Bob Solinger
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = Bob Solinger.jpg
| image_size = 230px
| caption = with the Edmonton Flyers, c. 1946
| position = Left wing
| played_for = Toronto Maple Leafs
Detroit Red Wings
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 9
| weight_lb = 170
| ntl_team =
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1925|12|23}}
| birth_place = Star City, Saskatchewan, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2014|12|10|1925|12|23}}
| death_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
| career_start = 1944
| career_end = 1969
| halloffame =
| website =
}}
Robert Edward "Solly" Solinger (December 23, 1925 – December 10, 2014) was a professional ice hockey player who played 99 games in the National Hockey League. Born in Star City, Saskatchewan, he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs and Detroit Red Wings. He was the first winner of the Dudley "Red" Garrett Memorial Award as rookie of the year in the American Hockey League.
Solinger won the Calder Cup five times during his playing career to share the record for most Calder Cups won with Les Duff, Fred Glover, and Mike Busniuk.{{Cite web | url=http://theahl.com/story-of-the-calder-cup-s11571 | title=Story of the Calder Cup | access-date=2014-07-10 | archive-date=2016-09-04 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160904183851/http://theahl.com/story-of-the-calder-cup-s11571 | url-status=dead }} He died on December 10, 2014.{{cite web| url = http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/edmontonjournal/obituary.aspx?pid=173448360| title = Robert SOLINGER Obituary (2014) - Edmonton, AB - Edmonton Journal| website = Legacy.com}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1944–45
| SJHL | 12 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 6
| 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1944–45 | Prince Albert Black Hawks | M-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 12 |
| 1945–46
| AHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1945–46 | EAHL | 44 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 50
| 12 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| 1946–47
| USHL | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1946–47 | WCSHL | 38 | 11 | 16 | 27 | 72
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1947–48
| Celeveland Barons | AHL | 67 | 40 | 29 | 69 | 41
| 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49 | Cleveland Barons | AHL | 68 | 16 | 31 | 47 | 29
| 5 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 4 |
| 1949–50
| AHL | 44 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 34
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1950–51 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 69 | 22 | 32 | 54 | 34
| 13 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 4 |
| 1951–52
| NHL | 24 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1951–52 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 44 | 23 | 20 | 43 | 24
| 11 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 4 |
| 1952–53
| Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 18 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1952–53 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 42 | 26 | 30 | 56 | 51
| 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 24 |
| 1953–54
| Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 39 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1953–54 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 22 | 10 | 19 | 29 | 4
| 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| 1954–55
| Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 17 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 11
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1954–55 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 46 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 36
| 10 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 6 |
| 1955–56
| Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 63 | 27 | 46 | 73 | 74
| 4 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1956–57 | AHL | 61 | 19 | 30 | 49 | 16
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
| 1957–58
| Hershey Bears | AHL | 66 | 16 | 32 | 48 | 28
| 11 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1958–59 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 69 | 12 | 24 | 36 | 46
| 12 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 23 |
| 1959–60
| NHL | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1959–60 | Hershey Bears | AHL | 45 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 18
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1959–60
| WHL | 21 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 14
| 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1960–61 | Edmonton Flyers | WHL | 67 | 23 | 19 | 42 | 10
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1961–62
| WHL | 70 | 30 | 55 | 85 | 4
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1962–63 | WHL | 67 | 33 | 43 | 76 | 28
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| 1963–64
| Los Angeles Blades | WHL | 59 | 13 | 20 | 33 | 25
| 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1964–65 | Red Deer Ruslters | AIHA | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1964–65
| Lacombe Rockets | CAHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1965–66 | Lacombe Rockets | ASHL | 30 | 12 | 10 | 22 | 59
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| 1965–66
| Drumheller Rockets | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1966–67 | Edmonton Nuggets | WCSHL | 25 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 26
| 8 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| 1967–68
| Edmonton Nuggets | WCSHL | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 6
| — | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1968–69 | Edmonton Monarchs | ASHL | 30 | 8 | 25 | 33 | 36
| 6 | 0 | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | AHL totals ! 707 !! 241 !! 349 !! 590 !! 435 ! 97 !! 39 !! 53 !! 92 !! 92 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 99 !! 10 !! 11 !! 21 !! 19 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=14395}}
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