Jerome F. "Jud" McAtee was a professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player who played 46 games in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 with the Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

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. Born in Stratford, Ontario

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, he and his brother Norm

Norm McAtee

Norm Joseph McAtee was a professional ice hockey player who played 13 games in the National Hockey League with the Boston Bruins...

 played together in junior ice hockey

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 with the Oshawa Generals

Oshawa Generals

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 during the years when the Generals dominated the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

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, winning championships with them in both 1938-39 and 1939-40. In 1939-40, Jud led the league

Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy

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 with 25 goals and 44 points before signing as a free agent with the Red Wings in the NHL

National Hockey League

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 after the season. During World War II

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. Jud played for the Red Wings in parts of three seasons (1942–43, 1943–44 and 1944–45), scoring 15 goals and 13 assists during the regular season and also participating in all 14 playoff games in his third season

1944-45 NHL season

-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Leading goaltenders:...

 (2 goals, 1 assist) while forming a line with Syd Howe

Syd Howe

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 and Mud Bruneteau

Mud Bruneteau

Modere Fernand "Mud" Bruneteau was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League...

. During December 1945

1945-46 NHL season

-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Leading goaltenders:...

, Jud and Norm were both traded by the Red Wings to Chicago

Chicago Blackhawks

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 for Doug McCaig

Doug McCaig

Douglas McCaig was a professional ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks.-External links:...

, and Jud never again played in the NHL. He ended up finishing his career in the minor leagues and retired from the Tulsa Oilers in 1950.

He was married to his wife Opal until her death on February 1, 1987 and never remarried.

He died in Tulsa on February 22, 2011, less than a year after his brother Norm's death on August 25, 2010.