Gaye Cooley

Gaye Cooley (born July 6, 1946 in Kirkland Lake, Ontario) is a Canadian former ice hockey goaltender.
After leaving Michigan State University in 1967, Cooley began his professional career in the Eastern Hockey League with the Knoxville Knights and then moved to the International Hockey League with the Port Huron Flags and the Des Moines Oak Leafs. Cooley returned to the EHL with the Charlotte Checkers before moving to the American Hockey League's Rochester Americans but after one season he returned to the Checkers who were now playing in the Southern Hockey League, one of two leagues formed after the EHL folded. After three seasons, he moved to the Philadelphia Firebirds of the North American Hockey League, the other league formed from the EHL's closure. 
He played 1 playoff game for the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association in the 1975-76 WHA season before finishing his career with one more season with the Checkers.
He won the James Norris Memorial Trophy (IHL) in 1969-70 as the International Hockey League's leading goaltender.
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Category:Born in 1946
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