Editing Howie Meeker

{{Short description|Canadian politician and ice hockey player (1923–2020)}}
{{Use Canadian English|date=January 2023}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=July 2022}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Howie Meeker Calder.jpg
| caption = Meeker with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in 1947
| image_size = 230px
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Right wing]]
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 165
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| played_for = [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| birth_date = {{birth date|1923|11|4}}
| birth_place = [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2020|11|8|1923|11|4}}
| death_place = [[Nanaimo, British Columbia|Nanaimo]], [[British Columbia]], Canada
| career_start = 1946
| career_end = 1955
| halloffame = 1998 (Broadcaster)
| module=
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| honorific-prefix =
| name =
| honorific-suffix = 
| image = 
| term_start1  = June 25, 1951
| term_end1    = August 9, 1953
| predecessor1 = [[Karl Kenneth Homuth|Karl Homuth]]
| successor1   = [[Arthur White (Canadian politician)|Arthur White]]
| parliament   = Canadian
| riding       = [[Waterloo South]]
| party        = [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]]
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'''Howard William Meeker''' {{postnominals|country=CAN|size=100%|CM}} (November 4, 1923 – November 8, 2020) was a Canadian [[professional hockey]] player in the [[National Hockey League]], youth coach and educator in [[ice hockey]], and a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] Member of Parliament. He became best known to Canadians as an excitable and enthusiastic television [[color commentator|colour commentator]] for [[Hockey Night in Canada]], breaking down strategy in between periods of games with early use of the [[telestrator]]. In the 1970s, he ran hockey camps and created numerous books and a television series promoting youth education in the sport.

In the NHL, he won the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] as the best rookie, is one of the few professional players to score five goals in a game, and won four Stanley Cups, all with the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]. He was given the [[Order of Canada]] and is in the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]], and the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] as a broadcaster.

Meeker was the last surviving member of the Maple Leafs 1947 Stanley Cup team, the Maple Leafs 1949 Stanley Cup team, the Maple Leafs 1951 Stanley Cup team, and the [[1st National Hockey League All-Star Game|inaugural NHL All-Star Game]].

==Biography==
===Early life===
Meeker was born in [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], Ontario, the son of Kathleen Wharnsby and Charles Howard Meeker,<ref name=":5" /> and raised in [[New Hamburg, Ontario]]<ref>{{cite news |title=Howie Meeker one of the great things about New Hamburg. |url=https://www.newhamburgindependent.ca/opinion-story/10134943-howie-meeker-one-of-the-great-things-about-new-hamburg/ |work=New Hamburg Independent |date=August 10, 2010}}</ref> He played his junior hockey with the [[Kitchener Greenshirts]] in the [[Ontario Hockey Association]].<ref name=":6">{{Cite web|title=GOLLY GEE! Howie Meeker made his mark across hockey world for generations of fans|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/golly-gee-howie-meeker-made-his-mark-across-hockey-world-for-generations-of-fans|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=National Post|language=en-CA}}</ref> In 1941–42, Meeker joined the [[Stratford Kist]]. In only 13 games, he scored 29 goals and had 45 points,<ref name=":8">{{Cite web|title=1951 Parkhurst Howie Meeker {{!}} PSA CardFacts®|url=https://www.psacard.com/cardfacts/hockey-cards/1951-parkhurst/howie-meeker-72/414|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=[[Professional Sports Authenticator]] (PSA)|language=en}}</ref> helping the Kist win the [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]] Junior-B title.<ref name=":5" />  He played one more year of junior hockey before joining the [[Canadian Army]]. Meeker was badly injured during the war, but he made a full recovery. In [[1945-46 OHA season|1945–46]], after World War II had ended, Meeker returned to the OHA and played one season with the [[Stratford Indians]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|last=Goldstein|first=Richard|date=November 8, 2020|title=Howie Meeker, Hockey Star and Colorful Broadcaster, Dies at 97|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/08/obituaries/howie-meeker-dead.html|access-date=November 10, 2020|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Howie Meeker|url=http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2020/11/howie-meeker.html|access-date=November 10, 2020|language=en-GB}}</ref>

