[ESPN NHL Guru] Longtime Blackhawks coach Billy Reay dies

ArticleBot · 09-24-2004, 04:30 PM

Reay, 86, dies from liver cancerCHICAGO -- Billy Reay, who played on two Stanley Cup
champions with Montreal and became the winningest coach in Chicago
Blackhawks' history, died at 86.
Reay died of liver cancer in Madison, Wis., on Thursday,
Blackhawks spokesman Jim DeMaria said.
Reay became the Blackhawks' coach in 1963 after coaching the
Toronto Maple Leafs for two seasons in the late 1950s. Over the
next 14 seasons, his record was 516-335-161. His 516 wins is nearly
three times as many as the next...

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ArticleBot Member Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 991 TTP Friends: (0)	[ESPN NHL Guru] Longtime Blackhawks coach Billy Reay dies Reay, 86, dies from liver cancerCHICAGO -- Billy Reay, who played on two Stanley Cup champions with Montreal and became the winningest coach in Chicago Blackhawks' history, died at 86. Reay died of liver cancer in Madison, Wis., on Thursday, Blackhawks spokesman Jim DeMaria said. Reay became the Blackhawks' coach in 1963 after coaching the Toronto Maple Leafs for two seasons in the late 1950s. Over the next 14 seasons, his record was 516-335-161. His 516 wins is nearly three times as many as the next... http://espn.go.com/classic/obit/s/20...C-DT9705204233 __________________ Love the Irish

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