Grant David "Knobby" Warwick was a
professional ice hockey right winger who played 9 seasons in the
National Hockey League. He won the
Calder Memorial Trophy in
1942
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. Grant is the brother of
Bill Warwick
William Harvey "The Dapper Yapper" Warwick (November 17, 1924 – October 3, 2007) was a professional Canadian ice hockey forward. He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum. .
Playing career
NHL career
Born in
Regina, Saskatchewan, Warwick started playing with the hometown team Regina Abbots in the Southern Saskatchewan Junior Hockey League. He gradually made his way up to the Regina Rangers of the Southern Saskatchewan Hockey League and won an
Allan Cup with the team in 1940–41.
Warwick made his
NHL
The National Hockey League (NHL; french: Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH, ) is a professional ice hockey league in North America comprising 32 teams—25 in the United States and 7 in Canada. It is considered to be the top ranked professional ...
debut with the
New York Rangers in
1941–42. In his first season of play, he was awarded the
Calder Memorial Trophy for top rookie in the league. In
1947–48 after seven seasons with the Rangers and playing in the
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
NHL All-Star Game, Warwick was traded to the
Boston Bruins for
Billy Taylor and future considerations. The Bruins kept Warwick until
1948–49, when he was traded to the
Montreal Canadiens. Early in the season in
1949–50, Warwick broke his nose and spent the rest of the season in the
American Hockey League with the
Buffalo Bisons.
OSHL career
Warwick would not return to the NHL again. He spent two more seasons with the Bisons before moving on to the
Maritime Major Hockey League for one season. The next season, Warwick moved on to the Okanagan Senior Hockey League and played for the
Penticton Vees. He had great success with the V's and was selected to the OSHL First All-Star Team four times in his four seasons of play. Warwick also won his second
Allan Cup in
1953–54 with the V's.
In
1955
Events January
* January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama.
* January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut.
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, the Penticton Vees were chosen to represent
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Canada at multi-sport events
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at the
World Ice Hockey Championships. Warwick at the time was a player and also the coach. The Vees made it all the way to the gold medal game where they faced off against the
Soviet Union. Warwick and his team beat the Soviet Union 5–0 to win the gold medal.
After the gold medal victory, Warwick spent one more season with the Vees before moving on with the
Trail Smoke Eaters of the
Western International Hockey League. He stayed in Trail for only one season before returning to the OSHL. Warwick would retire after playing 49 games with the
Kamloops Chiefs.
Awards and achievements
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Allan Cup champion in 1941 and
1954
Events
January
* January 1 – The Soviet Union ceases to demand war reparations from West Germany.
* January 3 – The Italian broadcaster RAI officially begins transmitting.
* January 7 – Georgetown-IBM experiment: The fir ...
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Calder Memorial Trophy winner in
1942
Events
Below, the events of World War II have the "WWII" prefix.
January
* January 1 – WWII: The Declaration by United Nations is signed by China, the United Kingdom, the United States, the Soviet Union, and 22 other nations, in wh ...
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*Played in
1947
It was the first year of the Cold War, which would last until 1991, ending with the dissolution of the Soviet Union.
Events
January
* January–February – Winter of 1946–47 in the United Kingdom: The worst snowfall in the country in ...
NHL All-Star Game.
*Selected to the OSHL First All-Star Team in 1953, 1954, 1955, and 1956.
*Inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame.
*Inducted into the Regina Sports Hall of Fame.
Career statistics
Regular season and playoffs
International
References
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1921 births
1999 deaths
Boston Bruins players
Calder Trophy winners
Canada men's national ice hockey team coaches
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Ice hockey people from Regina, Saskatchewan
Montreal Canadiens players
New York Rangers players