Clinton Hockey Club / Comets Rosters (1928 – 1972)
Clinton Hockey Club / Comets Rosters (1928 – 1972)
The Clinton Hockey Club, a professional hockey team, was begun by Edward Stanley in 1928. Mr. Stanley, a 1923 graduate of Clinton High School, graduated from Hamilton College in 1927. His first teams played home games on an outdoor rink in Clinton and on many occasions, at Hamilton’s Sage Rink.
The team’s name was changed to the Clinton Comets when the team opened Clinton’s second covered arena in 1949. The Comets joined the legendary Eastern Hockey League in 1955 and played in Clinton until 1973. At least 50 of the Clinton Comets from the EHL years played in the National Hockey League as well.
| Player | Season | Birthplace |
| Howard Chappell | 1928-31 | Clinton, NY |
| Clark Pringle | 1928-30 | Clinton, NY |
| Ed Ganey | 1928-35 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack McManus | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Tom Watkins | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Williams | 1928-46 | Clinton, NY |
| Chuck Hovey | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Burt Prettyman | 1928-40 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack Casey | 1928-30 | Clinton, NY |
| Paul Hoff | 1935-40 | Clinton, NY |
| Brudy Brown | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack Pegnim | 1935-40 | Clinton, NY |
| Ralph Clark | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Dwight Strain | 1928-33 | Clinton, NY |
| Harold Bates | 1928-30 | Clinton, NY |
| Glyn Davies | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Hezzie Van Camp | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Vincent Jones | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Paul Schneider | 1929-30 | Clinton, NY |
| Mart Collmer | 1930-33 | Clinton, NY |
| Raymond ‘Pete’ Coe | 1930-41 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Dawes | 1930-37 | Clinton, NY |
| Robert Suppe | 1930-36 | Clinton, NY |
| John Schilling | 1946-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Wilfred Goering | 1928-51 | Clinton, NY |
| Jim Sherman | 1928-29 | Clinton, NY |
| Vincent ‘Knobby’ Clark | 1930-34 | Clinton, NY |
| Lynn Cackett | 1930-31 | Clinton, NY |
| Robert Hayes | 1939-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Palmer Cutter | 1930-31 | Clinton, NY |
| Hap Hassard | 1930-31 | Clinton, NY |
| Ken Scagel | 1931-37 | Clinton, NY |
| Jim Benson | 1940-41 | Clinton, NY |
| Charles Maclean | 1931-32 | Clinton, NY |
| John Dixon | 1931-32 | Clinton, NY |
| Charley Ganey | 1932-34 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack Young | 1940-41 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Pegnim | 1933-39 | Clinton, NY |
| Gordon Hayes | 1945-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Fred ‘Bud’ Griffin | 1934-40 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Burns | 1939-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Frannie Jones | 1934-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Greg ‘Red’ Burns | 1945-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Stan Gilbert | 1937-38 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Mather | 1946-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Bunny Riley | 1938-39 | Clinton, NY |
| Harold Crane | 1938-39 | Clinton, NY |
| Dana Babcock | 1947-49 | Manlius, NY |
