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's goal that established scoring

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. This goal was scored for the Bruins' nemesis Montreal Canadiens on March 18, 1945. Bennett was inducted into the American Hockey League Hall of Fame in 2013 and the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame in 2018.

Family

He was born in

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and married Diana Helen Sullivan (youngest of nine sisters). Of his six sons,

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, and

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all played in the NHL. John Bennett played in the WHA, and Jimmy Bennett was a

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draft pick of the Atlanta Flames who played professionally in the International Hockey League with the

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and also in the old Central Hockey League with the Birmingham Bulls. His youngest son, Peter Bennett, drowned after falling through ice.

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Obituary at LostHockey.com
Boston Bruins players Boston Olympics players Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan Providence Reds players Canadian ice hockey goaltenders 1925 births 2004 deaths {{Canada-icehockey-goaltender-stub