Mickey_Roach

Mickey Roach

Mickey Roach

Ice hockey player

This article is about the Canadian ice hockey player. For the Australian cricketer, see Mickey Roche. For the Boston political figure, see Francis Roache.

Michael Richard Roach (May 7, 1895 – April 1, 1977) was a Canadian-born[1] professional ice hockey player who played eight seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, Hamilton Tigers and New York Americans. He was born in Glace Bay, Nova Scotia but moved to Boston, Massachusetts during his early life.[2]

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Following his retirement from hockey, he joined the Canadian Customs office in Sydney, Nova Scotia. Roach later joined the Glace Bay baseball team, playing in the Cape Breton Professional Baseball League where was a left-handed star at both first and third base. Mickey Roach is an original member of the Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame.[3]

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References

  1. [1]
    "Third String Goalie: 1920-21 Hamilton Tigers Mickey Roach Jersey". 7 May 2015.
  2. [2]
    Next Goal Wins!: The Ultimate NHL Historian's One-of-a-Kind Collection of Hockey Trivia (pp.189-190), by Liam Maguire, Random House (2012), ISBN 0307363414
  3. [3]
    "Nova Scotia Sport Hall of Fame > Inductees > Search > Inductee Details". Archived from the original on 2018-09-08. Retrieved 2018-09-08.


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