Douglas Leonard Stevenson (April 6, 1924 – November 9, 1975) was a
Canadian
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professional
ice hockey
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goaltender
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who played eight games in the
National Hockey League
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: four with the
New York Rangers
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and four with the
Chicago Black Hawks
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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. He spent the majority of his career with the
Tacoma Rockets
The Tacoma Rockets were a junior ice hockey team in the Western Hockey League (WHL) from 1991 to 1995. They played at the Tacoma Dome in Tacoma, Washington. The Rockets were granted as an expansion franchise, and were named after the defunct p ...
of the
Pacific Coast Hockey League
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.
PCHL 1928–1931
The firs ...
(later
Western Hockey League
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).
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1924 births
1975 deaths
Canadian ice hockey goaltenders
Chicago Blackhawks players
Sportspeople from Regina, Saskatchewan
New York Rangers players
New York Rovers players
Ice hockey people from Saskatchewan
Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States