Nick Hansen
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We all know about the Fogarty's and the Sawchuks's of the world...any one else?
We all know about the Fogarty's and the Sawchuks's of the world...any one else?
Generously paid, his $3,000 peak salary as much as six times the average hockey wage, Pitre returned much of his earnings in fines for breaking training, his weight a constant burr in management’s saddle. Instead of water at intermission, he replenished lost fluid by drinking a pint of champagne.
He was 50 when he died of acute indigestion in 1934, and in 1963 was enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
I'd imagine there were a few Russians players that over-used the Vodka.
I'd imagine there were a few Russians players that over-used the Vodka.