Bryan Hextall Sr . Bryan Aldwyn Hextall Hextall is considered the dominant right winger of his day , leading the NHL in goal scoring twice ( 1939 - 40 & 1940 - 41 ) and in points once ( 1941 - 42 ) . He was selected to the NHL First All - Star Team in each of those 3 seasons and the Second All - Star Team in 1942 - 43 . < br > < br > actually started his career as a goalie at the age of 9 , because he could not skate . … his uncle Jack Bend , hockey guru of Poplar Point , moulded him into a outstanding defenseman . … in 1929 - 30 Poplar Point went to the provincial midget final . … and in 1930 - 31 won the provincial juvenile championship . … in 1932 - 33 led the WJrHL " B " Division in scoring . … half way thru 1933 - 34 , was suspended by the CAHA , one year , for a tampered birth certificate . … turned pro , joining the Vancouver Lions of the North West Hockey League . … Lions converted him into a left winger . … in 1934 - 35 the Lions won the league championship . … in 1935 - 36 led the league in goals . … promoted to IAHL the following year and again led the league in goals . … earned a 3 game call up to the NHL Rangers . … in 1937 - 38 stuck with the Rangers . … Lester Patrick put the left - handed shooter on right wing . … the move paid off , Hextall led the NHL in goals in 1939 - 40 and 1940 - 41 and in points in 1941 - 42 . … selected to the NHL First All - Star Team in each of those 3 seasons and the Second All - Star Team in 1942 - 43 . … mainly played on the Rangers ' top line with Phil Watson and Lynn Patrick . . . . scored perhaps the biggest goal in New York Rangers history on April 13 , 1940 , in overtime , in game six of the Stanley Cup finals in Toronto . . . . at the 2 : 07 mark of the fourth period , Hextall beat legendary goaltender Turk Broda to give New York a 3 - 2 victory in the game and a 4 - 2 series win to claim the Stanley Cup . . . . also durable , appeared in 340 consecutive games for the Rangers . . . . missed entire 1944 - 45 season after being refused permission to enter USA by War Mobilization Command . . . . 3 games into the 1945 - 46 season was hospitalized due to a liver ailment . … his doctors said he ' d never play hockey again and even had some doubt he ' d live . … overcame doctors expectations , appearing in all 60 games for the Rangers in 1946 - 47 . . . . his comeback was the hockey news of the year . . . . retired professionally after the 1948 - 49 season . . . . was on four Manitoba Intermediate Championship teams . . . . inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1969 . . . . battled circulation problems in his lower legs following his retirement , an ailment that ultimately led to the amputation of both legs below the knees in the fall of 1978 . … just over a year later , the Winnipeg Jets of the National Hockey League honoured Manitoba ’ s Hockey Hall of Famers . … and before the largest crowd in Manitoba hockey history and a national television audience , Hextall stubbornly refused to be taken out to center ice in a wheelchair and walked out proudly on crutches as thousands stood , cheered , and some wept openly with admiration for this magnificent old warrior . … inducted into the Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame in 1984 . . . . inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 . . . . selected to Manitoba ' s all - century Second All - Star Team in 2000 . . . .