Shot Right Height 1.91 m Playing career Weight 84 kg | Name Ron Stackhouse Position Defenseman Role Ice hockey player | |
Born August 26, 1949 (age 74)
Haliburton, ON, CAN ( 1949-08-26 ) NHL Draft 18th overall, 1969
Oakland Seals Played for American Hockey League, Providence Reds |
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Ronald Lorne Stackhouse (born August 26, 1949 in Haliburton, Ontario) is a retired professional ice hockey defenceman.
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Playing career
Stackhouse started his career playing with the Peterborough Petes under Roger Neilson in the OHA. Stackhouse was drafted 18th overall by the Oakland Seals in the 1969 NHL Amateur Draft. He lasted only a few seasons with the Seals, before being traded to the Detroit Red Wings in 1971.
Stackhouse's career did not pick up until he joined the Pittsburgh Penguins early in 1974. He tied an NHL record the next season with 6 assists in a game by a defenceman, and riled off seasons of 60 and 71 points. Stackhouse played with the Penguins until 1982, when he retired from hockey and returned to live in Haliburton, where he taught at Haliburton Highlands Secondary School.