James Donald Raleigh (June 27, 1926 – August 21, 2012) was a Canadian professional

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player who played

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with the

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of the

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between 1943 and 1956.

Playing career

Raleigh played most of his career in the

for the

, playing a total of 535 regular season games. He made his debut for the Rangers during the 1943-44 NHL season as a seventeen-year-old. Throughout his career he was known by the nickname 'Bones' because of his 150-pound frame. On February 25, 1948, against the

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he became the first player in Rangers history to score four goals in a single game. In the

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, Raleigh scored the overtime winner in games four and five against the Detroit Red Wings, making him the first player to score back-to-back overtime goals in the Stanley Cup Finals. The Red Wings would take game six and go on to win game seven in double overtime to win the Stanley Cup 4-3, in which Raleigh hit the crossbar in what would have been his third overtime goal in the finals and the cup-winning goal for the Rangers who wouldn't win another Stanley Cup until 1994. He retired from hockey in 1958.

Later life and death

Raleigh lived most of his life in

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, and was inducted into the

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and the

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. He suffered from failing health from 2010 and after suffering a fall he died on August 21, 2012, when his family made the decision to turn off his life support.

Awards and achievements

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Scoring Champion (1946) *Played in

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and 1954) *Inducted into the

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in 1998 *Honoured Member of the

* In the 2009 book ''100 Ranger Greats'', was ranked No. 32 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Coaching record

References

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