Hal Winkler

Hal Winkler
Date of birth	March 20, 1892
place of birth	Gretna , Manitoba , Canada
date of death	May 29, 1956
Place of death	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
size	173 cm
Weight	68 kg
position	goalkeeper
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1913-1915	Winnipeg Winnipegs
1915-1916	Winnipeg 61st Battalion
1916-1917	Winnipeg Monarchs
1917-1918	Winnipeg Ypres
1918-1919	Brandon Elks
1919-1920	Moose Jaw Maple Leafs
1920-1921	Saskatoon Crescents
1921-1924	Edmonton Eskimos
1924-1926	Calgary Tigers
1926-1927	New York Rangers
1927-1928	Boston Bruins
1928-1929	Minneapolis Millers
1929-1930	Seattle Eskimos
1930-1931	Boston Tigers

Harold Lang "Hal" Winkler (born March 20, 1892 in Gretna , Manitoba , † May 29, 1956 in Winnipeg , Manitoba) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper who, in the course of his active career, among others for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League was active.

Career

Winkler was initially active for various teams in the Manitoba Senior Hockey League . During this time he took part in the course of the 1917/18 season with the Winnipeg Ypres in the Allan Cup , which he did not win. This was followed by engagements in the Southern Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League , before Winkler moved to the Edmonton Eskimos with play in the Western Canada Hockey League for the 1921/22 season. In his second season with the team, the goalkeeper was elected to the league's All-Star Team after winning the WCHL championship with the Edmonton Eskimos. In the final games of the Stanley Cup, the team lost to the Ottawa Senators with 0-2 wins.

In August 1924, the Canadian was transferred to the Calgary Tigers together with Emory Sparrow within the Western Canada Hockey League , in return Edmonton was financially compensated. The left catcher stayed there for two years before another transfer - this time to the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League - followed. On his NHL debut for the Rangers, in the game against the Montreal Maroons , Winkler managed a shutout . After only eight NHL games, he was given in January 1927 to the Boston Bruins . In his first season he was a Stanley Cup finalist with the Bruins, but was defeated by the Ottawa Senators. In the following season 1927/28 he completed 44 NHL games in the regular season, in which he got 15 shutouts. This was the best of the season, along with Alex Connell , who also finished 15 games without conceding a goal.

Winkler then played one season each for the Minneapolis Millers in the American Hockey Association , Seattle Eskimos in the Pacific Coast Hockey League and Boston Tigers in the Canadian-American Hockey League .

Achievements and Awards

• 1923 Champion of the Western Canada Hockey League with the Edmonton Eskimos
• 1923 WCHL All-Star Team

Web links

• Hal Winkler at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Hal Winkler at hockeydb.com (English)