jammer2 Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 One of the all time greats, a playing career that spanned from 1950 to 1970. One 4 Cups with the Wings, one with Toronto later in his career. One of the all time great Spitfires also...at the time when the Spits were the farm team for the Red Wings. From his wiki page... "The Red Wings placed Pronovost with the Windsor Spitfires, one of their junior teams in the Ontario Hockey Association (OHA), beginning in 1947–48.[7] The Spitfires were a dominant team that season; Windsor finished with the best record in the OHA but lost the championship series to the Barrie Flyers after Detroit was forced to recall Windsor's goaltender, Terry Sawchuk, to one of their minor league teams. Pronovost believed that the Spitfires would have won the league title and gone on to play for the Memorial Cup if they hadn't lost Sawchuk.[1] At the same time, Pronovost also played for the Detroit Auto Club team in the International Hockey League (IHL). At the time an amateur league, the IHL based most of its teams in Detroit or Windsor and the majority of players were affiliated with the Red Wings.[8] Playing in the two leagues prepared Pronovost for the rigors of an NHL schedule. He played 52 games that season, and 51 in 1948–49.[8] Pronovost permanently moved to defence during his tenure with the Spitfires.[5] " He will be missed, had the pleasure of meeting him a few times, wonderful, compassionate human being!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottM Posted April 27, 2015 Share Posted April 27, 2015 Pronovost was one of the best, but unfortunately little mentioned blue-liners of all time. He's definitely among the top defensemen to never win the Norris. He was no doubt a major key to the Red Wings' success in the 50's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yave1964 Posted April 28, 2015 Share Posted April 28, 2015 Class act and an all time great Wing. Godspeed and condolences to the family. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jammer2 Posted April 28, 2015 Author Share Posted April 28, 2015 @yave1964 At least he lived a nice full life. He passed in Windsor, moved here when he played for the Spits, and kept his WIndsor home when he played for the Wings....left when traded to the Leafs, but came back home in retirement....a great, great Windsor resident and NHL ambassador!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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