In Memoriam Former pro hockey player/management deaths (Chris Simon, Konstantin Koltsov)

The Panther

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Jim Conacher died April 9, aged 98

Played 328 games between 1945 and 1953 for Detroit, Chicago, and New York.

Also was the oldest living NHLer at the time of his death.
That is old. Wow, 98.

Let's see, Conacher was born in Scotland, just two-and-a-half years after the Great War.

When he finally broke in with the 1945-46 Red Wings, nobody in Detroit had heard of Gordie Howe yet. Syd Howe, who'd played on the original NHL Ottawa Senators, was his teammate and captain.

From Conacher's second year, rookie Howe was his teammate, but Conacher out-scored him. By his third year, he and Howe were about even in Red Wings' scoring, with Gordie having the edge.

Conacher appears to have been quite a clean player, being assessed only 12 penalty minutes over 117 games with the Wings. (Then, for some reason, he took a bunch of penalties upon arrival in Chicago in late 1948!)

Had one career hat-trick, just one month after arriving in Chicago from Detroit.
 
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MS

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That is old. Wow, 98.

Let's see, Conacher was born in Scotland, just two-and-a-half years after the Great War.

When he finally broke in with the 1945-46 Red Wings, nobody in Detroit had heard of Gordie Howe yet. Syd Howe, who'd played on the original NHL Ottawa Senators, was his teammate and captain.

From Conacher's second year, rookie Howe was his teammate, but Conacher out-scored him. By his third year, he and Howe were about even in Red Wings' scoring, with Gordie having the edge.

Conacher appears to have been quite a clean player, being assessed only 12 penalty minutes over 117 games with the Wings. (Then, for some reason, he took a bunch of penalties upon arrival in Chicago in late 1948!)

Had one career hat-trick, just one month after arriving in Chicago from Detroit.

He isn't a player I've ever taken any sort of a deep look into, but whenever I saw his name I just always assumed he was part of the Conacher family and one of the hordes of members from that family to play in the NHL between the 1920s and 1950s, especially given that he was a long-term teammate of Roy Conacher on two different teams. Interesting to find out he isn't.

5th in NHL scoring and 2nd in goals in 48-49 in his first season in Chicago but couldn't sustain that level of play. Looks like a young Metro Prystai took a bunch of his icetime the following year.
 
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Caser

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Former Capitals and Canucks player Alexei Tezikov has passed away at the age of 42. No exact death cause determined yet, reportedly he has suddenly lost consciousness on the street.

 

Robert Gordon Orr

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Man, I hate seeing this thread get bumped.

I agree.

NHL’ers who passed away this year that have not been mentioned here yet.

R.I.P. to all of them


Terry Gray [1938-2020]
Played for Boston, Montreal, LA and St. Louis
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Ian Cushenan [1933-2020]
Played for Chicago, Montreal, NY Rangers and Detroit
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Phil Maloney [1927-2020]
Played for Boston, Toronto and Chicago
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Doug McKay [1929-2020]
Played for Detroit
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Floyd Hillman [1933-2020]
Played for Boston
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Cliff Pennington [1940-2020]
Played for Montreal and Boston
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Bob Warner [1950-2020]
Played for Toronto
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Chili

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Watching Eddie Shack come out for the three stars when he was named was awesome. He knew how to entertain the crowd.
 

buffalowing88

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Eddie seems like so much fun. All I know is from my father and stepfather watching him in Buffalo but he apparently was quite a player even then. Appreciate the highlights posted here. He certainly his 63 and 66 seasons with Toronto stand out. 71 with Buffalo is very nice too. He was a talented player and an even better entertainer on the ice. RIP.
 
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