Modo was on a 5 hour clock, so he's skipped.
Swamp Devils pick
Ray Getliffe, C/LW
Getliffe is fast, good defensively, and gritty. And he can chip in on the scoreboard occasionally.
-3rd in Calder voting in 1936-37
top 20 finishes
Points: 17, 17, 18*
Goals: 10*, 15, 15
Assists: 14
*War year
And he has several more finishes just out of the top 20.
Getliffe finished 5th in team playoff scoring for the 1944 Cup winners (the Punch Line was 1-3).
Not awful for a guy who spent the majority of his career on checking lines and probably received limited PP time.
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Originally Posted by LOH
Forward Ray Getliffe played nearly 400 NHL games for the Boston Bruins and Montreal Canadiens in the 30s and 40s. He was a fine goal scorer who could check and battle for the puck along the boards and in the slot.
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Originally Posted by OurHistory
The 5-foot-11, 175-pounder was among the speediest forwards in the league, a skilled two-way performer, equally adept at attacking the enemy net or playing in a defensive role.
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Originally Posted by LOH
The clever centre/left-winger scored 16 goals for Boston as a rookie in 1936-37 and remained a regular for two more years. In 1938-39 he formed a solid two-way line with Dit Clapper and Xxx which helped Boston win its second Stanley Cup. A few months later he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens... His first official duty for his new club was participating in the Babe Siebert Memorial Game on October 29, 1939.
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Originally Posted by OurHistory
Acquired from the Stanley Cup champion Boston Bruins prior to the 1939-40 season, the gritty left winger was a mainstay for the Canadiens over the next six seasons.
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Ray Getliffe, the hard-hitting forward credited with giving Canadiens' teammate Maurice Richard the nickname ?The Rocket,? has died.
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Read more:
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