Dean Prentice

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Dean Prentice
Date of birth October 5, 1932
place of birth Schumacher , Ontario , Canada
date of death 2nd November 2019
Place of death Cambridge , Ontario , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 75 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1950-1952 Guelph Biltmores
1952-1963 New York Rangers
1963-1966 Boston Bruins
1966-1969 Detroit Red Wings
1969-1971 Pittsburgh Penguins
1971-1974 Minnesota North Stars
1974-1975 New Haven Nighthawks
1976-1977 Traverse City Bays

Dean Sutherland Prentice (born October 5, 1932 in Schumacher , Ontario ; † November 2, 2019 in Cambridge , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played 1432 games for New York between 1950 and 1977 Rangers , Boston Bruins , Detroit Red Wings , Pittsburgh Penguins and Minnesota North Stars in the National Hockey League on the position of left winger . Prentice, who took part in the NHL All-Star Game five times , was a member of the NHL Second All-Star Team in 1960 . His brother Eric was also a professional ice hockey player and his nephew Jim is a politician.

Career

Dean Prentice began his career as a hockey player with the Guelph Biltmores , for which he was active from 1950 to 1952 in the Ontario Hockey Association and with whom he won the triple consisting of the J. Ross Robertson Cup , George Richardson Memorial Trophy and Memorial Cup in 1952 .

After he began the 1952/53 season with the Biltmores, he was signed by the New York Rangers , for which he was on the ice for the following eleven years in the National Hockey League , before he was in the 1962/63 season in exchange for Don McKenney and Dick Meissner was given to the Boston Bruins . He missed much of the 1964/65 season due to a back injury. In his career, the attacker was also under contract for three years with the Detroit Red Wings , two with the Pittsburgh Penguins and again three years with the Minnesota North Stars , with whom he ended his NHL career in 1974 at the age of 41. Following his active career, Prentice took over in the 1974/75 season as head coach of the New Haven Nighthawks , with whom he was defeated by the Springfield Indians in the final of the Calder Cup with 1: 4 wins. In the 1976/77 season, the Canadian played again as a player-coach for the Traverse City Bays from the United States Hockey League , before he finally stopped playing ice hockey.

Prentice died in Cambridge, Ontario, his home province , in November 2019 at the age of 87 .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1950/51 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 51 20th 16 36 26th 4th 1 1 2 15th
1951/52 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 51 48 27 75 68 23 21st 10 31 28
1952 Guelph Biltmores Memorial Cup 12 13 5 18th 14th
1952/53 Guelph Biltmores OHA Jr. 5 1 1 2 16 - - - - -
1952/53 New York Rangers NHL 55 6th 3 9 20th - - - - -
1953/54 New York Rangers NHL 52 4th 13 17th 18th - - - - -
1954/55 New York Rangers NHL 70 16 15th 31 20th - - - - -
1955/56 New York Rangers NHL 70 24 18th 42 44 5 1 0 1 2
1956/57 New York Rangers NHL 69 19th 23 42 38 5 0 2 2 4th
1957/58 New York Rangers NHL 38 13 9 22nd 14th 6th 1 3 4th 4th
1958/59 New York Rangers NHL 70 17th 33 50 11 - - - - -
1959/60 New York Rangers NHL 70 32 34 66 43 - - - - -
1960/61 New York Rangers NHL 56 20th 25th 45 17th - - - - -
1961/62 New York Rangers NHL 68 22nd 38 60 20th 3 0 2 2 0
1962/63 New York Rangers NHL 49 13 25th 38 18th - - - - -
1962/63 Boston Bruins NHL 19th 6th 9 15th 4th - - - - -
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 70 23 16 39 37 - - - - -
1964/65 Boston Bruins NHL 31 14th 9 23 12 - - - - -
1965/66 Boston Bruins NHL 50 7th 22nd 29 10 - - - - -
1965/66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 19th 6th 9 15th 8th 12 5 5 10 4th
1966/67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 23 22nd 45 18th - - - - -
1967/68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 17th 38 55 42 - - - - -
1968/69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 14th 20th 34 18th - - - - -
1969/70 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 75 26th 25th 51 14th 10 2 5 7th 8th
1970/71 Pittsburgh Penguins NHL 69 21st 17th 38 18th - - - - -
1971/72 Minnesota North Stars NHL 71 20th 27 47 14th 7th 3 0 3 0
1972/73 Minnesota North Stars NHL 73 26th 16 42 22nd 6th 1 0 1 16
1973/74 Minnesota North Stars NHL 24 2 3 5 4th - - - - -
1974/75 without a contract not played after resignation
1975/76 without a contract not played after resignation
1976/77 Traverse City Bays USHL 28 5 22nd 27 20th - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 107 69 44 113 110 27 22nd 11 33 43
NHL overall 1378 391 469 860 484 54 13 17th 30th 38

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Prentice, Dean
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Prentice, Dean Sutherland (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Schumacher , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 2019
Place of death Cambridge , Ontario