Butch Keeling Melville Sydney " Butch " Keeling ( August 10 , 1905 in Owen Sound , Ontario – November 12 , 1984 in Toronto , Ontario ) was a professional hockey player . A left winger , he played 12 National Hockey League seasons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New York Rangers . Keeling began his hockey career in his hometown , learning the game at Victoria Public School under the tutelage of principal Henry Kelso , for whom Owen Sound ' s Kelso Beach was named . Several Victoria students , including Keeling , eventually ended up playing for the city ' s junior club , the Owen Sound Greys . He was a key member of the Greys when they captured their first Memorial Cup as Canadian junior hockey champions in 1924 , scoring an incredible 37 goals and 46 points in only 15 playoff games . Keeling ' s pro career began in 1926 – 27 with the London Panthers of the Canadian Professional Hockey League , although he was quickly elevated to the NHL ' s Toronto St . Patricks , with whom he had signed as a free agent on September 7 , 1926 . The St . Pats changed their name to the Maple Leafs later that season . Despite playing in only 30 of Toronto ' s 44 games , Keeling finished fourth in team scoring with 11 goals and 13 points , right behind fellow Owen Sound native Hap Day . He repeated that showing in 1927 – 28 , again placing right behind Day , but was traded to the New York Rangers on the eve of the 1928 – 29 season . He and goaltender John Ross Roach were packaged off to the Big Apple for another netminder , Lorne Chabot . Keeling slumped to only six goals and nine points , although he did lead the league in playoff goals and points as the Rangers marched to the final against the Boston Bruins . Boston swept the best - of - three series for its first Stanley Cup win ; among the victorious Bruins were Cooney Weiland , who had starred with Keeling on the 1924 Greys . Keeling continued to rebound in 1929 – 30 , registering career bests in goals ( 19 ) and points ( 26 ) . Once again , he ended up fourth in team scoring . The Rangers went back to the Cup final in 1931 – 32 against Toronto but were again swept aside . It was another bitter disappointment for Keeling to see even more of his old mates skating off the Cup . But he and his new club got revenge in a rematch the following year , on April 13 , 1933 . Toronto ' s Maple Leaf Gardens was the site of Game 4 of the 1933 Cup final , and the Rangers held a 2 – 1 lead in the best - of - five series . The contest was scoreless through three periods but was decided at the 7 : 33 mark of sudden - death overtime . Keeling had finally won the Stanley Cup , but his finest campaign as a professional was still yet to come . In 1936 – 37 he led the Rangers with a career - high 22 goals ( third in the league ) and matched his previous career best with 26 points . He was fourth in team scoring for the fifth time ( he never did place higher than fourth in any of his NHL seasons ) and also posted high - water marks in the playoffs , notching three goals and five points as the Rangers advanced to a fifth and deciding game in the Stanley Cup final against the Detroit Red Wings . He left the NHL after the 1937 – 38 season and played one year with the Philadelphia Ramblers , a Rangers farm team in the International - American Hockey League . Keeling was also the team ' s captain . He then became a player - coach with the Kansas City Greyhounds of the American Hockey Association . Keeling later returned to the NHL , spending three seasons as a referee . During Keeling ' s NHL career , he played in 526 regular season games , scoring 157 goals and 220 points . He added five goals and 11 points in 26 playoff contests . He was 79 years old when he died suddenly at his Toronto home in 1984 .