David Michael Keon (born March 22, 1940 in Noranda, Quebec), is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey centre. He played professionally from 1960 to 1982, including 15 seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1986. March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... Year 1940 (MCMXL) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1940 calendar). ... Rouyn-Noranda (2001 population 39,621) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada. ... Motto: Je me souviens (French: I remember) Official languages French Flower Blue Flag Iris (Iris versicolor Linné) Tree Yellow Birch Bird Snowy Owl Capital Quebec City Largest city Montreal Lieutenant-Governor Lise Thibault Premier Jean Charest (PLQ) Parliamentary representation  - House seats  - Senate seats 75 24 Area Total  - Land  - Water  (% of... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... Centre or Center in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. ... The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ... The Hockey Hall of Fame is located at the corner of Front & Yonge in downtown Toronto The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, celebrates the history of hockey with exhibits featuring memorabilia and NHL...

Playing career

Keon played junior hockey in Toronto for the St. Michael's Buzzers of the Ontario Hockey Association's Metro Junior B league in 1956-57. In February 1957, he was named to the league's eastern all-star team and was picked by NHL scouts as the top prospect in the league. Keon was selected as the league's rookie of the year, finishing second in scoring, and his team won the league championship. He played some games that season for the Junior A St. Michael's Majors, and moved to that club full-time for the 1957-58 season. Keon played for St. Mike's through the end of the 1960 season, when he turned professional and joined the Sudbury Wolves of the Eastern Professional Hockey League for four playoff games. They would be the only games he would ever play in the minor leagues. The St. ... A typical OHL hockey game. ... The Toronto St. ... The Eastern Professional Hockey League (EPHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league which operated primarily in Ontario and Quebec from 1959 to 1963. ...

Keon joined the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League for the 1960-61 season, winning the Calder Memorial Trophy as the league's top rookie with 20 goals and 45 points in his first season. It was his first of six consecutive 20-goal seasons. In his second year in the NHL, Keon was named a second team all-star and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as most gentlemanly player, taking only one minor penalty through the entire season. He repeated as Lady Byng winner in 1962-63, again taking only a single minor penalty all year. NHL redirects here. ... The 1960-61 NHL season was the 44th season of the National Hockey League. ... Calder Memorial Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top Rookie in the National Hockey League. ... The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League hockey player voted to have shown the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play. ... The 1962-63 season was the 46th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ...

He was the Leafs' leading scorer in the 1963-64, 1966-67 and 1969-70 seasons, and the team's top goal scorer in 1970-71 and 1972-73. Keon was one of the fastest skaters in the NHL, and one of the best defensive forwards of his era. He would usually play against the opposing team's top centre, and developed a reputation for neutralizing some of the league's top scorers. In 1970-71, he scored eight shorthanded goals, setting an NHL record. The 1963-64 season was the 47th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1966-67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. ... The classic NHL shield logo The 1969-70 NHL season was the 53rd season of the National Hockey League. ... The 1970-71 NHL season was the 54th season of the National Hockey League. ... Regular Season * November 9, Johnny Bucyk notches his 1,000th career point. ... The 1970-71 NHL season was the 54th season of the National Hockey League. ...

Keon won four Stanley Cups with the Leafs, playing on the Cup-winning teams of 1961-62, 1962-63, 1963-64, and 1966-67. In the 1967 Cup final, he shut down Jean Béliveau, the star centreman of the Montreal Canadiens, and was voted the most valuable player of the playoffs, winning the Conn Smythe Trophy. Forty years later, he remains the only Leaf ever to have won the trophy. This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... The classic NHL shield logo The 1961-62 season was the 45th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1962-63 season was the 46th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1963-64 season was the 47th regular season of the National Hockey League (NHL). ... The 1966-67 NHL season was the 50th season of the National Hockey League. ... Jean Arthur Béliveau, CC , CQ , D.h. ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... Conn Smythe Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the National Hockey Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs. ...

He was named team captain on October 31, 1969, succeeding George Armstrong who was said to be retiring from hockey. Armstrong returned to the Leafs two weeks later and played for another two seasons, but Keon remained captain and would wear the C through the rest of his years with the Leafs. October 31 is the 304th day of the year (305th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 61 days remaining. ... Year 1969 (MCMLXIX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... The Chief George Edward Armstrong (born on July 6, 1930 in Skead, Ontario, Canada), was a professional ice hockey player. ...

