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Clinton S. Benedict
NHL, the National Hockey League is a premier professional North American Sports League played in indoor stadiums. It’s divided into two conferences, each comprising of three divisions of ice hockey teams. The league was established in 1917 in Montreal, Quebec and it is composed of 24 teams based in U.S. and 6 in Canada. They have a regular season and playoffs leading to the Stanley Cup, which is the NHL Championship final.
One of hockey's first superstars, Clint Benedict was born on 25th September 1894 in Ottawa, Ontario. He was a stellar workhorse for the Montreal Maroons and Ottawa Senators during 13 NHL seasons. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Famers in 1965. He played for the local New Edinburghs before joining the Senators for five seasons in the National Hockey Association, NHA. He led Ottawa to a 1915 Stanley Cup challenge that was lost to the Vancouver Millionaires. His most impressive season was arguably 1919 and 1920, when his 2.66 goals-against mark was 2.13 goals better than the league average which was a mark that was never equaled.
In 1925 he was presented with the Mappin Trophy as top player on the team. He played the 1930 1931 season with the Maroons' farm club, the Windsor Bulldogs of the International-American Hockey League and led the team to the league championship which turned to be his career finale. He retired with 191 NHL wins and 58 shutouts to his credit.
Clint Benedict is remembered as a powerful skater with a lethal shot who back-checked responsibly and played the game cleanly. He, with all his dedication and devotion in his play has achieved many goals in his overall hockey-playing career. He had the ability of defeating the opponent easily by giving some extra hard work and efforts.
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