===Professional career===
Meeker was a [[Winger (ice hockey)|right winger]]. In [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]], he joined the [[Toronto Maple Leafs]] in the [[National Hockey League]]. He scored 27 goals and 45 points during his debut NHL season and was awarded the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Silverware -- 1946-47 Calder Memorial Trophy Winner |url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=CMT&year=1946-47 |website=hhof.com}}</ref> Meeker also played in the [[1947 NHL All-Star Game]], and tied an NHL record for most goals by a rookie in one game with five goals against the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]]. Meeker won his first [[Stanley Cup]] with the Leafs that season, the first of three consecutive Stanley Cups. The season, however, would prove Meeker's best as a pro, and he would never again approach that level of scoring.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3"/>

In [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]], Meeker scored 34 points in 58 games and played in the [[1948 NHL All-Star Game]]. He also helped the Leafs win their second consecutive Stanley Cup.<ref name=":4">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/totalstanleycupo0000unse|title=Total Stanley Cup : an official publication of the National Hockey League|date=2000|publisher=Total Sports Canada|isbn=1-892129-07-8|editor-last=Diamond|editor-first=Dan|location=Toronto, Ontario|oclc=44122309}}</ref> [[1948–49 NHL season|Next season]], Meeker sustained a collarbone injury that limited him to only 30 games and he did not play a single game in the playoffs as the Leafs took their third consecutive Stanley Cup.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|title=Meeker, former Maple Leafs player, 'Hockey Night in Canada' analyst, dies|url=https://www.nhl.com/news/howie-meeker-dies-toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-night-in-canada/c-319594756|access-date=November 11, 2020|website=NHL.com|language=en-US}}</ref> In [[1950–51 NHL season|1950–51]], Meeker won his fourth Stanley Cup with the Leafs as they beat the [[Montreal Canadiens]] in five games. Meeker would play three more seasons with the Leafs before retiring from the NHL. He continued to play hockey sporadically for 15 more years with different senior clubs, finally retiring from playing in 1969.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Canadian hockey icon Howie Meeker dies at age 97|url=https://www.sportsnet.ca/nhl/canadian-hockey-icon-howie-meeker-dies-age-97/|access-date=November 12, 2020|website=Sportsnet.ca|language=en}}</ref>

===Coaching and general management===
He also coached the Maple Leafs, replacing [[King Clancy]] on April 11, 1956, leading the Leafs to a 21–34–15 record. He was promoted to general manager in 1957 but was fired before the start of the [[1957–58 NHL season|1957–58 season]].<ref name=":5">{{Cite news|last=Hawthorn|first=Tom|date=November 8, 2020|title=Colourful analyst Howie Meeker was on-air hockey teacher for generations of Canadians|work=The Globe and Mail|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-colourful-analyst-howie-meeker-was-on-air-hockey-teacher-for/|url-status=live|access-date=November 11, 2020|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201112002234/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/hockey/article-colourful-analyst-howie-meeker-was-on-air-hockey-teacher-for/|archive-date=November 12, 2020}}</ref><ref name=":3" />

===Political career===
Meeker spent two years as a [[Progressive Conservative Party of Canada|Progressive Conservative]] MP while playing for the Leafs. In June 1951, Meeker won the federal by-election in the Ontario riding of [[Waterloo South]]. He did not seek re-election in the [[1953 Canadian federal election|1953 election]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bradburn |first1=Jamie |title=Ontario's hockey-star MP: How Red Kelly represented the Leafs and the Liberals |url=https://www.tvo.org/article/ontarios-hockey-star-mp-how-red-kelly-represented-the-leafs-and-the-liberals |website=TVO.org |date=May 7, 2019}}</ref>
{{1951 Canadian federal by-elections/Waterloo South}}