Keon hoped to make Team Canada for the 1972 Summit Series, but was coming off one of the worst years of his career, finishing the 1971-72 season with his lowest points-per-game average since his rookie year. He wasn't selected for Team Canada, but the Ottawa Nationals of the World Hockey Association made a strong effort to sign Keon, whom they had placed on their negotiation list earlier that year. Harold Ballard, who had become the Leafs' majority owner in March 1972, said that Keon didn't provide the leadership the team needed during the previous season and was refusing to give Keon a big salary increase after a poor year. Keon signed a letter of intent with the Nationals, and received a $50,000 cheque from the team, but the deal fell apart. Just before training camp. Keon signed a three-year deal with the Leafs, and rebounded strongly in 1972-73, scoring 37 goals. On November 22, 1972 he scored his 297th goal as a Leaf, passing Armstrong and Frank Mahovlich to become the team's all-time leading goal scorer. For other uses, see Summit Series (disambiguation). ... Regular Season* October 16 The Toronto Maple Leafs Norm Ullman tallies his 1,000th point. ... The Ottawa Nationals were a hockey team based out of Ottawa that played in the World Hockey Association. ... World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... Harold Ballard (July 30, 1903-April 11, 1990) was the controversial long-time owner of the Toronto Maple Leafs and Maple Leaf Gardens. ... Regular Season * November 9, Johnny Bucyk notches his 1,000th career point. ... November 22 is the 326th day (327th on leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1972 (MCMLXXII) was a leap year starting on Saturday. ... The Honourable Francis William Mahovlich, CM , LL.D (born January 10, 1938 in Timmins, Ontario) is a Canadian Senator, and formerly a talented NHL ice hockey player. ...

Early into the 1974-75 season, Ballard publicly blasted Keon, saying that the team wasn't getting good leadership from its captain and vowing never again to agree to a no-trade clause in a contract, as he had with Keon. When Keon's contract expired at the end of the season, Ballard made it clear that there was no place for him on the Leafs. The Leafs believed they had some strong young prospects at centre that needed more ice time, and Keon was again asking for a contract with a no-trade clause. The 35-year-old Keon was told he could make his own deal with another NHL team, but any club signing him would have been required to provide compensation to the Leafs. The Leafs' asking price was said to be too high, even though they had no intentions of keeping Keon on the team. The classic NHL shield logo The 1974-75 NHL season was the 58th season of the National Hockey League. ...

In August 1975, with the Leafs controlling his NHL rights, Keon jumped to the World Hockey Association, signing a deal with the Minnesota Fighting Saints reportedly worth $300,000 over two seasons. The head coach of the Saints was Harry Neale, an old friend of Keon's. The team, and Keon, played well, but struggled badly financially. With 21 games left in the season, the team folded. Keon was expected to return to the NHL and wasn't included in the dispersal sale of Saints players to other WHA teams. The NHL's New York Islanders wanted Keon, but needed to negotiate a deal for his NHL rights with the Leafs. Again, the Leafs' asking price (said to have been a first-round draft pick) was too high, and a disappointed Keon signed with the WHA's Indianapolis Racers in March 1976. World Hockey Association logo The World Hockey Association (French: Association Mondiale de Hockey) was a professional ice hockey league that operated in North America from 1972 to 1979. ... The Minnesota Fighting Saints were a professional ice hockey team that played in Saint Paul, Minnesota. ... Neale and Bob, its not just who they are, its what they do. ... The New York Islanders are a professional ice hockey team based in Uniondale, New York, a city located on Long Island. ... The Indianapolis Racers were a franchise in the former World Hockey Association. ...

The Fighting Saints were revived for the start of the WHA's 1976-77 season, and Keon was traded back to Minnesota, but the team folded for good half-way through the season (with Keon as its leading scorer). Keon was briefly the property of the Edmonton Oilers who immediately traded him to the New England Whalers in January 1977. He would remain with the team through the rest of his career. In the 1977-78 season, Keon was joined on the Whalers by Gordie Howe, the team's leading scorer, despite turing 50 before the end of the season. Keon returned to the NHL in 1979 when the renamed Hartford Whalers became one of four WHA teams to join the NHL. Bobby Hull joined the Whalers that season, with Keon, Howe, and Hull sometimes playing as a forward line. Howe and Hull retired at the end of the season, leaving Keon as the oldest player in the NHL. He played two more seasons and announced his retirement on June 30, 1982 at age 42. The 1976-76 WHA season was the fifth season of the now defunct World Hockey Association (WHA). ... The Edmonton Oilers are a professional ice hockey team based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. ... The Carolina Hurricanes are a National Hockey League team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. ... The 1977-78 WHA season was the sixth regular season of the now defunct World Hockey Association (WHA). ... Gordon Gordie Howe, OC (born March 31, 1928 in Floral, Saskatchewan) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and Hartford Whalers. ... Robert Marvin Hull (born January 3, 1939) was a Canadian ice hockey player. ... June 30 is the 181st day of the year (182nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 184 days remaining. ... 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Retirement

