Tod Sloan (ice hockey)
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Aloysius Martin "Tod" Sloan (born November 30, 1927 in Vinton, Quebec
Quebec
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) is a retired Canadian ice hockey
Ice hockey
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 forward
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.

Sloan started his National Hockey League
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 career with the Toronto Maple Leafs
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 in 1948. He would also play for the Chicago Black Hawks
Chicago Blackhawks
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. He would retire after the 1961 season. He won three Stanley Cup
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s in his career, two with Toronto in 1949 and 1951, and one with Chicago in 1961. In 1949 with Toronto, Sloan only played 29 regular-season games and did not play in the playoffs. His name was left off the Stanley Cup, but he was included on the 1949 Maple Leaf team winning picture.

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