Eric "Showboat" Pogue (May 8, 1929 – October 12, 2008) was a Canadian
professional
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hockey player who played over 300 games in the
American Hockey League
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, spending time with the
Pittsburgh Hornets
The Pittsburgh Hornets were a minor-league professional men's ice hockey team based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Contrary to popular belief, the Pittsburgh Hornets did not evolve from the International Hockey League's Pittsburgh Shamrocks. The ...
,
St. Louis Flyers,
Syracuse Warriors,
Cleveland Barons and
Buffalo Bisons
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. He also played in the
International Hockey League for the
Huntington Hornets and
Fort Wayne Komets
The Fort Wayne Komets are a minor league ice hockey team, which currently plays in the ECHL. They play their home games at the Allen County War Memorial Coliseum in Fort Wayne, Indiana. In all of North American professional hockey, only the Orig ...
. Pogue died in Toronto on October 12, 2008, at the age of 79.
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1929 births
2008 deaths
Calgary Stampeders (WHL) players
Canadian ice hockey right wingers
Huntington Hornets players
Ice hockey people from Ontario
Pittsburgh Hornets players
St. Louis Flyers players
20th-century Canadian sportsmen
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