Following his retirement from hockey, Keon moved to Florida and worked in real estate for several years. This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ...

Bitter over his treatment by Ballard and the Leafs, Keon has refused to have any relationship with the Leafs organization. He has turned down all offers of reconciliation from the team, including an invitation to the closing ceremony for Maple Leaf Gardens in 1999 and a proposed ceremony to honour his number. He has insisted that he will not have anything to do with the club unless it changes its policy of only "honouring" numbers of former star players instead of retiring them (the Leafs will only retire the numbers of players who suffered a career-ending accident while a member of the team). On March 22, 1991, with the Leafs under new ownership after Ballard's death, Keon played on a team of Leaf all-stars against their counterparts from the Montreal Canadiens in an old-timers game at Maple Leaf Gardens called Legends' Night in Canada. "After that, I figured out the new ownership was no different than Ballard, and I had no use for it," Keon later said.^[1] In 2005, he told the Toronto Sun that the new owners "would like to say they are different, but they are all the same."^[2] Maple Leaf Gardens, 2006 Exterior signage as of 2006, with letters missing Maple Leaf Gardens was an indoor arena in Toronto, on the northwest corner of Carlton Street and Church Street. ... March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in leap years). ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The Toronto Sun is an English language daily newspaper published in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. ...

On January 19th, 2007, the Toronto Maple Leafs announced that at their February 17th home game against the Edmonton Oilers, that the last Stanley Cup winning team will be reunited at a pre-game ceremony (which also marks the 80th anniversary of the Leafs first game played). Dave Keon is among the former team members who has confirmed their participation, including such greats as George Armstrong, Bobby Baun, Johnny Bower, Brian Conacher, Ron Ellis, Aut Erickson, Larry Hillman, Larry Jeffrey, Red Kelly, Jim Pappin, Marcel Pronovost, Eddie Shack, Allan Stanley, Pete Stemkowski, and Mike Walton.

Awards and honours

• Calder Memorial Trophy: 1961
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 1962, 1963
• Second All-Star Team: 1962, 1971
• NHL All-Star Game: 1962, 1963, 1964, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971, 1973
• Conn Smythe Trophy: 1967
• Paul Deneau Trophy: 1977, 1978
• Hockey Hall of Fame: 1986

In 1998, Keon was ranked number 69 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. The Arena Dave Keon in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec is named in his honor. Calder Memorial Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Calder Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the top Rookie in the National Hockey League. ... The Lady Byng Memorial Trophy, formerly known as the Lady Byng Trophy, is presented each year to the National Hockey League hockey player voted to have shown the best sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with performance in play. ... The National Hockey League All-Star Game (French: Match des Étoiles de la Ligue Nationale de Hockey) is an exhibition hockey game that marks the midway point of the National Hockey Leagues regular season, with many of the leagues star players playing against each other. ... Conn Smythe Trophy on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Conn Smythe Memorial Trophy is awarded annually to the most valuable player during the National Hockey Leagues Stanley Cup playoffs. ... The Paul Deneau Trophy was presented annually to the World Hockey Associations most gentlemanly player. ... The Hockey Hall of Fame is located at the corner of Front & Yonge in downtown Toronto The Stanley Cup on display at the Hockey Hall of Fame The Hockey Hall of Fame which is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, celebrates the history of hockey with exhibits featuring memorabilia and NHL... The Hockey News is a hockey resource magazine. ... The Arena Dave Keon is a 3,500-seat multi-purpose arena in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec Canada. ... Rouyn-Noranda (2001 population 39,621) is a city on Osisko Lake in northwestern Quebec, Canada. ...

Career statistics

See also

• Captain (ice hockey)
• List of NHL players
• List of NHL seasons

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External links

• Hockey Hall of Fame profile
• Career statistics fron HockeyDB.com

References