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He is the son of National Hockey League Hall of Famer, Charlie Conacher.
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Pete Conacher
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Conacher played with the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks, and New York Rangers. In 1959, Conacher played for the World Champion Belleville McFarlands. Pete Conacher began his hockey career in the Toronto Hockey League in 1943 with the Leaside PeeWee team
He went on to play for the North Toronto Kinsmen Terriers in the 1944-1945 season.
Where he would go on to be a Minor Bantam finalist. At the age of 16, he became property of the Chicago Blackhawks but was sent to their Ontario Hockey Association affiliate, the Galt Black Hawks.
He would play in Galt (now part of Cambridge, Ontario) for two seasons. His best offensive season came in 1951-"52 where he would score 120 points (53G, 67A) in 51 games.
In 1952, he turned pro the Chicago Blackhawks to play in the National Hockey League.
In his 13 years as a professional hockey player, he would also end up playing for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs, Hershey Bears, Saint Louis Flyers, and Buffalo Bisons (AHL). By the end of his professional hockey career, Pete had played 229 National Hockey League regular season games, with 47 goals and 39 assists. After ending his professional career in 1966, he would join the National Hockey League Oldtimers Hockey Club and would play charity hockey games across Canada for the following 13 years.
To this day, he still plays for the Oldtimers hockey team
Pete was recognized for his 1959 World Championship success with the Belleville McFarlands by being inducted into the. Pete was also a past President of the Ontario chapter of Special Olympics Canada.
During summers he was not playing hockey, he would play in the Beaches Major Fastball League and senior baseball for Lizzies at the old Viaduct Stadium. He has also served as a board member for the Charlie Conacher Throat Cancer Research Fund at the Toronto General Hospital.
He currently sits on the Board of Directors with the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame.
