title: Jack Church
text: # Jack Church
  
  John Herbert Church (May 24, 1915 – January 5, 1996) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 130 games in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Boston Bruins, and Brooklyn Americans between 1938 and 1946. He was born in Kamsack, Saskatchewan.
  
  Church scored two goals in his lone season with the Boston Bruins. Curiously, both came against his former team, the Toronto Maple Leafs.
  
  ## Career statistics
  
  ### Regular season and playoffs
  
  | | | | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Regular season | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs | Playoffs |
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  | Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM |
  | 1932–33 | Regina Maple Leafs | S-SJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 1933–34 | Regina Maple Leafs | S-SJHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 |
  | 1933–34 | Regina Victorias | S-SSHL | 16 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
  | 1934–35 | Toronto Dominion Bank | TIHL | 16 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 73 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
  | 1935–36 | Toronto Dominion Bank | TIHL | 16 | 0 | 12 | 12 | 78 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 1935–36 | Toronto Dukes | TIHL | 16 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 70 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
  | 1936–37 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 50 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 93 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 10 |
  | 1937–38 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 47 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 1938–39 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
  | 1938–39 | Syracuse Stars | IAHL | 52 | 3 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
  | 1939–40 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 31 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 62 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
  | 1940–41 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 22 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 |
  | 1941–42 | Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 27 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 1941–42 | Brooklyn Americans | NHL | 15 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — |
  | 1942–42 | Cornwall Army | OHA Sr | 33 | 6 | 12 | 18 | 102 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
  | 1945–46 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 43 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
  | 1946–47 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL | 64 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 83 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
  | 1947–48 | Providence Reds | AHL | 64 | 1 | 17 | 18 | 67 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
  | IAHL/AHL totals | IAHL/AHL totals | IAHL/AHL totals | 273 | 16 | 46 | 62 | 335 | 28 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 31 |
  | NHL totals | NHL totals | NHL totals | 130 | 4 | 19 | 23 | 154 | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 18 |
  