Alex Shibicky

Alex Shibicky
Mac Colville, Neil Colville and Alex Shibicky, 1938. All three are ranked in the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats.[1]
Born	(1914-05-19)May 19, 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Died	July 9, 2005(2005-07-09) (aged 91) South Surrey, British Columbia, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb)
Position	Left Wing
Shot	Right
Played for	New York Rangers
Playing career	1935–1946

Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky (May 19, 1914 – July 9, 2005) was an ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946.

Shibicky was also a Stanley Cup winner in 1940, and the vice-president of the first incarnation of the National Hockey League Players Association, but he is best known for being the first player to use a slapshot, which he did in 1937. He said he learned it in practice from teammate Fred "Bun" Cook during the 1935–36 season. He also spent three years in the Canadian Forces during World War II.

Awards and achievements[]

• EAHL First All-Star Team (1935)
• Stanley Cup Championship (1940)
• "Honoured Member" of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
• In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, was ranked No. 57 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons^[1]

References[]

External links[]

• Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or The Internet Hockey Database

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