The Icelandic Canadian - 01.02.2007, Side 27

Vol. 60 #4
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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1975-76 while forming a solid line with
Gerry O'Flaherty and Garry Monahan.
By the 1980-81 season, the Canucks
were leaning toward using Thomas
Gradin, Per-Olav Brasar Ivan Boldirev,
and Gerry Minor at centre. Oddliefson
was dispatched to the Dallas Black
Hawks of the CHL where he averaged
over a point per game before retiring in
1981.
JOE MAGNUS THORSTEINSON
Right-winger Joe Thorsteinson
played four games for the New York
Americans in 1932-33. He was best
known as a fine checker who could
provide a bit of offense in the AHA.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Thorsteinson played two years with the
senior Selkirk Fishermen then moved
to Alberta to spend a season with the
Coleman Tigers. The industrious for-
ward then joined the Winnipeg
Maroons of the AHA and the Prairie
League's Moose Jaw Maroons and
Regina Capitals.
Begiining in 1928-29, Thorsteinson
spent four years with several different
AHA clubs. In 1930-31 he recorded his
only 20-goal season with the Buffalo
Majors and made into four NHI games
with the Americans two years later.
During the last three years of his career
he bounced around the WCHL, AHA,
Can Am and Central League's before
retiring in 1935.
CULLY WILSON
Right-winger Carol "Cully" Wilson
played 125 NHL games on four differ-
ent teams between 1919 and 1927.
He was a talented goal scorer who also
attained success in the PCHA, NHA,
minors and senior leagues.
Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Wilson
first made a name for himself in his
hometown with the senior Falcons and
Monarchs. He then spent four years in
the NHA with the Toronto Blueshirts
and played on the 1914 club that
defeated the Victoria Cougars to win
the Stanley Cup.
Wilson then shifted to the Seattle
Metropolitans of the PCHA and was a
member of the 1917 Stanley Cup
squad, the first US-based champion.
He remained in Seattle after the NHL
was formed but was signed as a free
agent by the Toronto St. Pats prior to
the 1919-20 season. Early the next
year he was loaned to the Montreal
Canadiens, which didn't sit well with
Wilson who felt slighted. After a few
games he was recalled by the St. Pats
but refused to report and was sus-
pended for the remainder of the 1921-
22 season.
The crafty forward moved on to the
Hamilton Tigers and enjoyed two solid
years. This was followed by three years
with the Calgary Tigers of the WCHL
before a brief return to the NHL with
Chicago in 1926-27. Wilson spent
most of his last five years in the
American Hockey Association before
retiring in 1932.
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