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Max Labovitch

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox Ice Hockey Player

| image = LabovitchMax.png

| image_size = 180px

| caption =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1924|1|18|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2018|1|14|1924|1|18}}

| death_place = Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 165

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| played_for = New York Rangers

| career_start = 1942

| career_end = 1950

}}

Max Labovitch (January 18, 1924 – January 14, 2018) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player.{{cite web|url=http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport%3Dhockey%26ID%3D14 |title= Labovitch, Max : Jews in Sports @ Virtual Museum |accessdate=2010-05-12 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110525134739/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=14 |archivedate=2011-05-25 }} He was Jewish.

Biography

Labovitch played professional hockey for ten years and missed two seasons due to military service (1942–43 and 1944–45). In 1941–42, he played for the New Haven Eagles of the American Hockey League. In 1943–44 he saw time with both the New York Rangers and the New York Rovers. In 1945, he played for the Vancouver Pros and the Stan Evan Orioles of Winnipeg.

He did not retire from hockey until after the 1949–50 season. That year, he had 42 points in 49 games for the Toledo Buckeyes of the IHL.

Labovitch was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in February 2001. He died in January 2018 at the age of 93.{{cite web |url=https://passages.winnipegfreepress.com/passage-details/id-252136/LABOVITCH_MAX |title=Max Labovitch - Obituary |website=Winnipeg Free Press |date=January 16, 2018 |accessdate=January 16, 2018}}

See also

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20061116132015/http://www.newyorkrangers.com/tradition/ATR/bio.asp?PlayerID=586&FirstName=Max&LastName=Labovitch newyorkrangers.com]
  • [http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php3?pid=14586 hockeydb]
  • [http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/vp_zolf/20020131.html cbc]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110525134739/http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=hockey&ID=14 jewsinsports.org]
  • [http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=13257 legendsofhockey.net]

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Category:1924 births

Category:2018 deaths

Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States

Category:Canadian ice hockey right wingers

Category:Canadian military personnel of World War II

Category:Ice hockey people from Winnipeg

Category:Jewish Canadian sportspeople

Category:New York Rovers players

Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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