| Intro | Canadian ice hockey player | |||
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Athlete Ice hockey player |
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| From | Canada | |||
| Type | Sports | |||
| Gender | male | |||
| Birth | 30 May 1906, Rideau Lakes, Canada | |||
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26 March 1962, Las Vegas, USA (aged 55 years) |
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| Star sign | Gemini | |||
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Victor Merrick Ripley (May 30, 1906 – March 26, 1962) was a professional hockey centerman who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and St. Louis Eagles. Ripley was later a golf pro at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas. He died of a heart attack on March 26, 1962.
Ripley scored the 1,000th regular-season goal in Boston Bruins’ history. It was Boston’s lone goal in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden on December 12, 1933. It was the same game in which Toronto’s Ace Bailey suffered a horrific career-ending head injury.