Changes: Reg Abbott

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Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

Reginald Stewart Abbott

Born: February 4, 1930 in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Hometown: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Position: Center

an all-round athlete who played second base for the provincial champion Rosedales, a near scratch golfer and fine lacrosse player who decided to concentrate on hockey during his late teens. ... started playing hockey as a kid with Clifton Playground, then advanced to the West End Orioles for two years of midget. ... joined the Brandon Wheat Kings in the MJHL for two seasons. ... the Wheat Kings won the league championship both years, and went to the Memorial Cup final in 1949. ... captured the scoring title in 1950. ... played four pro seasons, which included a PCHL championship with Victoria Cougars. ... his big league chance came when the Habs Elmer Lach was injured and coach Dick Irvin called him up for a three game trial--December 4, 6, 7, 1952. ... played on a line with Bernie Georrfion and Paul Meger. ... went on to play senior for nine seasons with the Windsor Bulldogs and then the Winnipeg Maroons. ... with the Maroons, went to the Allan Cup final twice. ... in 1964, suffered a season ending injury during Europe tour. ... the Maroons would go on to win the Allan Cup. ... his final season was 1965 with the Canada's National Team. ... played in the World Championship in Tampere, Finland.

Career Statistics

			Regular Season					Playoffs
Season	Team	League	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM	GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1948-49	Brandon Wheat Kings	MJHL	29	16	16	32	6	7	5	1	6	4
1948-49	Brandon Wheat Kings	Memorial Cup	--	--	--	--	--	16	6	7	13	9
1949-50	Brandon Wheat Kings	MJHL	36	27	27	54	24	6	6	7	13	4
1949-50	Brandon Wheat Kings	Memorial Cup	--	--	--	--	--	6	6	1	7	2
1950-51	Victoria Cougars	PCHL	70	14	24	38	29	12	3	9	12	8
1951-52	Victoria Cougars	PCHL	57	16	27	43	30	13	3	6	9	7
1952-53	Montreal Canadiens	NHL	3	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--
1952-53	Victoria Cougars	WHL	65	22	22	44	18	--	--	--	--	--
1953-54	Victoria Cougars	WHL	69	7	17	24	24	3	0	2	2	2
1954-55	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL	3	0	0	0	2	--	--	--	--	--
1954-55	Windsor Bulldogs	OHA-Sr	48	22	34	56	0	12	7	4	11	2
1955-56	Windsor Bulldogs	OHA-Sr	48	20	24	44	0	--	--	--	--	--
1956-57	Windsor Bulldogs	OHA-Sr	52	21	26	47	0	8	3	1	4	2
1957-58	Windsor Bulldogs	OHA-Sr	35	6	12	18	10	12	5	1	6	4
1958-59	Windsor Bulldogs	OHA-Sr	8	1	1	2	4	--	--	--	--	--
1960-61	Winnipeg Maroons	Independent	Statistics Unavailable					--	--	--	--	--
1960-61	Winnipeg Maroons	Allan Cup	--	--	--	--	--	20	14	9	23	5
1961-62	Winnipeg Maroons	Independent	Statistics Unavailable					--	--	--	--	--
1961-62	Winnipeg Maroons	Allan Cup	--	--	--	--	--	11	7	10	17	0
1962-63	Winnipeg Maroons	SSHL	11	5	21	26	4	--	--	--	--	--
1962-63	Winnipeg Maroons	Allan Cup	--	--	--	--	--	15	6	13	19	9
1963-64	Clinton Comets	EHL	10	2	3	5	6	--	--	--	--	--
1963-64	Winnipeg Maroons	SSHL	11	9	10	19	2	--	--	--	--	--
1964-65	Canadian National Team	SSHL	6	6	6	12	2	--	--	--	--	--
1964-65	Canadian National Team	WC-A	7	2	2	4	0	--	--	--	--	--
NHL Totals			3	0	0	0	0	--	--	--	--	--

Awards & Achievements

Turnbull Cup Manitoba Junior Hockey League Championship (1949 & 1950)
Abbott Cup Western Canada Junior A Championship (1949)
Whitehall Trophy MJHL Scoring Champion (1950)
MJHL Goal Scoring Leader (1950)
MJHL First All-Star Team (1950)
President's Cup Pacific Coast Hockey League Championship (1951)
Patton Cup Western Canada Senior A Hockey Championship (1961, 1963, & 1964)
Allan Cup Canada Senior A Hockey Championship (1964)
Played in IIHF World Championship (1965)
“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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 '''Reginald Stewart Abbott'''
 *Born: February 4, 1930 in [[Winnipeg, Manitoba|Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]
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-an all-round athlete who played second base for the provincial champion Rosedales, a near scratch golfer and fine lacrosse player who decided to concentrate on hockey during his late teens. ... started playing hockey as a kid with Clifton Playground, then advanced to the West End Orioles for two years of midget. ...  joined Brandon in the MJHL for two seasons. ... the Wheat Kings won the league championship both years, and went to the Memorial Cup final in 1949. ... captured the scoring title in 1950. ... played four pro seasons, which included a PCHL championship with Victoria Cougars. ... his big league chance came when the Habs Elmer Lach was injured and coach Dick Irvin called him up for a three game trial--December 4, 6, 7, 1952. ... played on a line with Bernie Georrfion and Paul Meger. ... went on to play senior for nine seasons with the Windsor Bulldogs and then the Winnipeg Maroons. ... with the Maroons, went to the Allan Cup final twice. ... in 1964, suffered a season ending injury during Europe tour. ... the Maroons would go on to win the Allan Cup. ... his final season was 1965 with the Maroons and Canada's National Team. ... played in the World Championship in Tampere, Finland.
+an all-round athlete who played second base for the provincial champion Rosedales, a near scratch golfer and fine lacrosse player who decided to concentrate on hockey during his late teens. ... started playing hockey as a kid with Clifton Playground, then advanced to the West End Orioles for two years of midget. ...  joined the Brandon Wheat Kings in the MJHL for two seasons. ... the Wheat Kings won the league championship both years, and went to the Memorial Cup final in 1949. ... captured the scoring title in 1950. ... played four pro seasons, which included a PCHL championship with Victoria Cougars. ... his big league chance came when the Habs Elmer Lach was injured and coach Dick Irvin called him up for a three game trial--December 4, 6, 7, 1952. ... played on a line with Bernie Georrfion and Paul Meger. ... went on to play senior for nine seasons with the Windsor Bulldogs and then the Winnipeg Maroons. ... with the Maroons, went to the Allan Cup final twice. ... in 1964, suffered a season ending injury during Europe tour. ... the Maroons would go on to win the Allan Cup. ... his final season was 1965 with the Canada's National Team. ... played in the World Championship in Tampere, Finland.
 == Career Statistics ==
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 | rowspan="2"|1948-49
 | rowspan="2"|[[Brandon Wheat Kings]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
+| [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
+| 29
-| ALIGN="center" | 39
+| 16
-| ALIGN="center" | 16
+| 16
-| ALIGN="center" | 16
+| 32
-| ALIGN="center" | 32
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 7
-| ALIGN="center" | 7
+| 5
-| ALIGN="center" | 5
+| 1
-| ALIGN="center" | 1
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
 | [[Memorial Cup]]
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 | rowspan="2"|1949-50
 | rowspan="2"|[[Brandon Wheat Kings]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
+| [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League|MJHL]]
+| 36
-| ALIGN="center" | 36
+| 27
-| ALIGN="center" | 27
+| 27
-| ALIGN="center" | 27
+| 54
-| ALIGN="center" | 54
+| 24
-| ALIGN="center" | 24
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 7
-| ALIGN="center" | 7
+| 13
-| ALIGN="center" | 13
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
