| Cecil Hoekstra | |
| Birth Date: | 1935 4, mf=y |
| Birth Place: | Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada |
| Death Place: | St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada |
| Height Ft: | 6 |
| Height In: | 0 |
| Weight Lb: | 175 |
| Position: | Centre |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Played For: | Montreal Canadiens |
| Career Start: | 1955 |
| Career End: | 1972 |
Cecil Thomas Hoekstra (April 2, 1935 – January 14, 2018) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger. He played four games in the National Hockey League with the Montreal Canadiens during the 1959–60 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1955 to 1972, was spent in various minor leagues.
In the AHL, Hoekstra was a member of the Rochester Americans.[1] He played in four NHL games for the Montreal Canadiens. After retiring from professional hockey, he became the superintendent of the Cherry Hill Club in Fort Erie, Ontario, and remained with the team for over thirty years until his retirement in 2007. He died in 2018, aged 82.[2]
Hoekstra's brother, Ed Hoekstra, played for the Philadelphia Flyers.
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1951–52 | Weston Wildcats Juveniles | MAHA | 25 | 15 | 15 | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1952–53 | St. Boniface Canadiens | MJHL | 31 | 11 | 17 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 2 | ||
| 1952–53 | St. Boniface Canadiens | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | 14 | 16 | 0 | ||
| 1953–54 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 59 | 24 | 35 | 59 | 8 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 0 | ||
| 1953–54 | St. Catharines Teepees | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 2 | ||
| 1954–55 | St. Catharines Teepees | OHA | 49 | 30 | 50 | 80 | 24 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | ||
| 1954–55 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1955–56 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 34 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1955–56 | Winnipeg Warriors | WHL | 28 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1956–57 | Winnipeg Warriors | WHL | 69 | 21 | 12 | 33 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1957–58 | Montreal Royals | QSHL | 31 | 13 | 24 | 37 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1957–58 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 13 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1958–59 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 70 | 26 | 24 | 50 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1959–60 | Montreal Canadiens | NHL | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1959–60 | Rochester Americans | AHL | 69 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1960–61 | Buffalo Bisons | AHL | 68 | 6 | 16 | 22 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1961–62 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 68 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1962–63 | Calgary Stampeders | WHL | 67 | 14 | 31 | 45 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1963–64 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 72 | 23 | 28 | 51 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 0 | ||
| 1964–65 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 20 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1965–66 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 70 | 21 | 26 | 47 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | ||
| 1966–67 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 59 | 20 | 34 | 54 | 10 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1967–68 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 72 | 24 | 36 | 60 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1968–69 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 73 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1969–70 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 72 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1970–71 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1971–72 | Galt Hornets | OHA Sr | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 726 | 179 | 278 | 457 | 96 | 42 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 8 | ||||
| NHL totals | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||