Leo Charles Reise Jr. (June 7, 1922 – July 26, 2015) was a professional

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player in the NHL and son of former pro

Leo Reise Leopold Adolph Emile Reise, Sr. (June 1, 1892 – July 8, 1975) was a Canadian hockey player who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans and New York Rangers. Prior to turning professional in ...

. Reise was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario.

Playing career

Following junior hockey in

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, Reise enlisted in the navy where he played for the naval teams of

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, Halifax and HMCS CHIPPAWA in

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where he played on the 1945 Basil Baker trophy winning team. Leo Reise began his NHL career following the end of

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playing six games with the

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in the

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. After playing 17 games with Chicago the next season, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings where he remained until the end of the 1951–52 NHL season. He finished his last two seasons, 1952–53 and 1953–54, with the

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. In 494 NHL games, he recorded 28 goals and 109 points. He won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings in

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and

1952 Events January–February * January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses. * February 6 ** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...

Post hockey

After his hockey career Reise went on to running a plumbing business in the Hamilton area. Reise died of cancer on July 26, 2015 at the age of 93.

Trivia

* When Leo Reise Jr. entered the NHL in 1945, it was the first time in league history that a father and son had both made it to the NHL level. His father,

played 8 seasons in the NHL. * The

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won the Stanley Cup in 1947, 1948, & 1949, but in an overtime game during the 1950 Stanley Cup Semi-Finals, Reise scored the winning goal which prevented the Leafs from winning four straight championships. This goal also propelled the Detroit Red Wings to an eventual Stanley Cup Championship. * The last NHL team Reise played for was the New York Rangers, the same team his father retired from the NHL with.

Awards and achievements

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first All-Star team (1946) *

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Second All-Star team (

1951 Events January * January 4 – Korean War: Third Battle of Seoul – Chinese and North Korean forces capture Seoul for the second time (having lost the Second Battle of Seoul in September 1950). * January 9 – The Government of the United ...

) *Played in

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(

1953 Events January * January 6 – The Asian Socialist Conference opens in Rangoon, Burma. * January 12 – Estonian émigrés found a government-in-exile in Oslo. * January 14 ** Marshal Josip Broz Tito is chosen President of Yug ...

)

Career statistics

References

External links

*
Reise Jr. at Legends of Hockey

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