John Gunnard "Jack" Hendrickson (born December 5, 1936 in Kingston, Ontario

Kingston, Ontario

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) is a retired professional hockey player. In 2004, Hendrickson was inducted into the Midland, Ontario

Midland, Ontario

Midland is a town located on Georgian Bay in Simcoe County, Ontario, Canada.Situated at the southern end of Georgian Bay's 30,000 Islands, Midland is the economic centre of the region, with a 125-bed hospital and a local airport. It is the main town of the southern Georgian Bay area...

 Sports Hall of Fame.

Career

Hendrickson played professional hockey from 1954-55 through the 1970-71 season. He played a total of five 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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. He also played in the American Hockey League

American Hockey League

The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...

, the Eastern Professional Hockey League

Eastern Professional Hockey League

The Eastern Professional Hockey League was a minor professional ice hockey league that operated primarily in Ontario and Quebec from 1959 to 1963....

, the Western Hockey League

Western Hockey League

The Western Hockey League is a major junior ice hockey league based in Western Canada and the Northwestern United States. The WHL is one of three leagues that constitute the Canadian Hockey League as the highest level of junior hockey in Canada...

, the Central Professional Hockey League (later the Central Hockey League

Central Hockey League

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), the International Hockey League, and the Eastern Hockey League

Eastern Hockey League

-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...

. Before he began his pro career, Hendrickson starred on defence when the 1953-54 Midland Red Wings - coached by Hockey Hall of Famer Roy Conacher - won the Ontario Hockey Association Junior C championship.

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