height_ft played_for death_date shoots weight_lb birth_place image_size career_end position height_in birth_date image article_title career_start
6 brooklyn americans chicago black hawks montreal canadiens 5 january 2006 left 170 montreal , qc , can 200px 1959 center 1 13 july 1922 file : ken mosdell 1950s.jpg ken mosdell
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ken mosdell

kenneth `` kenny '' mosdell -lrb- july 13 , 1922 in montreal , quebec -- january 5 , 2006 in montreal , quebec -rrb- was a canadian ice hockey forward .
ken played in the national hockey league from 1941 to 1942 , and 1944 to 1959 .
he played his career with the montreal canadiens , brooklyn americans , and chicago black hawks .
he was the last active nhl player to ever play for the brooklyn americans , and that also made him the last player until 1967 to play for an nhl team that was not part of the original six .
ken won four stanley cup with the montreal canadiens , 1946 , 1953 , 1956 , 1959 .
his 1954 `` parkies '' hockey card lists him as an all-star centre for the montreal canadiens , `` starting his 11th season with the canadiens . ''
in the 1953-1954 season , he was 6 ' 1 '' , 170 lbs .
`` shoots left '' .
in that season , he played 67 games and had 22 goals and 24 assists .
he was also a `` top notch defensive player and has been used many times in penalty killing roles .
during the summer he works building boxcars , swinging a sledge hammer all day to keep in top physical shape . ''
mosdell died january 5 , 2006 at the age of 83 .
his health had declined steadily after suffering a stroke three years previously .
