Noel Price
INDUCTED INTO THE BROCKVILLE & AREA HALL OF FAME JUNE 9, 2000.
BORN IN BROCKVILLE IN 1935, NOEL PRICE ENJOYED A 20-YEAR PRO HOCKEY CAREER. HE BEGAN A 14-YEAR NHL CAREER WITH THE TORONTO MAPLE LEAFS IN 1957 AND STINTS WITH THE NEW YORK RANGERS, DETROIT RED WINGS. MONTREAL CANADIENS, PITTSBURG PENGUINS, LOS ANGELES KINGS AND ATLANTA.
NOEL PLAYED ON THE STANLEY CUP WINNING MONTREAL CANADIENS OF 1965-66. A 771 GAME CAREER IN THE AHL INCLUDED FOUR 4 CALDER CUPS, 4 ALL STAR TEAM SELECTIONS AND A RECORD THREE-TIME WINNER OF ‘THE EDDIE SHORE’ TROPHY FOR BEST DEFENCEMAN. NOEL WAS ALSO CHOSEN THE BEST DEFENCEMAN IN THE HISTORY OF THE SPRINGFIELD INDIANS. ALWAYS A DEFENSIVE DEFENCEMAN, NOEL SERVED AS A MENTOR FOR YOUNGER PLAYERS, INCLUDING HALL OF FAME MEMBER LARRY ROBINSON. NOEL PRICE IS A MEMBER OF THE SPRINGFIELD INDIANS’ HALL OF FAME AS WELL AS BEING A MEMBER OF NOVA SCOTIA’S SPORTS HALL OF FAME.
