In Memoriam Former pro hockey players/management/others deaths

[iamjs]

just looked at Jay's wiki and didn't realize he was from my hometown.

 

[Johnny Engine]

Rod Gilbert - just announced a few minutes ago:

 

[Primary Assist]

Rod Gilbert - just announced a few minutes ago:

Damn, RIP to a true New York sports legend

 

[Iapyi]

Geez I was just reading up on Rod a little while ago.

 

[vikash1987]

Sad to hear about Rod Gilbert's passing. He was synonymous with NY Rangers hockey, and with NYC, for decades. A huge loss for the hockey world.

 

[reckoning]

Sad to lose another member of Team Canada '72. Rod Gilbert was always a class act.

 

[Davenport]

Rod was the reason I became a Rangers fan.

 

[Fenway]

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[tarheelhockey]

What an awful week.

 

[Theokritos]

TASS and Spartak Moscow report that Vladimir Shadrin has passed away today.

 

[Kshahdoo]

Was kind of underrated player. Scored 3+5 in 8 games at the Summit 72 series. Played his whole career for Spartak, so didn't win anything in USSR, but had a lot of games for Soviet Team. At age 31 moved to Japan and played there for 4 seasons.

 

[Overrated]

TASS and Spartak Moscow report that Vladimir Shadrin has passed away today.

He deserves his own thread.

 

[Overrated]

Was kind of underrated player. Scored 3+5 in 8 games at the Summit 72 series. Played his whole career for Spartak, so didn't win anything in USSR, but had a lot of games for Soviet Team. At age 31 moved to Japan and played there for 4 seasons.

He won the Soviet league 3 times and he won the Soviet Cup 2 times. It's wrong to say he never won anything in the USSR.

 

[Kshahdoo]

He won the Soviet league 3 times and he won the Soviet Cup 2 times. It's wrong to say he never won anything in the USSR.

Yeah, my bad. He won 2 championships in 60s, when Iwas too small to remember, and in 75-76 season, which I've forgotten about. My bad. Soviet Cup was a tournament, I didn't even remember about. Nobody cared about it.

 

[Overrated]

Yeah, my bad. He won 2 championships in 60s, when Iwas too small to remember, and in 75-76 season, which I've forgotten about. My bad. Soviet Cup was a tournament, I didn't even remember about. Nobody cared about it.

You sure nobody cared? Watching those old videos it seems it like it was a big deal there was even a trophy to win:

 

[Kshahdoo]

You sure nobody cared? Watching those old videos it seems it like it was a big deal there was even a trophy to win:

Well, I was too young, when this game was played, I just remember since about middle of 70s the cup either gone or became too insignificant.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Jim Bartlett, 89

Jim Bartlett Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

 

[ES]

Egers also represented St. Louis Blues and Washington Capitals. His NHL career spanned from 1969-70 to 1975-76. Career-high was 49 points in 1971-72.

He was 72 years old.

 

[Habsfan18]

Fred Stanfield has passed away at 77.

 

[ucanthanzalthetruth]

Lou Angotti, 83, 1st Flyers captain

 

[byrone12]

Fern Perrault played 3 games with the New York Rangers in the 1940’s

https://www.maison-desnoyers.com/avis-de-deces/perreault-fernand/

Fern Perreault Hockey Stats and Profile at hockeydb.com

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

NHL players not mentioned in this thread who passed away in 2021 (so far).

January 9 - George Robertson b.1927 - Played for Montreal in the late 1940s.
ROBERTSON GEORGE - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages

March 14 - Ray Cullen b.1941 - Played for NY Rangers, Detroit, Minnesota and Vancouver from the mid 1960s to the early 70s.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...s-jingle-and-hockey-past-remembered-1.5950515

April 30 - Hugh Coflin b.1928 - Played for Chicago in the early 1950s.
Remembering the life of Hugh COFLIN

July 10 - Ron Hutchinson b.1936 - Played for NY Rangers in the early 1960s.
HUTCHINSON Ron —, death notice, Canada

July 23 - Dave Reid b.1934 - Played for Toronto in the 1950s.
David REID Obituary (1934 - 2021) - Toronto, ON - The Globe and Mail

July 30 - Frank Ashworth b.1927 - Played for Chicago in the late 1940s.
Ashworth, Frank Winsor - Columbia Valley Pioneer

Also, I don't think Tony O was mentioned here, but he had a separate thread about his passing.

 

[sabremike]

NHL players not mentioned in this thread who passed away in 2021 (so far).

January 9 - George Robertson b.1927 - Played for Montreal in the late 1940s.
ROBERTSON GEORGE - Obituaries - Winnipeg Free Press Passages

March 14 - Ray Cullen b.1941 - Played for NY Rangers, Detroit, Minnesota and Vancouver from the mid 1960s to the early 70s.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/lond...s-jingle-and-hockey-past-remembered-1.5950515

April 30 - Hugh Coflin b.1928 - Played for Chicago in the early 1950s.
Remembering the life of Hugh COFLIN

July 10 - Ron Hutchinson b.1936 - Played for NY Rangers in the early 1960s.
HUTCHINSON Ron —, death notice, Canada

July 23 - Dave Reid b.1934 - Played for Toronto in the 1950s.
David REID Obituary (1934 - 2021) - Toronto, ON - The Globe and Mail

July 30 - Frank Ashworth b.1927 - Played for Chicago in the late 1940s.
Ashworth, Frank Winsor - Columbia Valley Pioneer

Also, I don't think Tony O was mentioned here, but he had a separate thread about his passing.

Ray was John's uncle correct?

 

[Robert Gordon Orr]

Neil Hawryliw [1955-2021] who played one game with the NY Islanders in 1981/82.
The only game coming on November 3, 1981 at home against Calgary (2-2).

Neil A. Hawryliw Obituary (1955 - 2021) Muskegon Chronicle