| Jack Young | 1940-41 | Clinton, NY |
| Ed ‘Biff’ Bates | 1928-47 | Clinton, NY |
| John Falbo | 1941-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill DeStefano | 1941-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Stuie Brown | 1947-49 | Unknown |
| Hank Evans | 1941-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack Kennedy | 1941-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Nick Burns | 1947-49 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Weimer | 1941-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Leslie Moran | 1941-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Dick Carmer | 1945-46 | Syracuse, NY |
| William Squires | 1941-42 | Clinton, NY |
| Howie Dawes | 1935-49 | Clinton, NY |
| Jack Morrow | 1945-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Morrow | 1945-46 | Clinton, NY |
| Carl Knapp | 1945-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Joy | 1945-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Galante | 1946-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Howie Morehouse | 1946-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Miller | 1946-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Chet Pietkowski | 1946-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Jim O’Brien | 1946-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Blake | 1946-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Frank Blake | 1946-47 | Clinton, NY |
| Charlie Redmond | 1947-49 | Clinton, NY |
| Ray Patton | 1948-49 | Clinton, NY |
| Danny Gettino | 1940-49 | Syracuse, NY |
| Don Hogan | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Ed Bjorness | 1950 | Brooklyn, NY |
| Zinzi Mascette | 1940-49 | Syracuse, NY |
| Peppy Miguel | 1940-49 | Unknown |
| James Scala | 1946-48 | Clinton, NY |
| Art Scoones | 1932-49 | Clinton, NY |
| Nick Staropoli | 1948-49 | Unknown |
| Al Austin | 1949-51 | Memphis, TN |
| Greg Batt | 1946-56 | Buffalo, NY |
| Lew Burgwin | 1948-51 | Halifax, NS |
| Bernard Burns | 1945-54 | Clinton, NY |
| Dick Burns | 1945-52 | Clinton, NY |
| Jim Burns | 1945-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Edward ‘Bud’ Crutchley | 1948-52 | Unknown |
| Dick Dockrell | 1948-50 | Hartford, CT |
| Thomas Dockrell | 1949-53 | Stoneham, MA |
| Mark Galloway | 1948-50 | Syracuse, NY |
| Olav ‘Ole’ Kollevoll | 1946-51 | Kristiansand, Norway |
| Fred ‘Bus’ Kroll | 1949-53 | Rome, NY |
| Tom Lewis | 1949-51 | Syracuse, NY |
| Mike Nardello | 1949-54 | New York, NY |
| Lee Nickerson | 1948-51 | Canada |
| Art Simmons | 1948-53 | Syracuse, NY |
| Bootie Smith | 1949-53 | Rome, NY |
| Harmon Tarolli | 1940-50 | Solvay, NY |
| Benjamin Williams | 1948-53 | Utica, NY |
| John Bourada | 1950-54 | Gatineau Mills, PQ |
| Mark Reynolds | 1950-51 | Clinton, NY |
| Ed Nicholson | 1951-52 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Crew | 1950-52 | Unknown |
| Bob DeVinney | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Owens | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Bob Fitchard | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Matoon | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Gordon Jamieson | 1950-56 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Jerry Steiner | 1949-50 | Clinton, NY |
| Evrette ‘Hot Dog’ Jones | 1949-53 | Rome, NY |
| Jack Burns | 1947-52 | Clinton, NY |
