Nick Metz

Nicholas John Metz (February 16, 1914 in Wilcox, Saskatchewan – August 24, 1990) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs.
==Playing career==
Metz played his entire NHL career in a Leaf uniform. He won 4 Stanley Cups with the Leafs and was one of the more efficient penalty-killers of his day. He played 518 career NHL games, scoring 131 goals and 119 assists for 250 points. His brother, Don Metz also played his entire career with the Toronto Maple Leafs.
He played two years of junior hockey with the St. Michael's Majors in 1932-33 and 1933-34, winning the Memorial Cup in the latter year.
In 1942-43 and 1943-44 he played senior hockey in Nanaimo.
Metz retired in 1948.
==Awards==
*Memorial Cup Champion 1934 (St. Michael's)
*Stanley Cup Champion 1942, 1945, 1947, 1948 (Toronto)
==Gallery==
16Apr1939-Bruins_Leafs.jpg|Bruins Brimsek, #5 Clapper, #19 Crawford and #12 Hollett hold off Leafs #15 Metz, Game 5 of the 1939 Finals, April 16, 1939.
1940-Nov17-N.Metz-Hollett-Kampman-Schmidt.jpg|Flash Hollett and Milt Schmidt scrum with Nick Metz and Rudolph Kampman, November 17, 1940.
1944-Dec27-McAuley-N.Metz.jpg|Nick Metz scores on Ken McAuley, December 17, 1944.
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Category:Born in 1914
Category:Dead in 1990
Category:Canadian ice hockey players
Category:Toronto St. Michael's Majors alumni
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Toronto Maple Leafs players
Category:Memorial Cup winners
Category:Syracuse Stars (IHL) players
Category:Retired in 1948