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William (Bill) Mosienko
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 30 teams out of which 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.
William Mosienko was born on November 2, 1921, in Winnipeg, Manitoba, who played 18 professional seasons from 1940 to 1959 and he was inducted in 1965. Mosienko grew up in the north end of Winnipeg with nine brothers and four sisters. He began his hockey career at the age of ten in the Winnipeg Minor Hockey system with Tobans Athletic Club and later the Sherburn Athletic Club before graduating to the junior ranks with the Winnipeg Monarchs in 1939-40.
He turned professional with the Chicago Black Hawks at the age of 18 and was sent to the minors for seasoning. Mosienko split the next two seasons between the NHL and the minors before earning full-time duties with the Black Hawks in 1943. Mosienko will always be remembered for his record three goals in 21 seconds scored against goalie Lorne Anderson of the New York Rangers on March 23, 1952. Mosienko suited up for the Winnipeg Warriors of the WHL, Western Hockey League, in 1955-56 and helped the team win the league championship. He was named to the WHL's All-Star Team in the 1957, 1958, and 1959 seasons and was named Manitoba's Athlete of the Year in 1957.
In 1980, he was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and to the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985. He 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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