Vic Ripley

{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| name = Vic Ripley

| image = Vic Ripley, Feb. 1929 (cropped).jpg

| image_size = 150 px

| position = Left Wing

| played_for = Chicago Black Hawks
Boston Bruins
New York Rangers
St. Louis Eagles

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 170

| birth_date = {{birth date|1906|5|30}}

| birth_place = Rideau Lakes, Ontario, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|3|26|1906|5|30}}

| death_place = Las Vegas Valley, Nevada, U.S.

| career_start = 1925

| career_end = 1944

}}

Victor Merrick Ripley (May 30, 1906 – March 26, 1962) was a Canadian hockey winger who played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers, and St. Louis Eagles. He also played several years in various minor leagues from 1925 to 1944.{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=14127#.UTBUgeuqaz4 |title=NHL Player Search - Player - Vic Ripley |publisher=Legends of Hockey |access-date=2013-03-01}} Ripley was later a golf pro at the Desert Inn in Paradise, Nevada. He was born in Elgin, Ontario. Ripley died of a heart attack on March 26, 1962."Las Vegas Golf Pro Ripley Dies", Reno Evening Gazette, Wednesday, March 28, 1962, Reno, Nevada, United States Of America

Ripley scored the 1,000th regular-season goal in Boston Bruins' history. It was Boston's lone goal in a 4–1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden on December 12, 1933. It was the same game in which Toronto's Ace Bailey suffered a career-ending head injury.