| Guy Langlois | 1951-53 | St. Jean, PQ |
| Robert Lunny | 1951-54 | Westmount, PQ |
| Gig Rowland | 1951-52 | Rome, NY |
| Don Smith | 1951-52 | Regina, SASK |
| Bill Breen | 1952-54 | Guelph, ONT |
| Erwin Duncan | 1952-53 | Vernon, ONT |
| Edwin Duncan | 1952-53 | Vernon, ONT |
| Paul Bock | 1952-54 | Clinton, NY |
| Giuseppe ‘Tony’ Griffi | 1952-53 | Niagara Falls, ONT |
| Roger Fortin | 1952-53 | Clinton, NY |
| Marvin Thomson | 1952-54 | Prescott, ONT |
| Don Ellis | 1952-53 | Clinton, NY |
| Cliff Baldwin | 1953-54 | Canada |
| Hal Kewley | 1953-54 | Toronto, ONT |
| Tom Morrisey | 1953-54 | Clinton, NY |
| George Steele | 1952-58 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Sid Puddicombe | 1953-54 | Canada |
| Bruce Woodman | 1952-54 | Wolfe Island, ONT |
| Fran Carroll | 1953-60 | Hespeler, ONT |
| Jim Johnson | 1953-56 | Midland, ONT |
| Alfred Menchini | 1953-58 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Dan Morgan | 1953-54 | Wilkes-Barre, PA |
| Al Mockler | 1953-54 | Unknown |
| Edgar Blondin | 1954-55 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Ronnie Campaigne | 1954-55 | Unknown |
| Doug Coxon | 1954-57 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Angie Defelice | 1954-62 | Timmins, ONT |
| George Gennings | 1954-55 | Welland, ONT |
| Gordon Harley | 1954-55 | Niagara Falls, ONT |
| Frank Holliday | 1954-55 | Timmins, ONT |
| Doug Houston | 1954-55 | South Porcupine, ONT |
| Billy Lynn | 1954-55 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Bill ‘Beezy’ Ness | 1954-55 | Niagara Falls, ONT |
| Carlton Porteous | 1954-55 | Unknown |
| William Ross | 1954-55 | Unknown |
| Eddie Shamlock | 1954-55 | Camrose, ALTA |
| Bob Taylor | 1954-55 | Belleville, ONT |
| Jack Timmins | 1954-57 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Abraham Wiebe | 1954-55 | Altona, MAN |
| Archie Burton | 1955-58 | Sudbury, ONT |
| Nick Donaleshen | 1955-56 | Saskatoon, SASK |
| Charles Doran | 1955-56 | Canada |
| Gerry Frizzelle | 1955-56 | Peterborough, ONT |
| Ken Grabeldinger | 1955-57 | Saskatoon, SASK |
| Ken Graham | 1955-57 | Kemptville, ONT |
| Bernie Hill | 1955-57 | Toronto, ONT |
| Billy Toolie Kawulia | 1955-56 | Fort Branch, ONT |
| Don Kendall | 1955-58 | Canada |
| Ronnie Lee | 1955-60 | Fort Frances, ONT |
| Jimmy Moore | 1955-56 | Pilot Mound, MAN |
| Joe Nolan | 1955-57 | Sault Ste. Marie, ONT |
| Bob Palmer | 1955-56 | Oshawa, ONT |
| Willie Pawchuk | 1955-61 | Montreal, PQ |
| Gerry Stringle | 1955-61 | London, ONT |
| Andre Binette | 1956-57 | Montreal, PQ |
| Ron Boomer | 1956-57 | Galt, ONT |
| Steven Cresswell | 1956-57 | Clinton, NY |
| Jim Dineen | 1956-57 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Roger Dubuc | 1956-57 | Chambly, PQ |
| Billy Gooden | 1956-57 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Jiggs Henry | 1956-57 | Canada |
| Leon Hubert | 1956-58 | Canada |
| Jack Huss | 1956-57 | Canada |
| Guy James | 1956-58 | Hearst, ONT |
| Bud Johns | 1956-57 | Margo, SASK |
| Pete Koval | 1956-58 | Welland, ONT |
| Steve Kuzma | 1956-57 | Saskatoon, SASK |
| Jim LeClair | 1956-57 | Canada |
| Neil McDonald | 1956-58 | Melfort, SASK |
| Bob McGregor | 1956-57 | Canada |
| Guy Periard | 1956-57 | Montreal, PQ |
| Dick Streeter | 1956-57 | Unknown |
| Lorne Watters | 1956-57 | Ottawa, ONT |
| John Yanchuk | 1956-57 | Foam Lake, SASK |
