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Dave MacKay (ice Hockey)
David Stanley MacKay (January 14, 1919 – May 1, 1980) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 27 games in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks during the 1940–41 NHL season, 1940–41 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1937 to 1954, was spent in various minor leagues. He was born in Edmonton, Alberta. He died of acute respiratory failure in 1980 in Vernon, British Columbia, where he worked as an engineer. Career statistics Regular season and playoffs External links *Dave MacKay's Death Certificate 1919 births 1980 deaths Canadian ice hockey defencemen Chicago Blackhawks players Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States New Westminster Royals (WHL) players People from Cardston Providence Reds players {{Canada-icehockey-defenceman-1910s-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Defenceman
Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to the blue line in ice hockey which represents the boundary of the offensive zone; defencemen generally position themselves along the line to keep the puck in the zone). They were once called cover-point. In regular play, two defencemen complement three forwards and a goaltender on the ice. Exceptions include overtime during the regular season and when a team is shorthanded (i.e. has been assessed a penalty), in which two defencemen are typically joined by only two forwards and a goaltender. In National Hockey League regular season play in overtime, effective with the 2015-16 season, teams (usually) have only three position players and a goaltender on the ice, and may use either two forwards and one defenceman, orrarelytwo defencemen an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
