Tony Joseph Leswick (March 17, 1923, in Humbolt, Saskatchewan, Canada – July 1, 2001, in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada) was a former ice hockey forward who played mostly for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Nicknamed "Tough Tony" and "Mighty Mouse", he was known also as a little pest. Little, because he stood just 5'7" tall and weighed 160lbs. He is most famous for scoring the final goal in overtime of game seven of th...
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Tony Joseph Leswick (March 17, 1923, in Humbolt, Saskatchewan, Canada – July 1, 2001, in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada) was a former ice hockey forward who played mostly for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings of the NHL. Nicknamed "Tough Tony" and "Mighty Mouse", he was known also as a little pest. Little, because he stood just 5'7" tall and weighed 160lbs. He is most famous for scoring the final goal in overtime of game seven of the 1954 Stanley Cup final.
Leswick played his junior hockey in Saskatoon with the Dodgers and Quakers, and quickly started turning heads. In 1942, Leswick finally jumping into the AHL with the Cleveland Barons and scored 40 points in only 52 games. He moved onto the PCHL in the following season to play for the New Westminster Royals. Scoring 36 points in 19 games there, he followed up his great season by joining with HMCS CHIPPAWA of the Winnipeg Navy, where he helped to win the 1944–1945 Basil Baker trophy for inter-service hockey. The New...
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