Reg Schroeter
Reginald John "Reg" Schroeter (born September 11, 1921 in Ottawa , Ontario , † July 30, 2002 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player . At the Olympic Winter Games in 1948 , he won the gold medal as a member of the Canadian national team.
Career
Reg Schroeter began his career as a hockey player in the Ottawa Junior Hockey League, in which he was active in the 1937/38 season for Ottawa LaSalle and in the 1939/40 season for the Ottawa Westboro Spearmans. In the 1940/41 season he ran for the Ottawa Senators. Other senior positions were the Ottawa Princess Pat Dragoons as well as the Ottawa Canadiens, Ottawa District Depot and the Ottawa Senators from the Upper Ottawa Valley Hockey League. In 1947 he joined the New Edinburgh Burghs before representing Canada at the 1948 Winter Olympics with the RCAF Flyers. He had previously served as an Air Crew Instructor in the Royal Canadian Air Force during World War II .
International
For Canada , Schroeter took part in the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz , where he and his team won the gold medal. In eight games he scored twelve goals and five assists.
Achievements and Awards
- 1948 gold medal at the Olympic Winter Games
Web links
- Reg Schroeter in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schroeter, Reg |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Schroeter, Reginald John (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario , Canada |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 30, 2002 |
| Place of death | Ottawa , Ontario , Canada |