Shot Left Height 1.78 m Position Centerman Role Ice hockey player Career end 1978 | Name Ron Schock Career start 1964 Playing career Weight 77 kg | |
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Born December 19, 1943 (age 80)
Chapleau, ON, CAN ( 1943-12-19 ) Played for National Hockey League, Pittsburgh Penguins | ||
Ronald Lawrence Schock (born December 19, 1943) is a Canadian retired National Hockey League centre from 1964 to 1978. His younger brother, Danny Schock, also played briefly in the NHL. Ron retired following 909 games, recording a total of 166 goals, 351 assists, and 517 points.
While playing with the St. Louis Blues, Schock attended a hockey dinner and was asked where he would least like to be traded. He responded, either the New York Rangers or Pittsburgh Penguins. Two days later he was traded to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Ron Shock is perhaps most famous for his double overtime "Midnight Goal" that won game 7 for the Blues over the Minnesota North Stars on May 3, 1968, and sent the Blues to the Stanley Cup finals in the first year of the NHL expansion. (;) Arguably, this was a major contribution to the early popularity of the St. Louis Blues franchise (.)