Hal Winkler, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Canadian ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Gretna, Manitoba, Canada
About Hal Winkler
- Harold Lang Winkler (March 20, 1894 – May 29, 1956) was a Canadian ice hockey goaltender. Winkler started his professional hockey career with the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League in 1922.
- He would also play with the Calgary Tigers.
- In 1926, he moved to the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League.
- He would also play with the Boston Bruins who acquired him from the Rangers in a cash transaction on January 17, 1927. Winkler recorded 15 shutouts in 44 games for the 1927-28 Boston Bruins.
- Despite the NHL's regular season almost doubling in length from what it was in 1927–28, Winkler's mark is a single-season team record that still stands.
- Winkler recorded two playoff shutouts for Boston during the 1927 Stanley Cup playoffs.
- Both games were scoreless ties.
- During the 1957-58 season the Stanley Cup was redone.
- Winkler's name was added to the Stanley Cup as a member of the 1929 Bruins, even though he played the whole season in the minors.
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