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Old 01-18-2009, 05:31 PM   #337
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Ah crap sorry guys I was stupid hung over then I had to go ref so I wasn't feeling like doing much of anything this morning...

Anyways with our 7th round pick, the Bawlf Blawkhawks would like to select Frank Nighbor in the position of centre



Julius Francis "Frank" Nighbor (January 26, 1893 in Pembroke, Ontario – April 13, 1966) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League (NHL) and National Hockey Association(NHA) and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). An excellent backchecker, his poke check and bodychecking abilities thwarted enemy forwards' scoring attempts.[1] For his somewhat high penalty totals, he was a clean player and one of the last 60 minute hockey players.

Although he was a consummate team player, Nighbor received a number of significant individual accolades during his career in Ottawa. Following the 1922-23 season, he became the first-ever winner of the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player in the NHL. Two years later he was invited to Rideau Hall by avid fan Lady Byng, the wife of Canada's Governor General. Nighbor didn't know it, but she'd had a new trophy made to be given to the most gentlemanly player in the league. He was even more surprised to find that it was Lady Byng's intention to inaugurate the new trophy by presenting it to him, based on his performance in the 1924-25 season. Nighbor repeated as the Lady Byng winner in 1925-26.

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