Vic Ripley

Victor Merrick Ripley (May 30, 1906 – March 26, 1962) was a Canadian hockey winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Eagles. He also played several years in various minor leagues from 1925 to 1944. Ripley was later a golf pro at the Desert Inn in Paradise, Nevada. He was born in Elgin, Ontario. Ripley died of a heart attack on March 26, 1962.

Ripley scored the 1,000th regular-season goal in Boston Bruins' history. It was Boston's lone goal in a 4–1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden on December 12, 1933. It was the same game in which Toronto's Ace Bailey suffered a career-ending head injury.

Career statistics Regular season and playoffs Regular seasonPlayoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1922–23 Calgary Canadians CCJHL 13 15 8 23 — — — — — — 1922–23 Calgary Canadians Mem-Cup — — — — — 4 3 0 3 4 1923–24 Calgary Canadians CCJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1923–24 Calgary Canadians Mem-Cup — — — — — 7 10 9 19 6 1924–25 Calgary Canadians CCJHL — — — — — — — — — — 1924–25 Calgary Canadians Mem-Cup — — — — — 2 4 0 4 2 1925–26 Minneapolis Millers CHL 35 6 2 8 16 3 1 0 1 2 1926–27 Minneapolis Millers AHA 34 7 1 8 30 6 0 0 0 2 1927–28 Kitchener Millionaires Can-Pro 39 26 14 40 69 5 1 1 2 12 1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 34 11 2 13 31 — — — — — 1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 40 8 8 16 33 2 0 0 0 2 1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 37 8 4 12 9 9 2 1 3 4 1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 12 6 18 47 2 0 0 0 0 1932–33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 15 2 4 6 6 — — — — — 1932–33 Boston Bruins NHL 23 2 5 7 21 5 1 0 1 0 1933–34 Boston Bruins NHL 14 2 1 3 6 — — — — — 1933–34 New York Rangers NHL 34 5 12 17 10 2 1 0 1 4 1934–35 New York Rangers NHL 4 0 2 2 0 — — — — — 1934–35 St. Louis Eagles NHL 31 1 5 6 10 — — — — — 1935–36 Cleveland Falcons IHL 48 14 32 46 51 2 0 0 0 0 1936–37 Cleveland Barons IAHL 13 0 2 2 6 — — — — — 1936–37 New Haven Eagles IAHL 13 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 1937–38 Spokane Clippers PCHL 42 19 16 35 19 — — — — — 1938–39 Spokane Clippers PCHL 44 20 22 42 22 — — — — — 1939–40 Seattle Seahawks PCHL 36 11 15 26 24 — — — — — 1940–41 Portland Buckaroos PCHL 47 11 20 31 37 — — — — — 1943–44 Portland Oilers NNDHL 15 13 8 21 10 — — — — — 1943–44 Portland Oilers NNDHL 1 1 1 2 4 4 1 1 2 4 NHL totals 278 51 49 100 173 20 4 1 5 10