Birth Date: | 2 August 1901 |
Birth Place: | Shuswap, British Columbia, Canada |
Death Place: | Canmore, Alberta, Canada |
Height Ft: | 5 |
Height In: | 10 |
Weight Lb: | 160 |
Position: | Centre |
Shoots: | Right |
Career Start: | 1920 |
Career End: | 1937 |
Alver Mathias "Ollie Rocco" Reinikka (August 2, 1901 – November 2, 1962) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. In the 1926–27 season, he played 16 games in the National Hockey League for the New York Rangers. Reinikka was born in Shuswap, British Columbia, but grew up in Canmore, Alberta.
Prior to his short stint with the Rangers Ollie Reinikka played with the Vancouver Maroons of the WCHL.
Reinikka, of Finnish descent, picked up the nickname of "Ollie Rocco" while playing with the New York Rangers. The Madison Square Garden publicity department team of Bruno and Blythe gave nicknames intended to help attract more diverse audiences to games, in this case, Italian.
Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
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Season | Team | League | GP | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | |||||
1920–21 | Canmore Roses | ASHL | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1921–22 | Canmore Roses | ASHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1922–23 | Canmore Roses | ASHL | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1923–24 | Canmore Roses | ASHL | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1924–25 | Vancouver Maroons | WCHL | 19 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1925–26 | Vancouver Maroons | WHL | 27 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1926–27 | New York Rangers | NHL | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1926–27 | Springfield Indians | Can-Am | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | ||
1927–28 | Stratford Nationals | Can-Pro | 42 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
1928–29 | Hamilton Tigers | Can-Pro | 19 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1928–29 | Seattle Eskimos | PCHL | 15 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | ||
1929–30 | Seattle Eskimos | PCHL | 35 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1930–31 | London Tecumsehs | IHL | 44 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1931–32 | London Tecumsehs | IHL | 26 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
1934–35 | Rossland Miners | WKHL | 16 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1935–36 | Rossland Miners | WKHL | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | ||
1936–37 | Rossland Miners | WKHL | 14 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
WCHL/WHL totals | 46 | 11 | 2 | 13 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
NHL totals | 16 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | — | — |