| Position: | Center |
| Shoots: | Left |
| Height Ft: | 5 |
| Height In: | 6 |
| Weight Lb: | 160 |
| Played For: | Detroit Red Wings |
| Birth Date: | February 25, 1921 |
| Birth Place: | Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
| Death Place: | Denver, Colorado, U.S. |
| Career Start: | 1941 |
| Career End: | 1951 |
John Paul Holota (February 25, 1921 – March 10, 1951) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 15 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings between 1942 and 1945. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1941 to 1951, was spent in various minor leagues. He won the Stanley Cup with the Red Wings in 1943. He died in a car accident in 1951.[1]
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
| 1939–40 | Guelph Indians | OHA | 20 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | ||
| 1940–41 | Guelph Biltmores | OHA | 16 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 4 | ||
| 1941–42 | Omaha Knights | AHA | 48 | 28 | 32 | 60 | 45 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 2 | ||
| 1942–43 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 12 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 13 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1942–43 | Toronto Army Shamrocks | TIHL | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1943–44 | Toronto Army Daggers | OHA Sr | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1943–44 | Toronto Army Shamrocks | TIHL | 31 | 30 | 30 | 60 | 25 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0 | ||
| 1944–45 | Toronto Army Shamrocks | TIHL | 10 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1944–45 | Toronto Army Daggers | TNDHL | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Indianapolis Capitals | AHL | 34 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1945–46 | Omaha Knights | USHL | 17 | 17 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | ||
| 1946–47 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 64 | 52 | 35 | 87 | 28 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1947–48 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 68 | 48 | 38 | 86 | 11 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 8 | ||
| 1948–49 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 62 | 34 | 44 | 78 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | ||
| 1949–50 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 44 | 14 | 28 | 42 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | ||
| 1950–51 | New Haven Eagles | AHL | 25 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Portland Eagles | PCHL | 18 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1950–51 | Denver Falcons | USHL | 11 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| AHL totals | 310 | 186 | 186 | 372 | 92 | 23 | 12 | 7 | 19 | 13 | ||||
| NHL totals | 15 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||