Bill Cupolo

Bill Cupolo
Born (1924-01-08)January 8, 1924
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Died December 7, 2005(2005-12-07) (aged 81)
Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight 165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Boston Bruins
Playing career 1944–1955

William Arnold Cupolo (January 8, 1924 – December 7, 2005) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger. He played 47 games in the National Hockey League for the Boston Bruins during the 1944–45 season. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1944 to 1955, was spent in various minor leagues.

Playing career

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Cupolo was born in Niagara Falls, Ontario. He began his career at Memorial School and graduated to play minor hockey in the Falls.

In 1941, he was recruited by Stratford, where he won the Junior B title in 1941-42. The following season the team moved up to Major Junior "A" and became known as the Stratford Kroehlers.[1]

The Boston Bruins invited him to their camp in 1943. Cupolo went to enlist in the armed forces but was diagnosed with tuberculosis and faced a 14-month recovery.

In 1944, he again went to the Bruins training camp, but this time made the team. He had 24 points in 47 games in the 1944-45 season.

After playing in the American Hockey League from 1945 to 1949, Cupolo played he played in the United States and Pacific Coast Leagues, and later Senior "A" hockey in Ontario, before moving on to Italy where he was a player-coach for Milan, and also coached the Italian National Hockey Team.[1]

He returned to Niagara Falls after his hockey career and resided there until he died in 2005.

Career statistics

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Regular season and playoffs

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Regular season Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1942–43 Stratford Kroehlers OHA 16 14 22 36 6 2 3 3 6 0
1942–43 Stratford Kroelhers M-Cup 9 1 8 9 14
1943–44 Stratford Kroehlers OHA
1944–45 Boston Bruins NHL 47 11 13 24 10 7 1 2 3 0
1945–46 Hershey Bears AHL 25 4 9 13 21
1945–46 New Haven Eagles AHL 17 4 5 9 4
1946–47 Springfield Indians AHL 50 8 12 20 38 2 0 0 0 2
1947–48 Springfield Indians AHL 17 1 4 5 2
1948–49 Fort Worth Rangers USHL 50 12 20 32 32 2 1 0 1 0
1949–50 Seattle Ironmen PCHL 70 25 20 45 26 4 0 2 2 0
1950–51 Sydney Millionaires CBMHL 49 20 28 48 54
1951–52 Sydney Millionaires MMHL 41 12 19 31 42
1951–52 New Haven Tomahawks EAHL 29 19 10 29 25 9 3 2 5 2
1952–53 Washington Lions EAHL 13 4 2 6 12
1952–53 Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen OHA Sr 41 12 16 28 36
1953–54 Stratford Indians OHA Sr 54 9 27 36 47 7 1 4 5 4
1954–55 HC Milan Inter ITA
AHL totals 109 17 30 47 65 2 0 0 0 2
NHL totals 47 11 13 24 10 7 1 2 3 0

References

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  1. ^ a b Imagenflibrary.ca Archived 2017-08-18 at the Wayback Machine
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