Lude Check Ludic Check ( May 22 , 1917 – May 11 , 2009 ) was a professional hockey player who played for the Detroit Red Wings and the Chicago Blackhawks in the National Hockey League . After several years of hockey in Manitoba , Saskatchewan and New York , Check was signed by the Montreal Canadiens after a season playing with the Quebec Senior Hockey League in 1943 . In his first NHL season , he played only one professional game , with the Red Wings in 1944 . Check was then loaned to the Blackhawks , where he played 26 games in his final NHL season . The Canadiens then renewed his contract and sent him to the Ottawa " Senior " Senators of the Quebec Senior Hockey League , where he spent the last six seasons of his career . Check was a part of two Allan Cup - winning teams , in 1944 and 1949 , and became a sales representative in later life . He died on May 11 , 2009 in Ottawa , Ontario at the age of 91 . Early life . Check was born in Brandon , Manitoba on May 22 , 1917 . Alongside Frank Stahan , Check played two seasons from 1936 through 1938 with the Brandon Wheat Kings of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League . He played two seasons for the Regina Aces ( later renamed the Regina Vic - Aces ) of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League from 1938 through 1940 before deciding to continue his career at the professional level . At the peak of his career , Check stood five feet , ten inches tall and weighed 165 pounds . Hockey career . After these teams Check , a left winger , spent a season with the New York Rovers of the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . Although the team finished last , he nevertheless was responsible for 21 goals and 20 assists . This was followed by a year with the Sydney Millionaires of the Cape Breton Senior Hockey League , producing 29 goals and 22 assists . During the 1942 – 1943 season , Check was signed by the National Hockey League ' s Montreal Canadiens , although he continued to play for the Quebec Aces of the Quebec Senior Hockey League through 1944 , scoring for them a total of 60 goals and 40 assists . His only NHL game during this period was played with the Detroit Red Wings on March 11 , 1944 , when the Canadiens provided him as an emergency injury replacement , and he did not score any points . Check did , however , win his first Allan Cup while playing with the Aces , defeating the Port Arthur Shipbuilders in 1944 . For the 1944 - 1945 season , he was loaned to the Chicago Blackhawks , playing 26 games and scoring six goals and two assists . Check spent the rest of his career with the Ottawa Senators of the QSHL , after having his contract re - purchased by the Canadiens and being loaned out . He competed in the Allan Cup twice more . In 1948 his team lost to the Edmonton Eskimos , but captured the championship in 1949 after facing off against the Regina Capitals . In six seasons with the Senators , he scored a total of 81 goals and 84 assists , placing him among the top ten league scorers four times . He retired after the 1950 – 1951 season . Later life . Check died on May 11 , 2009 at the age of 91 in Ottawa , Ontario . At the time of his death , he was one of the last surviving players from Ottawa ' s last Allan Cup championship team , the Senior Senators of 1949 .