Alexander Everett Motter (June 20, 1913 – October 18, 1996) was a Canadian

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player who played 265 games in the

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between 1934 and 1943. He won the

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. Motter was born in Melville,

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. Motter scored his first NHL goal on March 8, 1936, as a member of the Boston Bruins. It came in his team's 5–2 win over Detroit at Olympia Stadium. It was the only goal Motter would ever score for Boston.

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