Ray Timgren Explained

Position:Left Wing
Shoots:Left
Height Ft:5
Height In:9
Weight Lb:160
Birth Date:September 29, 1928
Birth Place:Windsor, Ontario, Canada
Death Place:North York, Ontario, Canada
Career Start:1948
Career End:1955

Raymond Charles Timgren (September 29, 1928[1] – November 25, 1999) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward, nicknamed the "Golden Boy". He played in the National Hockey League with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Chicago Black Hawks between 1948 and 1955.

Playing career

Timgren was born in Windsor, Ontario and started his National Hockey League career with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1949. He also played for the Chicago Black Hawks. He left the NHL after the 1954–55 season. He played for the Pittsburgh Hornets of the American Hockey League in 1956 before retiring from hockey. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Toronto Maple Leafs, in 1949 and 1951.

Personal life

In the 1960s he was teaching with the North York Board of Education, and in 1964 was a vice principal at Sloane Ave Public School. "Do it now!" was one of his favorite sayings and he never put off what he could now! Ray was also Principal at Mallow Road Public School in Don Mills in the late-1960s - 1970s and then at Glen Rush Public School.

Timgren's parents emigrated to Canada from Terjärv, in Finland.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular seasonPlayoffs
SeasonTeamLeagueGP PIMGP G A Pts PIM
1944–45Toronto Young LeafsOHA10 10 8 18
1946–47Toronto MarlborosOHA20 20 7 27 62 2 3 5 0
1946–47Toronto DorstsTMHL13 17 15 32 512 11 15 26 4
1947–48Toronto MarlborosOHA33 21 20 41 335 1 1 2 2
1948–49Toronto Maple LeafsNHL36 3 12 15 99 3 3 6 2
1948–49Toronto MarlborosOHA Sr26 6 22 28 27
1949–50Toronto Maple LeafsNHL68 7 18 25 226 0 4 4 2
1950–51Toronto Maple LeafsNHL70 1 9 10 2011 0 1 1 2
1951–52Toronto Maple LeafsNHL50 2 4 6 114 0 1 1 0
1951–52Pittsburgh HornetsAHL19 13 5 18 11
1952–53Toronto Maple LeafsNHL12 0 0 0 4
1952–53Pittsburgh HornetsAHL50 16 12 28 2310 2 0 2 0
1953–54Pittsburgh HornetsAHL70 22 30 52 275 1 1 2 2
1954–55Chicago Black HawksNHL14 1 1 2 2
1954–55Pittsburgh HornetsAHL45 12 13 25 2410 3 4 7 2
1954–55Toronto Maple LeafsNHL1 0 0 0 2
1955–56Pittsburgh HornetsAHL8 0 4 4 13
AHL totals192 63 64 127 9825 6 5 11 4
NHL totals251 14 44 58 7030 3 9 12 6

Notes and References

  1. https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/196591/ray-timgren