Max Quackenbush
Introduction '''Maxwell Joseph Quackenbush''' (August 29, 1928 — April 17, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 61 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins between 1950 and 1951.The rest of his career, which lasted from 1947 to 1955, was spent in the minor leagues. He was the younger brother of Bill Quackenbush. In his post-hockey career, he served with the Metropolitan Toronto Police Force, and was known to many elementary school children in the '60s and '70s as "Constable Quackenbush", instructing them on traffic safety in partnership with Elmer the Safety Elephant.His son, Ross, played for the Canadian National Basketball team in the 1970s, and served as the head coach of the St. Mary's (Halifax) University basketball team for many year. Quackenbush died in Halifax in 2020; he had Alzheimer's disease in his later years.
Career statistics ===Regular season and playoffs===Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP  G  A  Pts  PIM GP  G  A  Pts  PIM 1944–45 De La Salle College CA-HS 11  14  13  27  28 2  2  1  3  2 1945–46 De La Salle College CA-HS 8  18  13  31  12 12  9  7  16  6 1946–47 De La Salle College CA-HS 8  16  10  26  18 11  11  5  16  39 1947–48 Windsor Spitfires OHA 35  8  22  30  82 12  1  0  1  23 1947–48 Windsor Hettche Spitfires IHL 23  5  9  14  71 —  —  —  —  — 1948–49 Omaha Knights USHL 66  3  14  17  61 4  0  1  1  0 1949–50 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 68  6  22  28  34 4  0  1  1  0 1950–51 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 23  2  4  6  24 —  —  —  —  — 1950–51 Boston Bruins NHL 47  4  6  10  26 6  0  0  0  4 1951–52 St. Louis Flyers AHL 50  5  15  20  54 —  —  —  —  — 1951–52 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 14  0  1  1  4 —  —  —  —  — 1952–53 Calgary Stampeders WHL 65  2  21  23  31 3  0  1  1  0 1953–54 Calgary Stampeders WHL 70  11  28  39  48 18  3  4  7  2 1954–55 Calgary Stampeders WHL 63  8  24  32  56 9  1  3  4  4 NHL totals 61  4  7  11  30 6  0  0  0  4
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