Roy Henkel

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

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| birth_name = Reinhold Henkel

| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|08|22}}

| birth_place = Briesen, German Empire (present-day Poland)

| death_date = {{death date and age|1981|10|06|1905|08|22}}

| death_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

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| played_for = Winnipeg Hockey Club (1932)

| ntl_team = Canada

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Reinhold "Roy" Henkel{{efn|Most sources spell his surname "Hinkel", but his listing in the British Columbia Death Index, [https://search-collections.royalbcmuseum.bc.ca/Image/Genealogy/64de34f8-4e7f-4b12-8635-02f64f64b596 death certificate], as well as the obituaries for him and his father, spell it "Henkel".}} (August 22, 1905 in Briesen, German Empire – October 6, 1981 in Vancouver){{Olympedia|86653|Roy Henkel}} was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Roy Henkel |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/roy-henkel-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203075847/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/he/roy-henkel-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}{{COC profile|roy-hinkel|Roy Hinkel}}{{Olympics.com|roy-hinkel|Roy Hinkel}}

Career

In 1932 Henkel was a member of the Winnipeg Hockey Club{{Ice hockey stats}} which won the World Championships and Olympic gold medal for Canada.{{cite web|url=http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HINKEROY01|title=Roy Hinkel|publisher=databaseOlympics.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100926165331/https://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=HINKEROY01|archive-date=2010-09-26}} He played all six matches and scored two goals. He played with the Winnipeg Monarchs through 1935, when the team won the World Championships. He was inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 2004 for being part of the Winnipeg Hockey Club roster that won the 1931 championship.

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