 | [[Memorial Cup]]
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 | 2
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1950-51
+| 1950-51
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
+| [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]
+| [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]
+| 70
-| ALIGN="center" | 70
+| 14
-| ALIGN="center" | 14
+| 24
-| ALIGN="center" | 24
+| 38
-| ALIGN="center" | 38
+| 29
-| ALIGN="center" | 29
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 9
-| ALIGN="center" | 9
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 8
-| ALIGN="center" | 8
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1951-52
+| 1951-52
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
+| [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]
+| [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]]
+| 57
-| ALIGN="center" | 57
+| 16
-| ALIGN="center" | 16
+| 27
-| ALIGN="center" | 27
+| 43
-| ALIGN="center" | 43
+| 30
-| ALIGN="center" | 30
+| 13
-| ALIGN="center" | 13
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 9
-| ALIGN="center" | 9
+| 7
-| ALIGN="center" | 7
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1952-53
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Montreal Canadiens]]
+| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
+| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
+| [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|WHL]]
+| [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|WHL]]
+| 65
-| ALIGN="center" | 65
+| 22
-| ALIGN="center" | 22
+| 22
-| ALIGN="center" | 22
+| 44
-| ALIGN="center" | 44
+| 18
-| ALIGN="center" | 18
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1953-54
+| 1953-54
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
+| [[Victoria Cougars (1949-1961)|Victoria Cougars]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|WHL]]
+| [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|WHL]]
+| 69
-| ALIGN="center" | 69
+| 7
-| ALIGN="center" | 7
+| 17
-| ALIGN="center" | 17
+| 24
-| ALIGN="center" | 24
+| 24
-| ALIGN="center" | 24
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1954-55
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Pittsburgh Hornets]]
+| [[Pittsburgh Hornets]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
+| [[American Hockey League|AHL]]
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
+| [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| 48
-| ALIGN="center" | 48
+| 22
-| ALIGN="center" | 22
+| 34
-| ALIGN="center" | 34
+| 56
-| ALIGN="center" | 56
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 7
-| ALIGN="center" | 7
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
+| 11
-| ALIGN="center" | 11
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1955-56
+| 1955-56
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
+| [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| 48
-| ALIGN="center" | 48
+| 20
-| ALIGN="center" | 20
+| 24
-| ALIGN="center" | 24
+| 44
-| ALIGN="center" | 44
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1956-57
+| 1956-57
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
+| [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| 52
-| ALIGN="center" | 52
+| 21
-| ALIGN="center" | 21
+| 26
-| ALIGN="center" | 26
+| 47
-| ALIGN="center" | 47
+| 0
-| ALIGN="center" | 0
+| 8
-| ALIGN="center" | 8
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 1
-| ALIGN="center" | 1
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | ALIGN="center" | 1957-58
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
+| [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| 35
-| ALIGN="center" | 35
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 18
-| ALIGN="center" | 18
+| 10
-| ALIGN="center" | 10
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 5
-| ALIGN="center" | 5
+| 1
-| ALIGN="center" | 1
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
 |- ALIGN="center"
-| ALIGN="center" | 1958-59
+| 1958-59
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
+| [[Windsor Bulldogs]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Sr]]
+| 8
-| ALIGN="center" | 8
+| 1
-| ALIGN="center" | 1
+| 1
-| ALIGN="center" | 1
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1960-61
 | rowspan="2"|[[Winnipeg Maroons]]
