A lot of player names from the early and mid-1950s stuck with me quite apart from any hockey talent associated with them. To the boy I then was, they seemed to have a lyrical quality, and they still do. Here are some of them:
Clarence "Rags" Raglan
Wally Hergesheimer
Edgar Laprade
Nick Mickoski
Larry Zeidel
Eddie Litzenberger
Rudy Migay
Fernie Flaman
Leo Boivin
Eric Nesterenko
Real Chevrefils
Leo Labine
Camille Henry
Aldo Guidolin
Lee Fogolin
Gus Bodnar
Calum McKay
George Gee
Fred Sasakamoose
Lou Jankowski
Hy Buller
Benny Woit
Metro Prystai
Joe Klukay
Lou Fontinato
Harry Howell
Alex Delvecchio
Ed Slowinski
Pete Babando
Pentti Lund
Steve Kraftcheck
Bill Mosienko
Ed Kryzanowski
Fleming Mackell
Enio Sclisizzi
Dollard St. Laurent
Bill Quackenbush
Jerry Toppazzini