3 3 84 — — — — — 1952–53 Chicoutimi Sagueneens QSHL 38 2 4 6 59 — — — — — 1953–54 Sherbrooke Saints QSHL 71 9 17 26 111 5 1 0 1 4 1954–55 Montreal Royals QSHL 56 5 27 32 88 14 1 2 3 8 1955–56 Seattle Americans WHL 65 10 22 32 131 — — — — — 1956–57 Trois-Rivières Lions QSHL 62 7 16 23 75 4 0 4 4 4 1957–58 Montreal Canadiens NHL 4 0 1 1 0 — — — — — 1957–58 Montreal Royals QSHL 61 3 31 34 120 7 0 6 6 21 1958–59 New York Rangers NHL 35 1 2 3 20 — — — — — 1958–59 Buffalo Bisons AHL 21 3 9 12 26 — — — — — 1959–60 New York Rangers NHL 37 2 5 7 34 — — — — — 1959–60 Springfield Indians AHL 16 0 0 0 37 — — — — — 1960–61 Kitchener Beavers EPHL 70 1 36 37 110 7 0 4 4 12 1961–62 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1961–62 Kingston Beavers EPHL 62 6 40 46 119 7 2 0 2 0 1962–63 Los Angeles Blades WHL 67 4 24 28 55 3 0 1 1 0 1963–64 Los Angeles Blades WHL 53 2 19 21 65 — — — — — 1963–64 Baltimore Clippers AHL 15 0 4 4 27 — — — — — 1966–67 Canadian National Team Intl — — — — — — — — — — 1967–68 Hull Nationals QUE Sr 24 0 13 13 21 — — — — — 1968–69 Ottawa Nationals OHA Sr 4 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1969–70 Canadian National Team Intl — — — — — — — — — — 1970–71 Jacksonville Rockets EHL 8 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1970–71 Omaha Knights CHL — — — — — 1 0 0 0 0 QSHL totals 337 26 98 124 537 30 2 12 14 37 NHL totals 80 3 7 10 58 — — — — —

International Year Team Event GP G A Pts PIM 1967 Canada WC 7 0 2 2 12 1969 Canada WC 4 0 0 0 4 Senior totals 11 0 2 2 16

Awards and achievements MJHL Second All-Star Team (1949) MJHL First All-Star Team (1950) IHL Second All-Star Team (1951) QSHL First All-Star Team (1958) MJHL First All-Star Team Coach (1966) Turnbull Cup MJHL Championship (1966) Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame