IMAGE INFORMATION
EditArthur Morris "Art" Jackson - Born December 15, 1915 in Toronto, Ontario - Died May 15, 1971 in St. Catharines, Ontario was a Canadian ice Hockey center and coach.
- Memorial Cup Champion 1934 with Toronto St. Michael's Majors.
Jackson scored the Memorial Cup winning goal.
- George Richardson Memorial Trophy Champion 1934 with Toronto St. Michael's Majors.
- J. Ross Robertson Cup Junior Champion 1934 with Toronto St. Michael's Majors.
- Sportsmens Patriotic Association / SPA Tournament Trophy Winner 1934.
- O'Brien Trophy Champion 1935 with Toronto Maple Leafs, 1943 with Boston Bruins
- Calder Cup Champion 1937 with Syracuse Stars.
- F. G. "Teddy" Oke Trophy Champion 1937 with Syracuse Stars.
- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1938, 1940, 1941 with Boston Bruins
- Stanley Cup Champion 1941 with Boston Bruins, 1945 with Toronto Maple Leafs.
Jackson played his first junior Hockey with the Toronto Marlboros from 1931 to 1933, then joined the Toronto St. Michael's Majors for the 1933-34 season. Jackson had a amazing playoff, scoring 21 goals and 15 assists in 13 games, and helped the St. Michael's Majors win the 1934 Memorial Cup championship, the first for the school.
Jackson signed with the Toronto Maple Leafs to start the 1934-35 season, making his NHL debut on November 8, 1934 vs Boston Bruins at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 5-3 Toronto win.
Jackson scored his 1st NHL goal vs Wilf Cude of Montreal Canadiens at 4:13 of 3rd period on January 5, 1935 at Maple Leaf Gardens in a 3-1 Toronto win.
Jackson would play half the NHL season with Toronto and half the season with their farm team, the IHL Syracuse Stars. During his first three pro seasons, Jackson played a checking role with both the Maple Leafs and the Syracuse Stars.
Jackson was traded to the Boston Bruins in 1937 and then loaned to the New York Americans for the 1938-39 season.
Jackson returned to the Bruins in 1939-40 and remained there for the next five and a half years. In Boston, Jackson became a solid playmaker and checker playing as the third centre behind Bill Cowley and Milt Schmidt. Jackson often centered the Bruins third line with Herb Cain and Terry Reardon. Their job was to shut down the opposition, something Jackson excelled at. He also did so cleanly, only picking up 144 career penalty minutes.
Jackson helped Bruins win the 1941 Stanley Cup championship. When the Bruins lost the "Kraut Line" of Schmidt, Dumart, and Bauer to military service, Jackson assumed a key role in keeping the team competitive.
Jackson scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Turk Broda of Toronto Maple Leafs on November 22, 1942 at Boston Garden in a 6-5 Boston win.
Jackson scored consecutive 20-goal seasons in 1942-43 and in 1943-44, hitting a career high with 28 goals and 41 assists, playing on a line with Cowley and Herb Cain. During the early '40s he also had the opportunity to play with his brother, Harvey "Busher" Jackson.
Jackson started the 1944-45 season in Boston but was traded to the Maple Leafs in on October 29 for cash and future considerations which turned out to be Bingo Kampman. After scoring 22 points (9 goals) in the last 31 games of the season, then helping the Maple Leafs win the 1945 Stanley Cup championship along with his brother Busher.
Art Jackson retired after the season.
Jackson played in 470 regular season NHL games, scoring 123 goals (15 GWG), 179 assists with 144 penalty minutes and 52 NHL playoff games, scoring 8 goals, 12 assists with 25 penalty minutes.
After retiring from playing Hockey Jackson coached and played in 2 games for the Toronto Barkers from 1946 to 1947, then moved to St. Catharines, Ontario, where he became a Hockey coach for the OHA junior St. Catharines Falcons and St. Catharines TeePees.