Alex Shibicky, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Alex Shibicky

ice hockey player

Date of Birth: 19-May-1914

Place of Birth: Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada

Date of Death: 09-Jul-2005

Profession: ice hockey player

Nationality: Canada

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Alexandre Dimitri Shibicky (May 19, 1914 – July 9, 2005) was an ice hockey forward who played for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League from 1935 to 1946. Shibicky was also a Stanley Cup winner in 1940, and the vice-president of the first incarnation of the National Hockey League Players Association, but he is best known for being the first player to use a slapshot, which he did in 1937.
He said he learned it in practice from teammate Fred "Bun" Cook during the 1935–36 season.
He also spent three years in the Canadian Forces during World War II.