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1955–56 IHL Season
The 1955–56 IHL season was the 11th season of the International Hockey League, a North American minor professional league. Six teams participated in the regular season, and the Cincinnati Mohawks won the Turner Cup. Regular season Turner Cup-Playoffs Turner Cup playoffs Semifinals Cincinnati Mohawks 3, Fort Wayne Komets 1 Toledo-Marion Mercurys 3, Troy Bruins 2 Turner Cup Finals Cincinnati Mohawks 4, Toledo-Marion Mercurys 0 Awards Coaches *Cincinnati Mohawks: Rollie McLenahan *Fort Wayne Komets: Doug McCaig *Grand Rapids Rockets: N/A *Indianapolis Chiefs John Sorrell, Leo Lamoureux *Toledo-Marion Mercurys: Butch Stahan *Troy Bruins: Nels Podolsky Nicholas "Nels" Podolsky, also spelled Podolski, (December 18, 1923 – March 21, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in one regular season and seven playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroi ... References Attendance Figures - Cincinnati Enquirer 03-16-1956 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
International Hockey League (1945–2001)
The International Hockey League (IHL) was a minor professional ice hockey league in the United States and Canada that operated from 1945 to 2001. The IHL served as the National Hockey League's alternate Farm team, farm system to the American Hockey League (AHL). After 56 years of operation, financial instability led to the league's demise. Six of the surviving seven teams merged into the AHL in 2001. History Early years The IHL was formed on December 5, 1945, in a three-hour meeting at the Norton Palmer Hotel in Windsor, Ontario. In attendance were Jack Adams (coach of the Detroit Red Wings), Fred Huber (Red Wings public relations), Frank Gallagher (later league commissioner), Lloyd Pollock (Windsor hockey pioneer), Gerald McHugh (Windsor lawyer), Len Hebert, Len Loree and Bill Beckman. The league began operations in the 1945–46 IHL season with four teams in Windsor and Detroit, and operated as semi-professional league. In 1947, a team from Toledo, Ohio, joined the league, and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George H
George may refer to: People * George (given name) * George (surname) * George (singer), American-Canadian singer George Nozuka, known by the mononym George * George Washington, First President of the United States * George W. Bush, 43rd President of the United States * George H. W. Bush, 41st President of the United States * George V, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1910-1936 * George VI, King of Great Britain, Ireland, the British Dominions and Emperor of India from 1936-1952 * Prince George of Wales * George Papagheorghe also known as Jorge / GEØRGE * George, stage name of Giorgio Moroder * George Harrison, an English musician and singer-songwriter Places South Africa * George, Western Cape ** George Airport United States * George, Iowa * George, Missouri * George, Washington * George County, Mississippi * George Air Force Base, a former U.S. Air Force base located in California Characters * George (Peppa Pig), a 2-year-old ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nels Podolsky
Nicholas "Nels" Podolsky, also spelled Podolski, (December 18, 1923 – March 21, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played in one regular season and seven playoff games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings during the 1948–49 season. Podolsky was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba Manitoba ( ) is a Provinces and territories of Canada, province of Canada at the Centre of Canada, longitudinal centre of the country. It is Canada's Population of Canada by province and territory, fifth-most populous province, with a population o .... He died at Sault Ste. Marie in 2007. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs References External links * 1923 births 2007 deaths Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian ice hockey right wingers Detroit Red Wings players Edmonton Flyers (WHL) players Galt Red Wings players Ice hockey people from Ontario Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players Omaha Kni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Butch Stahan
Francis Ralph "Butch" Stahan (October 29, 1916 – May 25, 1995) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman. He played three playoff games in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1937 to 1957, was spent in the minor leagues. He was born in Minnedosa, Manitoba Minnedosa is a town in the southwestern part of the Canadian province of Manitoba situated 50 kilometres (32 mi) north of Brandon, Manitoba on the Little Saskatchewan River. The town's name means "flowing water" in the Dakota language. Th .... Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1916 births 1995 deaths Brandon Wheat Kings players Canadian ice hockey defencemen Flin Flon Bombers players Ice hockey people from Manitoba Montreal Royals (QSHL) players Montreal Canadiens players Ottawa Senators (QSHL) players People from Minnedosa, Manitoba Portage Terriers players Quebec Aces (QSHL) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leo Lamoureux
Leo Peter Lamoureux (October 1, 1916 – January 11, 1961) was a Canadian ice hockey defenceman. Lamoureux played his entire National Hockey League career with the Montreal Canadiens. He was born in Espanola, Ontario, but grew up in Kirkland Lake, Ontario. Lamoureux was named a QSHL First team All-Star in 1940.Legends of Hockey/HHOF, 2001–0 Retrieved December 17, 2006. Montreal called him up for the 1941–42 NHL season, 1941–42 season. He would retire after the 1947 season. He won two Stanley Cups with Montreal in 1944 and 1946. After leaving the NHL, Lamoureux became a player/coach with the Indianapolis Chiefs. During the 1960-61 season, Lamoureux became ill and entered an Indianapolis hospital where he was diagnosed with acute hepatitis Hepatitis is inflammation of the liver tissue. Some people or animals with hepatitis have no symptoms, whereas others develop yellow discoloration of the skin and whites of the eyes ( jaundice), poor appetite, vomiting, tired ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sorrell (ice Hockey)
