Michael Joseph Douglas Corrigan father to “Big S Corrigan” and grandfather to Ryan Corrigan (born January 11, 1946) is a

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former professional

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who played 594 games in the

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. He played for the

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, and

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. From 1981 until 1984, Corrigan also served as an assistant coach to the Penguins. Corrigan was born in

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. His best season was 1972-73 when he tallied 37 goals for the Kings. He was often paired with Bob Berry and

Juha Widing Juha Markku "Whitey, Flying Finn" Widing (July 4, 1947 – December 30, 1984) was a Swedish professional ice hockey centre who was the third Finnish-born player (after Albert Pudas and Pentti Lund) to play in the National Hockey League (NHL). W ...

on a line nicknamed "The Hot Line." In the 1975-76 season, he had 22 goals. In a memorable playoff game (game 6 of the quarterfinals) vs. the

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, he was tripped but scored while lying on his stomach in the waning moments to tie a game the Kings won in overtime. Very early in his junior hockey days, Corrigan played a little goalie and often remarked that if both goalies got injured in the same game, he would be the emergency goaltender.

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* 1946 births Living people Canadian ice hockey left wingers Ice hockey people from Ontario Los Angeles Kings players Pittsburgh Penguins coaches Pittsburgh Penguins players Sportspeople from Ottawa Vancouver Canucks players Canadian ice hockey coaches {{Canada-icehockey-winger-1940s-stub