| Ed ‘Moe’ Bartoli | 1957-58 | Sudbury, ONT |
| Fern Bernaquez | 1957-61 | Trois-Rivieres, PQ |
| Lloyd Buchanan | 1957-58 | Montreal, PQ |
| Ed Calhoun | 1957-61 | Toronto, ONT |
| Norm Defelice | 1957-65 | Schumacher, ONT |
| George Edwards | 1957-58 | Brantford, ONT |
| Doug Falby | 1957-58 | Canada |
| Leonce Gaude | 1957-58 | Canada |
| George Gibson | 1957-58 | Canada |
| Jean-Paul Lambert | 1957-58 | Canada |
| Yvon Lavoie | 1957-58 | Alma, PQ |
| Remi Lesage | 1957-58 | Stalexis, PQ |
| Jim Mattson | 1957-58 | Minneapolis, MN |
| Garnet Schai | 1957-58 | Wilkie, SASK |
| Rudy Balon | 1958-59 | Wakaw, SASK |
| Leon Bouchard | 1958-61 | Baie-Saint-Paul, PQ |
| Gord ‘Spider’ Brown | 1958-61 | Toronto, ONT |
| Ed Giacomin | 1958-60 | Sudbury, ONT |
| Tim Hook | 1958-67 | Barrie, ONT |
| Mike Kardash | 1958-60 | Prince Albert, SASK |
| John Lehner | 1958-59 | Prince Albert, SASK |
| Doug MacPhee | 1958-59 | Hampton, NB |
| Billy Watson | 1958-67 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Dick Wray | 1958-60 | Rashee, Ireland |
| Serge Boudreault | 1959-60 | Shawinigan Falls, PQ |
| Tom Clark | 1959-60 | Sarnia, ONT |
| Jack Curran | 1959-60 | Unknown |
| Ernie Dupuis | 1959-60 | Owen Sound, ONT |
| Maurice Galand | 1959-60 | Canada |
| Bill Mahoney | 1959-60 | Canada |
| Art Rose | 1959-64 | Fort William, ONT |
| Ted Szydlowski | 1959-65 | Montreal, PQ |
| George Wood | 1959-60 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Pete Babando | 1960-67 | Braeburn, PA |
| Chuck Blair | 1960-61 | Edinburgh, Scotland |
| Wayne ‘Weiner’ Brown | 1960-61 | Belleville, ONT |
| Nelson Bullock | 1960-61 | Sudbury, ONT |
| Lynn Davis | 1960-61 | Stratton, ONT |
| Pierre Gagne | 1960-61 | North Bay, ONT |
| Erwin Grosse | 1960-61 | Melville, SASK |
| Jack Kane | 1960-72 | Peterborough, ONT |
| Jean Lamirande | 1960-61 | Shawinigan Falls, PQ |
| Tom O’Connor | 1960-61 | Oshawa, ONT |
| Ron Quenville | 1960-61 | Cornwall, ONT |
| Alan Skip Teal | 1960-63 | Ridgeway, ONT |
| Gordon Turlik | 1960-61 | Michel, BC |
| Jacques Fauber | 1961-63 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Gilles Francoeur | 1961-62 | L’Abord a Plouffe, PQ |
| Jeannot Gilbert | 1961-62 | Grand-Baie, PQ |
| Reginald Mulholland | 1961-62 | Kingston, ONT |
| Len Speck | 1961-71 | Kirkland Lake, ONT |
| Benny Woit | 1961-65 | Fort William, ONT |
| Bob Attersley | 1962-63 | Oshawa, ONT |
| John Ayotte | 1962-64 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| George ‘Dusty’ Blair | 1962-63 | South Porcupine, ONT |
| Howie Dietrich | 1962-68 | Kitchener, ONT |
| George Gosselin | 1962-63 | North Bay, ONT |
| Wayne Rutledge | 1962-63 | Barrie, ONT |
| Bob Abbott | 1963-64 | Canada |
| Dom DiBerardino | 1963-66 | South Porcupine, ONT |
| Marv Edwards | 1963-64 | St. Catharines, ONT |
| Billy Glashan | 1963-66 | New Liskeard, ONT |
| Gary Harmer | 1963-64 | Saint John, NB |
| Larry Hart | 1963-64 | Canada |
| Hec Lalande | 1963-65 | North Bay, ONT |
| Dick Morin | 1963-64 | Canada |
| Lorne O’Donnell | 1963-66 | Kingston, ONT |
| Ray Reeson | 1963-64 | Oshawa, ONT |
| Dave Armstrong | 1964-72 | Collingwood, ONT |
| Jerry Fleury | 1964-65 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Jim Jago | 1964-67 | Weston, ONT |
| Orval Tessier | 1964-65 | Cornwall, ONT |
| Ian Anderson | 1965-70 | Kirkland Lake, ONT |
| Ed Babiuk | 1965-68 | Edmonton, ALTA |
