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May 19, 1914 Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada Died on 09 Jul 2005 (aged 91)
ice hockey player
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About Alex Shibicky
- 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.
