Orest Romashyna (born October 27, 1946 in
Rheine
Rheine () is a city in the district of Steinfurt in Westphalia, Germany. It is the largest city in the district and the location of Rheine Air Base.
Geography
Rheine is on the river Ems, approx. north of Münster, approx. west of Osnabrück a ...
,
Allied-occupied Germany
Germany was already de facto occupied by the Allies from the real fall of Nazi Germany in World War II on 8 May 1945 to the establishment of the East Germany on 7 October 1949. The Allies (United States, United Kingdom, Soviet Union, and France ...
) is a Canadian former
ice hockey
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left winger of
Ukrainian
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descent.
Romashyna was drafted 3rd overall by the
Boston Bruins
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in the
1963 NHL Amateur Draft
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, but he neither played in the
National Hockey League
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nor ever turned professional.
External links
Profile at hockeydraftcentral.com*
1946 births
Living people
People from Rheine
Sportspeople from Münster (region)
Boston Bruins draft picks
Canadian ice hockey left wingers
National Hockey League first-round draft picks
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