Bill Warwick

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{about|the ice hockey player|the Major League Baseball player|Bill Warwick (baseball)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|11|17|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2007|10|3|1924|11|17}}

| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 165

| position = Left Wing

| shoots = Left

| played_for = New York Rangers

| ntl_team = CAN

| career_start = 1942

| career_end = 1957

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William Harvey "The Dapper Yapper" Warwick (November 17, 1924 – October 3, 2007) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward. He played 14 games in the National Hockey League with the New York Rangers during the 1942–43 and 1943–44 seasons. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1942 to 1958, was spent in the minor leagues He was inducted into the Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame and Museum.[http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=c8bc6cfc-54c3-4068-90fd-aa2bfbed72b6 "Hall of Famer Warwick dead at 82,"] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121102221819/http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/sports/story.html?id=c8bc6cfc-54c3-4068-90fd-aa2bfbed72b6 |date=November 2, 2012 }} The Leader-Post; CanWest News Service, October 04, 2007.

Playing career

Born in Regina, Saskatchewan, Warwick was one of three hockey-playing brothers which included Dick and Grant. Sister Mildred played in the All-American Girls Professional Baseball League for the Rockford Peaches. Warwick began his hockey career with the Regina Abbotts. Most of his pro hockey career was spent in the minors, but he also played 14 games with the National Hockey League New York Rangers during the 1942 and 1944 season seasons. He had three goals and three assists with the Rangers.

All three Warwick brothers played on the Penticton Vees when they won the world men's hockey championship for Canada in 1955. Warwick said of the victory, "Boy, this was better than winning the Stanley Cup." During the championship game, Warwick scored two goals as the Canadian team decisively beat the Soviet Union 5–0. Warwick was named the tournament's top forward.

After he retired from hockey, Warwick opened a restaurant in Edmonton.

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1941–42

| Regina Abbotts

| S-SJHL

| 10

1348

| 5

4152
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| 1941–42

| Regina Abbotts

| M-Cup

| —

| 9

54913
1942–43

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 1

0114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1942–43

| New York Rovers

| EAHL

| 43

26295547

| 10

94136
1943–44

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 13

32512

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1943–44

| Brooklyn Crescents

| EAHL

| 2

0110

| 11

7111828
1943–44

| New York Rovers

| EAHL

| 27

14142834

| 11

791612
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1944–45

| Hershey Bears

| AHL

| 40

1071726

| 6

0000
1944–45

| New York Rovers

| EAHL

| 1

2132

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1945–46

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 8

04414

| —

1945–46

| Providence Reds

| AHL

| 34

1492320

| 2

0002
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| 1946–47

| Providence Reds

| AHL

| 18

481222

| —

1946–47

| Philadelphia Rockets

| AHL

| 46

21194020

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1947–48

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 3

0002

| —

1947–48

| Fort Worth Rangers

| USHL

| 46

23153841

| 4

1122
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| 1948–49

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 14

34710

| —

1948–49

| Fort Worth Rangers

| USHL

| 52

32275930

| 2

10115
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| 1949–50

| Minneapolis Millers

| USHL

| 70

35468147

| 7

3034
1949–50

| Cleveland Barons

| AHL

| —

| 2

0332
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1950–51

| Denver Falcons

| USHL

| 40

13233620

| —

1951–52

| Ottawa Senators

| QSHL

| 28

03330

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1951–52

| Halifax St. Mary's

| MMHL

| 39

17244118

| 9

32520
1952–53

| Penticton Vees

| OSHL

| 38

21345582

| 11

3111435
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1952–53

| Penticton Vees

| Al-Cup

| —

| 18

9112073
1953–54

| Penticton Vees

| OSHL

| 58

504595127

| 10

861428
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1953–54

| Penticton Vees

| Al-Cup

| —

| 24

8162460
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1954–55

| Penticton Vees

| OSHL

| 54

363773168

| —

1955–56

| Penticton Vees

| OSHL

| 49

324476210

| —

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| 1956–57

| Trail Smoke Eaters

| WIHL

| 45

273461166

| 9

25744
1957–58

| Kamloops Chiefs

| OSHL

| 47

172845148

| 8

25710
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! colspan="3" | OSHL totals

! 246 !! 156 !! 188 !! 344 !! 735

! 29 !! 13 !! 22 !! 35 !! 73

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! colspan="3" | USHL totals

! 208 !! 103 !! 111 !! 214 !! 138

! 13 !! 5 !! 1 !! 6 !! 21

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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 14 !! 3 !! 3 !! 6 !! 16

! — !! — !! — !! — !! —

=International=

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! Year

! Team

! Event

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! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1955

| Canada

| WC

| 8

1482212
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! colspan="4"| Senior totals

! 8 !! 14 !! 8 !! 22 !! 12

References

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