Jack Leswick

Jack "Newsy" Leswick (January 1, 1910 in Humboldt, Saskatchewan – August 7, 1934 in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Canadian ice hockey Center for the Chicago Black Hawks. His only NHL season came in 1934. 
==Playing career==
Jack Leswick played 3 1/2 seasons for the Duluth Hornets of the AHA. He spent the second half of 1932–33 playing for the Wichita Blue Jays. He began the 1934 season in the AHA playing for the Kansas City Greyhounds. Leswick was called up to the Chicago Black Hawks shortly after the beginning of the 1934 season. He played 37 games, scoring 1 goal and 7 assists and was assessed 16 penalty minutes (PIM), as Chicago won the Stanley Cup championship that spring.
==Suspicious death==
Leswick died in the off-season after the 1933-34 season. His body was found in the Assiniboine River without his wallet or other valuables. Leswick's death was ruled either a suicide or accident by the Winnipeg Coroner.
==Awards and achievements==
*1934 Stanley Cup Championship (Chicago)
==Trivia==
*Two of his brothers Pete and Tony played in the NHL. Pete played briefly with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins and Tony spent 12 seasons in the NHL with the New York Rangers, Chicago Black Hawks, and Detroit Red Wings. Tony won 3 Stanley Cups with Detroit in 1952, 1954, and 1955.
==External links==
*LostHockey.com
*Hockey Hall of Fame Biography
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Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Born in 1910
Category:Dead in 1934
Category:Chicago Blackhawks players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Duluth Hornets players
Category:Wichita Blue Jays players
Category:Kansas City Greyhounds players