===Hockey camps===
Meeker later ran hockey schools as [[summer camp]]s in Canada and the United States. His book ''Howie Meeker's Hockey Basics'', published in 1973,<ref name="tcpcbc">{{cite news |title=Howie Meeker, former NHL star and Hockey Night in Canada icon, dies at 97 |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/howie-meeker-death-hockey-night-in-canada-nhl-1.5794606 |agency=The Canadian Press |publisher=CBC |date=November 8, 2020}}</ref> and his weekly telecasts based on these camps, ''[[Howie Meeker's Hockey School]]'', which ran from 1973 to 1977 on [[CBC Television]], cemented his reputation in the coaching trade. The TV show was produced in [[St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador|St. John's]], [[Newfoundland and Labrador|Newfoundland]]. It featured boys learning the basic skills of the game: skating, puck control, and passing. Meeker's encouragement and delivery were all based on his premise that the game was suffering from poor instruction at the junior levels. He felt the game was not being taught properly so his message was directed at coaches across Canada. He also made vocal and detailed complaints about poor quality hockey equipment for child players, especially concerning protective gear. The television series had 107 fifteen-minute episodes. It was produced and directed by Ron Harrison and/or John Spaulding and aired weekly during the hockey season.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Howie Meeker Hockey School - CBC Archives|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/topic/howie-meeker-hockey-school|access-date=November 11, 2020|website=www.cbc.ca|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Howie Meeker Hockey School: Stick tricks - CBC Archives|language=en|url=https://www.cbc.ca/archives/entry/howie-meeker-hockey-school-stick-tricks|access-date=November 11, 2020}}</ref>

===Broadcasting career===
In the 1970s and 1980s, Meeker became known to a new generation of hockey fans as an excitable, dynamic studio analyst-[[color commentator|colour commentator]] on ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''.<ref name=":0" /> He would replay footage taken from an overhead camera that provided a full view of the ice, then use a [[telestrator]] to demonstrate his points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=McCurdy |first=Bruce |date=November 8, 2020 |title=One-of-a-kind hockey pioneer Howie Meeker touched a lot of lives, including this one |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/hockey/nhl/cult-of-hockey/one-of-a-kind-hockey-pioneer-howie-meeker-touched-a-lot-of-lives-including-this-one |access-date=November 12, 2020 |website=edmontonjournal |language=en-CA}}</ref> During the telestrator segments, his favourite directive was, "stop it right here", to freeze the screen in order to analyze specifics in the replay.<ref name=":0" /> He also worked on [[List of Vancouver Canucks broadcasters|Vancouver Canucks telecasts]] on [[CHAN-TV|BCTV]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Little |first=Lyndon |date=November 8, 2020 |title=Famed NHL player and broadcaster Howie Meeker passes away at 97 |url=https://theprovince.com/sports/hockey/nhl/famed-nhl-player-and-broadcaster-howie-meeker-passes-away-at-97 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |website=[[The Pronvince]]}}</ref><ref name=":9">{{Cite web |last=Bucholtz |first=Andrew |date=2020-11-11 |title=Remembering Howie Meeker, a famed hockey player, coach, broadcaster, and Telestrator pioneer |url=https://awfulannouncing.com/nhl/remembering-howie-meeker-telestrator-pioneer-broadcaster-player-coach.html |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=Awful Announcing |language=en-US}}</ref> When [[The Sports Network|TSN]] gained NHL cable TV broadcast rights in 1987, Meeker joined their team, where he stayed until retiring in 1998.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Howie Meeker – Builder (Hockey) – SportNL|url=https://sportnl.ca/hall-of-fame/howie-meeker-builder-hockey/|access-date=November 11, 2020|language=en}}</ref> Meeker often used the phrase, "Keep your stick on the ice" (later popularized as a slogan of comedian [[Steve Smith (comedian)|Red Green]]<ref>{{Cite web |last=Kaczmarczyk |first=Jeffrey |date=December 13, 2015 |title=Red Green returns to Michigan with wit, wisdom and duct tape |url=https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/grand-rapids/2015/12/red_green_returns_to_michigan.html |access-date=November 12, 2020 |website=mlive |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tougas |first=Maurice |date=September 5, 2016 |title=At 70, Red Green still keeps his stick on the ice |url=https://www.albertaprimetimes.com/lifestyle-news/at-70-red-green-still-keeps-his-stick-on-the-ice-2044350 |access-date=November 12, 2020 |website=AlbertaPrimeTimes.com |language=en}}</ref>) during his educational segments on ''[[Hockey Night in Canada]]''.

