Phil Hergesheimer

Phil Hergesheimer (July 9, 1914 – March 6, 2004) was a professional ice hockey right winger.

A native of Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Hergesheimer was the brother of fellow NHL player Wally Hergesheimer. Phil played for teams in the Canadian Amateur Hockey League (CAHL), International Hockey League (IHL), National Hockey League (NHL), American Hockey Association (AHA), American Hockey League (AHL) and the Ontario Secondary Hockey League (OSHL).

Among the minor league teams he played for were the Winnipeg Falcons, Boston Cubs, Detroit Olympics, London Tecumsehs, Minneapolis Millers, Cleveland Barons, [cite web
title =Boston Bruins - Team
publisher =Boston Professional Hockey Association, Inc.
url =http://bruins.nhl.com/team/app?page=HistoricalPlayerDetail&pkey=12920&service=page
accessdate = 2007-08-04 ] Ottawa Commandos, St. John's Navy, Philadelphia Rockets, (also Head Coach), Cincinnati Mohawks, Kelowna Packers, and Kamloop Elks. He played four seasons with the Chicago Black Hawks of the NHL.

Hergesheimer was a five-star American Hockey League All-Star Game Champion, and the winner of the Calder Cup Trophy in 1946. By 1951 his career had totaled 288 goals and 265 assists for 553 points in 548 games. He retired in 1955 as the second-leading goal scorer of his era, and today still ranks 20th on the league's all time list. On March 6, 2004, Hergesheimer died in Kelowna, British Columbia, shortly before he was inducted into the Cincinnati Hockey Hall of Fame. [cite web
title =.:: Hockey Hall of Fame ::.
publisher =Cincinnati Gardens
url =http://www.cincygardens.com/gardens/hall.htm
accessdate = 2007-08-04 ] He was pre-deceased by his wife of 66 years, Mary and is survived by his daughter, Jo-Ann and grandson, Neil.

Awards & Achievements

*AHA Second All-Star Team (1937)
*IAHL First All-Star Team (1939)
*Calder Cup Championship (1939)
*AHL First All-Star Team (1944 & 1947)
*AHL Scoring Championship (1947)
*AHL Second All-Star Team (1948 & 1949)
*“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

External links

*hockeydb|13748
*legendsofhockey|12920
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=9&id=105 Phil Hergesheimer's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]

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