Julius Francis Joseph "Pembroke Peach" Nighbor was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played primarily for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League.
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24 Facts About Frank Nighbor
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Frank Nighbor played for the Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA, Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association, and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL.
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Frank Nighbor won the Stanley Cup once with the Millionaires and four times with the Senators.
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Frank Nighbor first played professionally for the Port Arthur Bearcats of the Northern Ontario Hockey League in 1911.
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Frank Nighbor made the most of his opportunity by registering six goals in his first appearance.
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In 1912, Frank Nighbor joined the new Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA where he scored 25 goals in 18 games.
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Frank Nighbor only played the one season in Toronto, jumping to the Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA the following season for two seasons, and was an important member of the Millionaires team which won the Stanley Cup over the Ottawa Senators in 1915.
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Frank Nighbor returned east after the Stanley Cup series and joined the Senators, whom he would play for until 1930.
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Frank Nighbor was an important part of the team's 1920s run, winning four more Cups in 1920,1921,1923, and 1927.
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Frank Nighbor won the Stanley Cup again with Ottawa in 1921,1923, and 1927.
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Frank Nighbor showed Nighbor an ornate trophy and asked him if he thought the NHL would accept it as an award for its most gentlemanly player.
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Frank Nighbor said he thought it would be a good idea—and to his surprise, Lady Byng presented him the trophy on the spot, making him the first winner of the Lady Byng Trophy.
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Frank Nighbor played 22 games for the Maple Leafs and retired in the off-season.
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Frank Nighbor was considered a master of the "sweep check, " the act of laying the stick down flat on the ice and moving it in wide, circular motions, as well as the "poke check", an almost entirely different action, taking the puck off the opponent's stick.
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Frank Nighbor was skilled and crafty with the puck and a good scorer.
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Frank Nighbor impressed with his sportsmanship, inspiring Lady Byng to donate the Lady Byng Trophy in his honour to the "player adjudged to have exhibited the best type of sportsmanship and gentlemanly conduct combined with a high standard of playing ability", and she presented it personally to him.
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Frank Nighbor had our line demoralized with his speed and poke check and no one could stop Darragh and Gerard.
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Outside of his strong stick techniques Frank Nighbor had good speed, and when the Ottawa Senators were at the top of the hockey world in the early 1920s they were known as a strong third-period threat who would run on all cylinders for all 60 minutes.
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Seattle Metropolitans star forward Frank Foyston gave high praise to Nighbor and the Senators after the 1920 Stanley Cup Finals, where the Senators won the deciding fifth game of the series 6 goals to 1 after having scored five unanswered goals in the third period.
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Frank Nighbor would later turn to an insurance business he was a partner in and run it until he became ill.
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Frank Nighbor died of cancer on April 13,1966 in Pembroke at the age of 73.
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