| Bill Bannerman | 1965-72 | St. Mary’s, ONT |
| Don Davidson | 1965-71 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Stan Gilbertson | 1965-66 | Duluth, MN |
| Pat Kelly | 1965-73 | Sioux Lookout, ONT |
| Jim O’Brien | 1965-66 | St. Catharines, ONT |
| Borden Smith | 1965-73 | Rouyn-Noranda, PQ |
| Bill Heindl | 1966-68 | Sherbrooke, PQ |
| Rod Zaine | 1966-68 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Andre Aubry | 1967-68 | Val-d’Or, PQ |
| Jim Cotnam | 1967-68 | Pembroke, ONT |
| Pat Draper | 1967-68 | Toronto, ONT |
| Larry Mick | 1967-68 | Canada |
| Pete Prevost | 1967-71 | Cornwall, ONT |
| Pete Weimer | 1967-68 | Clinton, NY |
| Bill Armour | 1968-69 | Peterborough, ONT |
| Barry ‘Bucky’ Buchanan | 1968-69 | Olds, ALTA |
| Lyle Carter | 1968-70 | Truro, NS |
| John Chapman | 1968-69 | Stettler, ALTA |
| Jim Coombs | 1968-69 | Edmonton, ALTA |
| Anton Gale | 1968-69 | Jesenice, Slovenia |
| Don Herriman | 1968-72 | Sault Ste. Marie, ONT |
| Tom Mitchell | 1968-72 | Canada |
| Claude Piche | 1968-69 | Montreal, PQ |
| Jake Rathwell | 1968-70 | Temiscaming, PQ |
| Marc Rioux | 1968-69 | Canada |
| Joe Robertson | 1968-70 | Windsor, NS |
| Moe St. Jacques | 1968-71 | Maniwaki, PQ |
| Rick Trembecky | 1968-69 | Drumheller, ALTA |
| Bob Malcolm | 1969-72 | Toronto, ONT |
| Ted Tucker | 1969-72 | Thunder Bay, ONT |
| Bill Butson | 1970-71 | Canada |
| Dick Cloutier | 1970-71 | Sorel, PQ |
| Dennis Desrosiers | 1970-72 | Kirkland Lake, ONT |
| Hank Lehvonen | 1970-71 | Sarnia, ONT |
| Dennis Patterson | 1970-71 | Peterborough, ONT |
| Jim Pritchard | 1970-73 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Steve Ross | 1970-71 | St. Paul, MN |
| Rich Scammell | 1970-72 | Fredericton, NB |
| Ray Butterworth | 1971-73 | Canada |
| Russ Friesen | 1971-72 | Palmerston, ONT |
| Cal Hammond | 1971-72 | Flin Flon, MAN |
| Owen Jelly | 1971-72 | Canada |
| Dave Lee | 1971-72 | Minnedosa, MAN |
| Mike Legge | 1971-72 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Dale McBain | 1971-73 | Camrose, ALTA |
| Brian McBratney | 1971-72 | Toronto, ONT |
| Murray McNeil | 1971-72 | Prince Albert, SASK |
| Dave Mitchell | 1971-73 | Canada |
| Jerry Andreatta | 1972-73 | Hamilton, ONT |
| Frank Blum | 1972-73 | Sudbury, ONT |
| Marc Brunet | 1972-73 | Ottawa, ONT |
| Gerry DeMarco | 1972-73 | Sudbury, ONT |
| John Donnelly | 1972-73 | Montreal, PQ |
| Jim Douglas | 1972-73 | Canada |
| Bob Foster | 1972-73 | Brockville, ONT |
| Jack Gibson | 1972-73 | Picton, ONT |
| Bob Goody | 1972-73 | Chippawa, ONT |
| Bill Harding | 1972-73 | Unknown |
| John Hutton | 1972-73 | Montreal, PQ |
| Kas Lysionek | 1972-73 | Coburg, Germany |
| Brian Macklin | 1972-73 | Regina, SASK |
| Les McAninch | 1972-73 | Murreyville, BC |
| Dave McLaren | 1972-73 | Woodstock, ONT |
| Jeff McMullen | 1972-73 | Brockville, ONT |
| Glen Mikkelson | 1972-73 | Winnipeg, MAN |
| Bill O’Toole | 1972-73 | Canada |
| Bill Owchar | 1972-73 | Thunder Bay, ONT |
| Ron Riley | 1972-73 | Montreal, PQ |
| Craig Stamp | 1972-73 | Haliburton, ONT |
| Don Thompson | 1972-73 | Toronto, ONT |
| John Thompson | 1972-73 | Virden, MAN |
| Brian Thorne | 1972-73 | Toronto, ONT |
| Ken Turlik | 1972-73 | Lethbridge, ALTA |
| Pierre Viau | 1972-73 | Montreal, PQ |
| Warren ‘Butch’ Williams | 1972-73 | Duluth, MN |
| Dwight Winters | 1972-73 | Fort William, ONT |