Victor Merrick Ripley (May 30, 1906 – March 26, 1962) was a professional hockey centerman who played 7 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Chicago Black Hawks, Boston Bruins, New York Rangers and St.
Louis Eagles.
Ripley was later a golf pro at the Desert Inn Country Club in Las Vegas.
He died of a heart attack on March 26, 1962.Ripley scored the 1,000th regular-season goal in Boston Bruins' history.
It was Boston's lone goal in a 4-1 loss to the Toronto Maple Leafs at Boston Garden on December 12, 1933.
It was the same game in which Toronto's Ace Bailey suffered a horrific career-ending head injury.