Lyle Arnold "Mickey" Roth (May 24, 1927 – January 9, 2025) was a Canadian

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player with the

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, winning a gold medal with them at the

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in Paris. The 1951 Lethbridge Maple Leafs team was inducted to the

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in 1974. He also played with the Stratford Kroehlers and Stratford Indians."Mickey Roth",

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Database, accessed August 4, 2015. Roth died in

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, on January 9, 2025, at the age of 97.

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