 | Independent
+| colspan="5" | ''Statistics Unavailable''
-| 20
-| 14
-| 9
-| 23
-| 5
 | --
 | --
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 | --
 | --
+| 20
-| colspan="5" | ''Statistics Unavailable''
+| 14
+| 9
+| 23
+| 5
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1961-62
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 | rowspan="2"|1962-63
 | rowspan="2"|[[Winnipeg Maroons]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| 11
-| ALIGN="center" | 11
+| 5
-| ALIGN="center" | 5
+| 21
-| ALIGN="center" | 21
+| 26
-| ALIGN="center" | 26
+| 4
-| ALIGN="center" | 4
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="#FFC0CB"
 | [[Allan Cup]]
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 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1963-64
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Clinton Comets]]
+| [[Clinton Comets]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Eastern Hockey League|EHL]]
+| [[Eastern Hockey League|EHL]]
+| 10
-| ALIGN="center" | 10
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| 3
-| ALIGN="center" | 3
+| 5
-| ALIGN="center" | 5
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | [[Winnipeg Maroons]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| 11
-| ALIGN="center" | 11
+| 9
-| ALIGN="center" | 9
+| 10
-| ALIGN="center" | 10
+| 19
-| ALIGN="center" | 19
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
 |- ALIGN="center"
 | rowspan="2"|1964-65
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Winnipeg Maroons]]
+| rowspan="2"|[[Canadian National Team]]
-| ALIGN="center" | [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| [[Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League|SSHL]]
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 6
-| ALIGN="center" | 6
+| 12
-| ALIGN="center" | 12
+| 2
-| ALIGN="center" | 2
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
+| --
-| ALIGN="center" | --
-|- ALIGN="center"
+|- ALIGN="center" bgcolor="FFD700"
-| [[Canadian National Team|Canada]]
+| [[World Championship|WC-A]]
-| [[World Championship|WC]]
 | 7
 | 2
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 |- bgcolor="BF2F38" align="center" <font style="color:white;"
 ! colspan="3" | NHL Totals
+! 3
-! ALIGN="center" | 3
+! 0
-! ALIGN="center" | 0
+! 0
-! ALIGN="center" | 0
+! 0
-! ALIGN="center" | 0
+! 0
-! ALIGN="center" | 0
+! --
-! ALIGN="center" | --
+! --
-! ALIGN="center" | --
+! --
-! ALIGN="center" | --
+! --
-! ALIGN="center" | --
+! --
-! ALIGN="center" | --
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 *[[Turnbull Cup]] '''Manitoba Junior Hockey League Championship (1949 & 1950)'''
 *[[Abbott Cup]] '''Western Canada Junior A Championship (1949)'''
-*[[Mike Ridley Trophy|Whitehall Trophy]] '''Manitoba Junior Hockey League Scoring Champion (1950)
+*[[Mike Ridley Trophy|Whitehall Trophy]] '''MJHL Scoring Champion (1950)
-*[[MJHL Regular Season Goal Scoring Leader|Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] '''Goal Scoring Leader (1950)'''
+*'''MJHL''' [[MJHL Regular Season Goal Scoring Leader|Goal Scoring Leader]] '''(1950)'''
-*[[MJHL All-Star Teams|Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] '''First All-Star Team (1950)'''
+*'''MJHL''' [[MJHL All-Star Teams|First All-Star Team]] '''(1950)'''
 *[[Lester Patrick Cup|President's Cup]] '''Pacific Coast Hockey League Championship (1951)'''
-*[[Patton Cup]] '''Western Canada Senior Championship (1961, 1963, & 1964)'''
+*[[Patton Cup]] '''Western Canada Senior A Hockey Championship (1961, 1963, & 1964)'''
-*[[Allan Cup]] '''Canada Senior Championship (1964)'''
+*[[Allan Cup]] '''Canada Senior A Hockey Championship (1964)'''
-*'''Played''' in [[World Championship]] for [[Canadian National Team|Canada]] '''(1965)'''
+*'''Played in IIHF World Championship (1965)'''
 *'''“Honoured Member”''' of the [[Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]]
 ==External links==
 *{{hockeydb|11431}}
-*{{legendsofhockey|11801}}
 *[http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=369 Reg Abbott's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
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 [[Category:Manitoba junior hockey All-Time Roster]]
 [[Category:Clinton Comets players]]
+[[Category:Canadian National Team players]]