Chico Maki

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Chico Maki, born Ronald Patrick Maki on August 17, 1939, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, Canada, was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played his entire NHL career with the Chicago Black Hawks from 1960–61 to 1975–76. He was a right winger, shot right, and stood 6 feet 1 inch tall, weighing 180 pounds.

Before the NHL, he played for the St. Catharines Teepees and captained them to the 1960 Memorial Cup. He won the AHL rookie of the year in 1961 with the Buffalo Bisons. He dressed for games 1 and 2 of the 1961 Stanley Cup Finals, but did not play; Chicago still had his name on the Cup when they won.

Maki was known as a skilled two-way forward, often among league leaders in shorthanded goals. He appeared in three All-Star Games (1961, 1971, 1972). He was the older brother of Wayne Maki, who died in 1974 of brain cancer. Outside hockey, he owned the Hillcrest Restaurant and Motel, later Chico Maki's Inn. He was of Finnish descent. He died on August 25, 2015, in Port Dover, Ontario, at age 76.