===Philanthropic work===
Meeker was involved with Special Olympics for over 40 years. He helped launch Special Olympics Canada after being invited to participate by former NHL referee Harry "Red" Foster shortly after the Special Olympics movement was created by Eunice Kennedy Shriver in the United States.<ref name=":7" /> In 1988, at the age of 64, Meeker was contacted by Campbell River Special Olympics in Campbell River, British Columbia, to help with setting up a fundraising golf tournament for the local Special Olympics organization. He was initially serving as a go-between to get a regional sports star involved but eventually, Meeker himself lent his name and support to the Howie Meeker Charity Golf Classic at Storey Creek Golf Club. Each year for the next 30 years, Meeker participated in the successful fundraiser in person. In his 94th year and at the 30th running of the event in August 2018, it was announced that Meeker would be taking a step back and welcoming a new co-host to carry on with the event. NHL player [[Clayton Stoner]] had signed on to be co-host with Meeker to ensure the fundraiser continues in Meeker's name into the future.<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 9, 2020|title=Campbell River mourns passing of Howie Meeker – hockey icon, champion of Special Olympics|url=https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/campbell-river-mourns-passing-of-howie-meeker-hockey-icon-champion-of-special-olympics/|access-date=November 11, 2020|website=Campbell River Mirror|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=August 14, 2019|title=Sold-out Howie Meeker Golf Classic set for this weekend|url=https://www.campbellrivermirror.com/community/sold-out-howie-meeker-golf-classic-set-for-this-weekend/|access-date=November 12, 2020|website=Campbell River Mirror|language=en-US}}</ref>

In 2004, Meeker was invited to headline a golf tournament fundraiser to benefit BC Guide Dog Services. Originally intended as a one-off event, it was such a success that the Howie Meeker Golf for Guide Dogs tournament ran on [[Vancouver Island]] for four years and is now held annually in the [[Metro Vancouver]] area.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bcguidedog.com/bc_year_review.html |title=BC Guide Dog Services & Alberta Guide Dog Services |access-date=January 1, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101101185859/http://www.bcguidedog.com/bc_year_review.html |archive-date=November 1, 2010 }}</ref> From this beginning, Meeker and his wife, Leah, became the patrons for BC Guide Dog Services,<ref>[http://www.bcguidedog.com/subpage/british-columbia/founders BC Guide Dog Services founders] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326013640/http://www.bcguidedog.com/subpage/british-columbia/founders |date=March 26, 2011 }}</ref> and through their involvement had helped raise over $350,000 as of July 2011.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Mitchell |first1=Kevin |title=Meeker loving life |url=https://www.vernonmorningstar.com/sports/meeker-loving-life/ |work=Vernon Morning Star |date=July 3, 2011}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Meeker moved to [[St. John's, Newfoundland]], later in life, calling it home for several decades. He was married to his first wife Grace for 55 years, raising six children, until she died in 1998. After retiring, Meeker lived with his second wife Leah in [[Parksville, British Columbia]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=November 9, 2020|title=Howie Meeker, who went from Stanley Cup-winner to colourful analyst, dies at age 97|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/hockey/2020/11/09/howie-meeker-who-went-from-stanley-cup-winner-to-colourful-analyst-dies-at-age-97.html|access-date=November 12, 2020|website=thestar.com|language=en}}</ref><ref name=":0" /> He died on November 8, 2020, in hospital in [[Nanaimo, British Columbia]].<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":9" /><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.pqbnews.com/news/canadian-hockey-and-broadcasting-legend-howie-meeker-dies-at-age-97/|title=Canadian hockey and broadcasting legend Howie Meeker dies at age 97|date=November 8, 2020|publisher=Parksville Qualicum Beach News|access-date=November 8, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-11-08 |title=Meeker, former Maple Leafs player, 'Hockey Night in Canada' analyst, dies {{!}} NHL.com |url=https://www.nhl.com/news/howie-meeker-dies-toronto-maple-leafs-hockey-night-in-canada-319594756 |access-date=2024-02-19 |website=www.nhl.com |language=en}}</ref>

