Bryan Hextall

Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left Wing
shot = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 182
played_for = New York Rangers
league = NHL
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date|1913|7|31|mf=y
birth_place = Grenfell, SK, CAN
career_start = 1936
career_end = 1948
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halloffame = 1969

Bryan Aldwyn Hextall (July 31, 1913 in Grenfell, Saskatchewan - July 25, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League. He is the father of former NHL players Bryan Hextall Jr & Dennis Hextall, as well as the grandfather of former NHL goaltender Ron Hextall.

Bryan was one of the key players that brought the Stanley Cup to the Rangers in 1940. In fact, he scored the winning goal in the deciding game. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969.

Awards & Achievements

*MJHL Scoring Champion (1933)
*NWHL Goal Scoring Leader (1936)
*IAHL Goal Scoring Leader (1937)
*NHL Goal Scoring Leader (1940 & 1941)
*Stanley Cup Championship (1940)
*Art Ross Trophy (1942)
*NHL First All-Star Team Right Wing (1940, 1941, & 1942)
*NHL Second All-Star Team Right Wing (1943)
*Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969
*Selected to Manitoba's All-Century Second All-Star Team
*“Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

ee also

* Notable families in the NHL

External links

*Legendsmember|Player|P196902|Bryan Hextall
*hockeydb|13315|Bryan Hextall
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=7&id=13 Bryan Hextall's biography] at [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]