John Arthur "Long John" Sorrell (January 16, 1906 — November 30, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger in the NHL playing for the Detroit Falcons (later renamed the Detroit Red Wings) and the New York Americans between 1930 and 1941. He later played for and coached the Indianapolis Capitals of the AHL, and retired in 1945. With the Red Wings he won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1936 and 1937. Personal life Sorrell was born in Chesterville, Ontario on 16 January 1906 to John Sorrell (1880-1931) and Mary Lafleur (1881-1925). On 3 May 1928, John married his first wife, Florence Margaret Einberger, daughter of Martin Einberger and Mary Rappel, in Dundas County, Ontario, Canada. Florence died in 1943. On 8 September 1945, John married his second wife Gladys Maxine Galloway, daughter of Robert J. Galloway and Mellie V. Peacock, in Steuben County, Indiana. Sorrell died on 30 November 1984 at his home in Indianapolis, Indiana. His cause of death was a heart attack due to lung cancer. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doug McCaig
Douglas Edwin McCaig (February 24, 1919 – June 6, 1982) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks (''City in a Garden''); I Will , image_map = , map_caption = Interactive Map of Chicago , coordinates = , coordinates_footnotes = , subdivision_type = Country , subdivision_name ... between 1941 and 1951. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links * 1919 births 1982 deaths Canadian expatriates in the United States Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks players Detroit Red Wings players Fort Wayne Komets players Indianapolis Capitals players Milwaukee Sea Gulls players Ontario Hockey Association Senior A League (1890–1979) players St. Louis Flyers players Ice hockey people from Guelph Toledo Mercurys players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rollie McLenahan
Roland Joseph "Rollie" McLenahan (October 26, 1921 – April 23, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. He played 8 games in the National Hockey League for the Detroit Red Wings during the 1945–46 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1941 to 1957, was spent in the minor leagues. McLenahan was a member of the AHL First All Star Team in 1950, and a member of the IHL First All-Star Team in 1954, 1955, and 1956. He retired from playing hockey following the 1956-1957 season. Post-retirement From 1957 to 1958, he was head coach of the AHL's Rochester Americans, who won the Calder Cup that year. He later served as a Director for the Department of Youth for the Province of New Brunswick from 1961 to 1981. He was a scout for Montreal from 1960 to 1968, and a member of the Canada Games Council. McLenahan also served as director of the CAHA, and a director of Hockey Canada. He helped found the New Brunswick Sports Hall of Fame, and the New Brun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bill Tibbs
William Tibbs (September 29, 1931 – September 18, 2009) was a professional ice hockey goaltender. Playing career He played most of his career in the minor leagues including stops with the Hershey Bears of the AHL, Troy Bruins of the IHL and the Omaha Knights of the USHL. He served as the backup goaltender to Terry Sawchuk during the 1952 post-season and as such got his name engraved on the Stanley Cup that season. However, Tibbs never played a single game in NHL. Bill Tibbs, playing for the Troy Bruins won the IHL's James Norris Memorial Trophy The James Norris Memorial Trophy, or simply the Norris Trophy, is awarded annually to the National Hockey League's top " defense player who demonstrates throughout the season the greatest all-round ability in the position". It is named after Ja ... for the fewest goals against during the 1955–1956 regular season. Trivia *Height 5' 10" *Weight 175 lbs References Picture of Bill Tibbs' Name on the 1952 Stanley Cup Plaque* ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Norris Memorial Trophy (IHL)
The James Norris Memorial Trophy was awarded annually by the International Hockey League to the goaltender(s), with the fewest goals A goal is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve. Goal may also refer to: Sport * Goal (sports), a method of scoring in many sports, or the physical structure or area where scoring occurs ** Goals, the goal frame in ... allowed during the regular season. The trophy is named for James E. Norris, former owner of the Detroit Red Wings, in honor of his contributions to the IHL in its early years. Winners References James Norris Memorial Trophywww.hockeydb.com www.azhockey.com {{IHL (1945-2001) International Hockey League (1945–2001) trophies ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Max Mekilok
Eugene (Max) Mekilok (born August 31, 1934) is a Canadian former professional hockey player who played 343 games in the Western Hockey League for the Spokane Comets. He also played 18 games for the Rochester Americans in the American Hockey League The American Hockey League (AHL) is a professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental league for the National Hockey League (NHL). Since the 2010–11 season, every team in the le .... External links * 1934 births Living people Ice hockey people from Thunder Bay Spokane Comets players Rochester Americans players Canadian ice hockey centres {{Canada-icehockey-centre-1930s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Hayes (ice Hockey)
George Hayes (June 21, 1914 – November 19, 1987) was a Canadian linesman in the National Hockey League. Early life Hayes was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. He began officiating minor league hockey games before moving to the Ontario Hockey Association and American Hockey League. Career Hayes started officiating in the NHL in 1946 and became the first official to work 1,000 games. He was also a part of a European tour with the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in 1959. Hayes stopped officiating games in 1965 after refusing to take an eye exam mandated by then-NHL President Clarence Campbell. During summers, Hayes scouted for the Cleveland Indians in Ontario Ontario ( ; ) is one of the thirteen provinces and territories of Canada.Ontario is located in the geographic eastern half of Canada, but it has historically and politically been considered to be part of Central Canada. Located in Central C .... He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1988 for his offi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