==Tribute==
Upon hearing of Meeker's death, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman issued the following statement on behalf of the league: "Howie Meeker spent his long and remarkable life playing, teaching, and broadcasting the game of hockey and serving his country with incredible enthusiasm."

==Awards and achievements==
*[[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA]] 1942 season: Scored 29 goals and had 45 points in 13 games.<ref name=":8" />
*[[Calder Memorial Trophy]] winner in [[1946-47 NHL season|1947]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Calder Memorial Trophy Winner 1946-47: Meeker, Howie - Legends of Hockey|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SilverwareTrophyWinner.jsp?tro=CMT&year=1946-47|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=www.hhof.com}}</ref>
*Played in [[1947 NHL All-Star Game|1947]], [[1948 NHL All-Star Game|1948]] and [[1949 NHL All-Star Game|1949]] [[NHL All-Star Game]]s.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Podnieks, Andrew.|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44019389|title=NHL all-star game : 50 years of the great tradition|date=2000|publisher=HarperCollins Publishers|isbn=0-00-200058-X|location=Toronto|oclc=44019389}}</ref>
*[[Stanley Cup]] champion in [[1947 Stanley Cup Finals|1947]], [[1948 Stanley Cup Finals|1948]], [[1949 Stanley Cup Finals|1949]], and [[1951 Stanley Cup Finals|1951]].<ref name=":4" />
*On January 8, 1947, Meeker [[List of players with five or more goals in an NHL game|scored 5 goals]] in a game against the [[Chicago Blackhawks]].<ref name=":6" />
*[[Foster Hewitt Memorial Award]] winner in 1998 for "Excellence in Hockey Broadcasting"<ref>{{Cite web|title=Howie Meeker, former NHL star and Hockey Night in Canada icon, dies at 97|url=https://ca.style.yahoo.com/howie-meeker-former-nhl-star-201725677.html|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=ca.style.yahoo.com|language=en-CA}}</ref>
*Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1998 as a broadcaster.<ref name=":0" />
*On December 30, 2010, Meeker was named a Member of the [[Order of Canada]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Howie Meeker, Shelagh Rogers get Order of Canada |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/howie-meeker-shelagh-rogers-get-order-of-canada-1.878399 |website=CBC.ca |date=December 31, 2010}}</ref>
*In 2010, Meeker was inducted into the [[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Howie Meeker |url=http://oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/17-howie-meeker |website=oshof.ca |publisher=[[Ontario Sports Hall of Fame]] |access-date=September 25, 2014 |archive-date=December 28, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141228125532/http://www.oshof.ca/index.php/honoured-members/item/17-howie-meeker |url-status=dead }}</ref>
*Was the fastest Maple Leafs player to score 25 goals (surpassed by [[Auston Matthews]]).<ref>{{Cite web|title=GOLLY GEE! Howie Meeker made his mark across hockey world for generations of fans|url=https://torontosun.com/sports/hockey/golly-gee-howie-meeker-made-his-mark-across-hockey-world-for-generations-of-fans|access-date=November 12, 2020|website=The Toronto Sun|language=en-CA}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
'''Sources:'''<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|title=Legends of Hockey -- NHL Player Search -- Player -- Howie Meeker|url=https://www.hhof.com/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13695|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=www.hhof.com}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web|title=Howie Meeker Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com|url=https://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=3656|access-date=November 10, 2020|website=www.hockeydb.com}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|-
! colspan="3" | &nbsp;
! rowspan="99" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[regular season|Regular&nbsp;season]]
! rowspan="99" | &nbsp;
! colspan="5" | [[Playoffs]]
|-
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP
! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]]
! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]]
! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]]
! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP
! G
! A
! Pts
! PIM
|-
| 1940–41
| [[Kitchener Greenshirts]]
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|Big-10 Jr. B]]
| 9
| 13
| 10
| 23
| 2
| 4
| 4
| 2
| 6
| 0
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1941–42
| [[Stratford Kist]]
| Big-10 Jr. B
| 13
| 29
| 16
| 45
| 20
| 4
| 8
| 11
| 19
| 4
|-
| [[1942 Memorial Cup|1941–42]]
| Stratford Kist
| [[Memorial Cup|M-Cup]]
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 9
| 13
| 1
| 14
| 2
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1942–43 OHA season|1942–43]]
| [[Stratford Kroehlers]]
| [[Ontario Hockey League|OHA-Jr.]]
| 6
| 6
| 4
| 10
| 4
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-
| 1942–43
| [[Brantford Lions]]
| OHA-Jr.
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1945–46 OHA season|1945–46]]
| [[Stratford Indians]]
| OHA-Jr.
| 7
| 8
| 5
| 13
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 5
| 11
| 0
|-
| [[1946–47 NHL season|1946–47]]
| [[Toronto Maple Leafs]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 55
| 27
| 18
| 45
| 76
| 11
| 3
| 3
| 6
| 6
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1947–48 NHL season|1947–48]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 58
| 14
| 20
| 34
| 62
| 9
| 2
| 4
| 6
| 15
|-
| [[1948–49 NHL season|1948–49]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 30
| 7
| 7
| 14
| 56
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1949–50 NHL season|1949–50]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 70
| 18
| 22
| 40
| 35
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 4
|-
| [[1950–51 NHL season|1950–51]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 49
| 6
| 14
| 20
| 24
| 11
| 1
| 1
| 2
| 14
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1951–52 NHL season|1951–52]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 54
| 9
| 14
| 23
| 50
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 11
|-
| [[1952–53 NHL season|1952–53]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 25
| 1
| 7
| 8
| 26
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-  bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1953–54 NHL season|1953–54]]
| Toronto Maple Leafs
| NHL
| 5
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|-
| [[1954–55 AHL season|1954–55]]
| [[Pittsburgh Hornets]]
| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
| 2
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| —
| —
| —
| —
| —
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 346
! 83
! 102
! 185
! 329
! 42
! 6
! 9
! 15
! 50
|}

