Sam LoPresti

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United StatesUnited States  Sam LoPresti Ice hockey player
Date of birth June 30, 1917
place of birth Elcor , St. Louis County , Minnesota , USA
date of death December 11, 1984
Place of death Eveleth , Minnesota , USA
size 180 cm
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1936-1937 Eveleth Rangers
1937-1940 St. Paul Saints
1940-1941 Kansas City Americans
1941-1942 Chicago Black Hawks
1943-1945 San Diego Skyhawks
1946-1947 Duluth Coolerators
1948-1949 Duluth Steelers
1949-1951 Eveleth Rangers

Samuel Leo LoPresti (born June 30, 1917 in Elcor , St. Louis County , Minnesota , † December 11, 1984 in Eveleth , Minnesota) was an American ice hockey goalkeeper . He played in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks and is a member of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame .

Career

The Italian-born LoPresti grew up in Eveleth in northern Minnesota. In his youth he played for various teams in Eveleth, St. Cloud and Duluth . His professional career began in 1937 with the St. Paul Saints, a team from the American Hockey Association . From there he moved to the Chicago Black Hawks for the 1940/41 season . After he was first used in the farm team , he ousted Paul Goodman and became the new goalkeeper. Noteworthy was the game on March 4, 1941, which the Black Hawks lost 3-2 to the Boston Bruins . LoPresti held 80 of the 83 shots on his goal, setting an NHL record that is still valid today. After two years with the Black Hawks, for which he played a total of 82 games, he went to the United States Navy in 1942 . After his ship was sunk in the Atlantic Ocean in the spring of 1943, the crew spent 42 days in a lifeboat at sea until the rescue. LoPresti then played intermittently for the San Diego Skyhawks, the Duluth Coolerators and the Duluth Steelers until he returned to Eveleth in 1949 for the Rangers. There he was voted the most valuable player in the Northern Amateur Hockey League in the 1949/50 season . In 1951 he ended his ice hockey career.

In 1973 LoPresti was inducted into the US Hockey Hall of Fame. His son Pete also played as a goalkeeper in the NHL in the 1970s.

literature

  • Ross Bernstein: More ... Frozen Memories: Celebrating a Century of Minnesota Hockey . Nodin Pr, 2007, ISBN 1-932472-49-5 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ VintageMinnesotaHockey.com - St. Paul Saints
  2. ^ The Montreal Gazette: Loses Job To Lo Presti, Retires. January 11, 1941.
  3. ^ The New York Times: Sam LoPresti . December 12, 1984

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personal data
SURNAME LoPresti, Sam
ALTERNATIVE NAMES LoPresti, Samuel Leo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH June 30, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Elcor , Minnesota
DATE OF DEATH December 11, 1984
Place of death Eveleth , Minnesota