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David (Sweeney) Schriner

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.

David Sweeney Schriner was born on 30th November 1911 in Sarator, Russia. Nicknamed as Sweeney, Schriner was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Famers in 1962. In 1930 and 1931, he appeared in the Memorial Cup playdowns with the Calgary Canadians and in the 1932 and 1933 he was a member of the Calgary Broncs at the Allan Cup tournament.

He made his NHL debut with the New York Americans in the 1934 1935 season and was voted the league's rookie of the year. He was also named First All-Star Team in 1936 and 1941. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Americans for five players in 1939. He played a key role with the Leafs to win over Detroit in the 1942 finals by scoring two goals in the seventh and deciding game in a 3 to 1 Toronto victory.

Dave Sweeney Schriner 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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