Jack Keating

John Thomas "Jack, Red" Keating (October 9, 1916 — December 19, 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 12 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1938–39 and 1939–40 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1936 to 1948, was spent in the minor leagues, as well as two seasons in the English National League. Keating was born in Kitchener, Ontario. From 1943 to 1945 he served in the military during the Second World War. While playing for the Harringay Racers in 1937–38, he was the top goal scorer in the UK with 29 goals. In 1946, he married Blanche Kernel in Indianapolis and had 3 children. He graduated from Optometry school in 1951 and died in Indianapolis that year of cancer.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1934–35 Kitchener Greenshirts OHA 14 11 10 21 4 2 1 0 1 0 1935–36 Kitchener Greenshirts OHA 7 6 1 7 10 4 3 1 4 0 1936–37 Richmond Hawks ENL 40 13 2 15 8 — — — — — 1937–38 Harringay Racers ENL — 18 2 20 — — — — — — 1938–39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 1 0 1 2 — — — — — 1938–39 Pittsburgh Hornets IAHL 50 19 12 31 18 — — — — — 1939–40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 2 0 2 2 — — — — — 1939–40 Indianapolis Capitals IAHL 32 8 12 20 4 5 1 2 3 0 1940–41 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 53 21 18 39 6 — — — — — 1941–42 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 55 19 25 44 14 10 9 9 18 0 1942–43 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 7 4 4 8 0 — — — — — 1945–46 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 14 8 3 11 0 5 1 1 2 0 1945–46 Hollywood Wolves PCHL 8 5 2 7 6 — — — — — 1946–47 Los Angeles Monarchs PCHL 55 36 26 62 16 10 3 3 6 26 1947–48 Los Angeles Monarchs PCHL 45 31 19 50 26 — — — — — IAHL/AHL totals 211 79 74 153 42 20 11 12 23 0 NHL totals 12 3 0 3 4 — — — — —