Woodrow Wilson Clarence Dumart was a Canadian professional ice hockey player, most notably for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League.
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12 Facts About Woody Dumart
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Woody Dumart is an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Woody Dumart's uncle Ezra Woody Dumart was a professional ice hockey player.
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Woody Dumart played his junior hockey with the Kitchener Greenshirts of the Ontario Hockey Association on a line with childhood friends Milt Schmidt and Bobby Bauer, which was dubbed the "Kraut line" by Albert Leduc, a defenceman for the Montreal Canadiens.
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Woody Dumart played briefly in the fall of 1942 for the Flyers before being shipped overseas, where he served until the end of the war.
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Woody Dumart returned in 1945 and played nine more seasons for Boston, and was named a Second Team All-Star for the third time in 1947.
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On March 26,1949 Woody Dumart scored a game-winning overtime goal in the Stanley Cup playoffs versus Toronto.
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Woody Dumart played one last stint the following season with the Providence Reds of the American Hockey League, suiting up for fifteen games before hanging up his skates at last.
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Woody Dumart retired having played sixteen NHL seasons in all, scoring 211 goals and 218 assists for 429 points in 772 games.
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Woody Dumart settled in the Boston area, and remained active with charitable affairs, being the longtime coach of the Bruins' Alumni Association team.
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On his way to Ray Bourque Night, with his son Jeff Dumart, at the FleetCenter, Woody suddenly became ill with heart trouble and was taken to the hospital, where he died on October 19,2001.
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