Leo Reise, Jr.

Leo Charles Reise Jr. (born 7 June, 1922) was a professional ice hockey player in the NHL and son of former pro Leo Reise. He was born in Stoney Creek, Ontario.
==Playing Career==
Following junior hockey in Brantford and Guelph, Reise enlisted in the navy where he played for the naval teams of Victoria, Halifax and Winnipeg where he played on the 1945 Basil Baker trophy winning team. Leo Reise began his NHL career following the end of World War II playing six games with the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1945–46 NHL season. Part way through the next season, he was traded to the Detroit Red Wings where he remained until the end of the 1951–52 NHL season. He finished his last two seasons, 1952–53 and 1953–54, with the New York Rangers. In 494 NHL games, he recorded 28 goals and 109 points.
He won two Stanley Cups with the Detroit Red Wings in 1950 and 1952.
==Trivia==
When Leo Reise Jr. entered the NHL in 1945, it was the first time in league history that a father and son had both made it to the NHL level.
==Awards and Achievements==
*USHL First All-Star Team (1946)
*NHL Second All-Star Team (1950, 1951)
*Played in NHL All-Star Game (1950, 1951, 1952, 1953)
==Video==
An incredible video featuring the 1951 off-season activities of 15 NHL players in the days when most worked during the summer. Brief, excellent game footage of each is shown. Players featured are Ted Lindsay, Johnny Peirson, Bill Mosienko, Bill Gadsby, Bill Juzda, Leo Reise, Jack Gelineau, Edgar Laprade, Doug and Max Bentley, Chuck Rayner, Gus Mortson, Pentti Lund, Glen Harmon, Elmer Lach.
Canadian Cameo, Hockey Stars' Summer (1951)
==External Links==
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*Reise Jr. at Legends of Hockey
Category:Guelph Biltmores alumni
Category:Brantford Lions alumni
Category:Owen Sound Mercurys players
Category:Victoria Navy players
Category:Halifax Navy players
Category:Winnipeg Navy players
Category:Born in 1922
Category:Chicago Blackhawks players
Category:Detroit Red Wings players
Category:New York Rangers players
Category:Stanley Cup champions
Category:Kansas City Pla-Mors (USHL) players
Category:Indianapolis Capitals players
Category:Retired in 1955