Pat Stapleton Patrick James ( " Pat " , " Whitey " ) Stapleton ( born July 4 , 1940 in Sarnia , Ontario ) is a retired Canadian defenceman who played 15 seasons in the National Hockey League and the World Hockey Association , most notably for the Chicago Black Hawks . He is the father of Mike Stapleton , who had a lengthy career in the NHL as well . Playing career . Stapleton played Junior B hockey with the Sarnia Legionnaires before spending two seasons with the St . Catharines TeePees of the Ontario Hockey Association , winning the Memorial Cup in 1960 . His first full season was with the Sault Ste . Marie Thunderbirds of the Eastern Professional Hockey League in 1960 - 61 . Stapleton had signed with the Chicago Black Hawks , but was claimed by the Boston Bruins in the intra - league draft in June 1961 and began his National Hockey League career with the Bruins in the 1961 – 62 season . The next year , he split his time between Bruins and their EPHL affiliate , the Kingston Frontenacs . Stapleton spent the next two years in the minor leagues , playing with the Portland Buckaroos of the Western Hockey League . He received the Hal Laycoe Cup as the WHL ' s top defenceman for the 1964 – 65 season . Stapleton was briefly the property of the Toronto Maple Leafs in June 1965 as part of a trade with the Bruins , but he was left unprotected in the intra - league draft and was claimed the next day by the Chicago Black Hawks . He played some games with the Hawks ' Central Hockey league affiliate , the St . Louis Braves , in 1965 – 66 , but they would be the final minor league games of his career . Stapleton remained in the NHL for eight seasons with the Black Hawks , and was named Second Team All - Star three times ( 1966 , 1971 , and 1972 ) . Stapleton played with the Black Hawks in the Stanley Cup finals in 1971 and 1973 . Stapleton was a member of the Team Canada team at the Summit Series in 1972 . During the tournament he was a + 6 and was often paired with his Black Hawks teammate Bill White . Stapleton is the owner of the puck that was used by Paul Henderson to score the series - winning goal . In 1973 , Stapleton jumped from the NHL and signed a five - year deal with the Chicago Cougars of the World Hockey Association where he became player - coach , replacing Marcel Pronovost as coach . He was a WHA first - team all - star in 1974 and won the Dennis A . Murphy Trophy as the league ' s top defenceman in the 1973 – 74 season . Stapleton again represented Canada in the 1974 Summit Series against the national team from the Soviet Union , this time as team captain , recording three assists in eight games . He was again player - coach of the Cougars in 1974 – 75 , and the team struggled on the ice and financially . In December 1974 , he and teammates Dave Dryden and Ralph Backstrom bought the troubled franchise . At the time , Stapleton also owned two small arenas in the Chicago area along with other business interests . The Cougars folded after the 1974 – 75 season and Stapleton was claimed by the Indianapolis Racers , where he played for two seasons and was named a second - team all - star in 1976 . When the Racers refused to honour his contract in 1977 , Stapleton was transferred to the Cincinnati Stingers , where he played one season before retiring in 1978 . He would have turned 38 before the start of the next season . Over his career , Stapleton scored 337 points in the NHL and 239 in the WHA . Post - playing career . Stapleton lives in Strathroy , Ontario and is a member of the advisory board of the Junior B Strathroy Rockets of the Western Ontario Junior Hockey League . He has a Strathroy and District Hockey Association award named after him .