==Coaching record==
'''Source:'''<ref name=":3"/>
{| class="wikitable" style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center;"
|-
! rowspan="2"|Team !! rowspan="2"|Year !! colspan="7"|Regular Season !! colspan="1"|Post Season
|-
! G !! W !! L !! T !! OTL !! Pts !!Finish !! Result
|-
![[Toronto Maple Leafs|TOR]]||[[1956–57 NHL season|1956–57]]
|70||21||34||15||-||57||5th in NHL||Did not qualify
|}

==See also==
*[[List of players with 5 or more goals in an NHL game]]

==References==
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==External links==
*{{icehockeystats|legends=13695}}
*[http://www.howiemeeker.com Howie Meeker official website] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210422050101/http://howiemeeker.com/ |date=April 22, 2021 }}
*{{Canadian Parliament links|ID=16653}}
*[http://www.cbc.ca/archives/discover/programs/h/howie-meeker-hockey-school/howie-meeker-hockey-school-feb-13-1977.html CBC Digital Archives – Howie Meeker Hockey School]

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{{succession box | before = [[Edgar Laprade]] | title = Winner of the [[Calder Memorial Trophy]] | years = 1947 | after = [[Jim McFadden]]}}
{{succession box | before = [[King Clancy]] | title = [[List of Toronto Maple Leafs head coaches|Head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs]] | years = 1956–57 | after = [[Billy Reay]]}}
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|title=Member of Parliament from [[Waterloo South]]
|before=[[Karl Homuth]]
|after=[[Arthur White (Canadian politician)|Arthur White]]
|years=1951–53}}
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