Earl Reibel

Earl Reibel
Date of birth	July 21, 1930
place of birth	Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
date of death	January 3, 2007
Place of death	Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
Nickname	Dutch
size	175 cm
Weight	72 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1948-1949	Kitchener Greenshirts
1949-1950	Windsor Spitfires
1950-1951	Omaha Knights
1951-1952	Indianapolis Capitals
1952-1953	Edmonton Flyers
1953-1957	Detroit Red Wings
1957-1958	Chicago Black Hawks
1958-1959	Boston Bruins
1959-1961	Providence Reds

Earl "Dutch" Reibel (born July 21, 1930 in Kitchener , Ontario ; † January 3, 2007 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player (center), who from 1953 to 1957 for the Detroit Red Wings , Chicago Black Hawks and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League played.

Career

During his junior years he played with Al Arbor at the Windsor Spitfires in the Ontario Hockey Association . As the first player in the OHA, he managed to score more than 100 points. After a year with the juniors he was far enough to play in the senior division. He played for the next three years in the United States Hockey League with the Omaha Knights , in the American Hockey League with the Indianapolis Capitals and in the Western Hockey League for the Edmonton Flyers .

In the 1953/54 season , the Detroit Red Wings could no longer avoid getting the talented striker in their squad. With four templates in his first NHL game, he set a record that is still valid today. He stormed in line with Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay and lived up to expectations. With 48 points in his first year, he made it into the top ten scorers in the NHL, but in the Calder Memorial Trophy election , Camille Henry was preferred as the best rookie . Also in the two following years he was among the top scorers and since he had only received ten penalty minutes in the 1955/56 season , he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy .

After his performance waned somewhat in the following years, he was transferred to the Chicago Black Hawks in December 1957 . The change was a major turning point in his career and he could no longer build on previous performances. For the next season he was passed on to the Boston Bruins . After a disappointing season with the Bruins, he let his career with the Providence Reds in the AHL end. When they wanted to hand him over to San Francisco, he ended his career.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	6th	409	84	161	245	75
Playoffs	5	39	6th	14th	20th	4th

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup  : 1954 and 1955

Personal awards

• Eddie Powers Memorial Trophy : 1950
• Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award : 1952
• WHL top scorer: 1953
• WHL First All-Star Team: 1953
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : 1956
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1954 and 1955

Records

• 4 assists in his first game (October 8, 1953; Detroit Red Wings against New York Rangers 4-1) Roland Eriksson also had four assists in his first game in 1976.

Web links

• Earl Reibel at hockeydb.com (English)
• Earl Reibel at legendsofhockey.net (English)