Billy Reay
Reay in 1973
Born	(1918-08-21)August 21, 1918 Winnipeg,Manitoba, Canada
Died	September 23, 2004(2004-09-23) (aged 86) Madison,Wisconsin, U.S.
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Weight	155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position	Centre
Shot	Left
Played for	Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	1943–1953

William Tulip Reay (August 21, 1918 – September 23, 2004) was a Canadian professionalice hockey player and coach. Reay played ten seasons in theNational Hockey League (NHL) from 1943 to 1953, winning twoStanley Cups. He then coached from 1957 to 1959 in the NHL and again from 1963 to 1977, primarily with theChicago Black Hawks, who he coached to theStanley Cup Finals three times. While he did not win a Cup as a coach, Reay won over 500 games as a head coach, and he was the second coach to win 500 games with one team. When he retired, he was second in NHL history in wins, and he currently is one of29 coaches to have won 500 games.

Born inWinnipeg,Manitoba, he played in the NHL for ten seasons with theMontreal Canadiens and theDetroit Red Wings. In 479 games, he scored 105 goals and 267 points and in 63 playoff games, he scored 13 goals and 29 points. He won theStanley Cup two times, in1946 and1953, both with the Montreal Canadiens. He was the head coach for theToronto Maple Leafs (1957–1959) and the head coach for theChicago Black Hawks (1963–1977). Although he led the Black Hawks to three Stanley Cup Finals (1965, 1971, and 1973), he never won the Cup. In his fourth year, 1966–67, he led the Hawks to the league's best record, the first time they had done so in their 41-year history. He is the franchise's all-time leader in wins (516) and years coached (14).

Before beginning a career from which he retired with the second most victories in NHL history, Reay was a Canadiens centre who is believed to be the first player to raise his arms and stick to celebrate a goal when he did so after scoring in a game in 1947.^[1][2][3]

He died ofliver cancer inMadison, Wisconsin at the age of 86.^[4][5]

• Turnbull CupMJHL Championship (1938)
• Memorial Cup Championship (1938)
• Allan Cup Championship (1944)
• Stanley Cup Championships (1946 & 1953)
• Played inNHL All-Star Game (1952)
• Calder Cup (AHL) Championship (1963)
• SelectedManitoba's All-Century Second Team Coach
• Honoured Member of theManitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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• Omaha Knights (AHA) players
• Quebec Aces (QSHL) players
• St. Boniface Seals players
• Ice hockey people from Winnipeg
• Stanley Cup champions
• Vancouver Canucks (WHL) players
• 20th-century Canadian sportsmen

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