Charles Uksila, Jr. (October 12, 1887 – March 4, 1964) was an American professional hockey player. He played for the
Portland Rosebuds and
Vancouver Millionaires
The Vancouver Millionaires (later known as the Vancouver Maroons) were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926. Based in Vancouver, British Co ...
of the
Pacific Coast Hockey Association
The Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) was a professional ice hockey league in Western Canada and the Western United States, which operated from 1911 to 1924 when it then merged with the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The PCHA was cons ...
. He was a native of
Calumet, Michigan
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, where he started his hockey career. Prior to playing with Portland, he was a member of the Multnomah Amateur Athletic Club. He was a member of the Rosebuds team that played the
Montreal Canadiens
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in the
1916 Stanley Cup Finals
The 1916 Stanley Cup Finals was played between the National Hockey Association (NHA) champion Montreal Canadiens and the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) champion Portland Rosebuds. This was the first time that a best-of-five Cup champi ...
.
Uksila retired from professional hockey after the
1918–19 season, and then worked as a fancy skating instructor at the Connaught Skating Club in
Vancouver
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. He also toured in
Australia
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where he performed as a
figure skater
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alongside his sister in
Sydney
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and
Melbourne
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.
He died in
Mountain View, California
Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, California, United States, part of the San Francisco Bay Area. Named for its views of the Santa Cruz Mountains, the population was 82,376 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census.
Mountain V ...
, in 1964. He was of
Finnish descent.
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Additional stats
http://cchockeyhistory.org/legends/U.htm
https://hockeygods.com/images/6521-Vancouver_Millionaires_Charles_Uksila
http://www.greatesthockeylegends.com/2014/09/charles-uksila.html?m=1
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1887 births
1964 deaths
American people of Finnish descent
Ice hockey players from Michigan
People from Calumet, Michigan
Sportspeople from Houghton County, Michigan
Portland Rosebuds players
Vancouver Millionaires players
American men's ice hockey left wingers