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Modere Fernand "Mud" Bruneteau (November 28 1914 in St. Boniface, Manitoba
Manitoba

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 – May 26 1982 Houston
Houston, Texas

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, Texas
Texas

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) was a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 professional
Professional

A professional is a person who has completed a doctoral or law program or equivalent .A professional is someone who has a professional degree - a number one on the Hollingshead scale....
 ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 forward
Forward (ice hockey)

A Forward is a ice hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily to score goals. Generally, the offensemen try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal....
 who played for the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, who are the current Stanley Cup champions.They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
. He played in many NHL games with his brother, Ed Bruneteau
Ed Bruneteau

Eddie H. Bruneteau was an ice hockey winger . He was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Manitoba. Bruneteau played 181 games with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League over seven seasons....
 and later coached him on the Omaha Knights.

Bruneteau is famous for ending the longest game in NHL playoff history. He had been called up to the Red Wings just two weeks earlier and was still trying adjust to the pace of the NHL when he was thrown into his first playoff series.






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Modere Fernand "Mud" Bruneteau (November 28 1914 in St. Boniface, Manitoba
Manitoba

Manitoba is a prairie provinces in Canada, which has an area of 647,797 square kilometres and a population of 1,207,959 , with more than half located within the Winnipeg Capital Region ....
 – May 26 1982 Houston
Houston, Texas

Houston is the fourth-largest city in the United States of America and the largest city within the state of Texas. As of the 2007 U.S. Census estimate, the city has a population of 2.2 million within an area of 600 square miles ....
, Texas
Texas

Texas is a U.S. state located in the South Central United States, nicknamed the Lone Star State. Texas is the second largest U.S. state in both area and population, spanning , and with a growing population of 24.3 million residents....
) was a Canadian
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
 professional
Professional

A professional is a person who has completed a doctoral or law program or equivalent .A professional is someone who has a professional degree - a number one on the Hollingshead scale....
 ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
 forward
Forward (ice hockey)

A Forward is a ice hockey player position on the ice whose responsibility is primarily to score goals. Generally, the offensemen try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal....
 who played for the Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Red Wings

The Detroit Red Wings are a professional ice hockey team based in Detroit, Michigan, who are the current Stanley Cup champions.They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League ....
 in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
. He played in many NHL games with his brother, Ed Bruneteau
Ed Bruneteau

Eddie H. Bruneteau was an ice hockey winger . He was born in St. Boniface, Manitoba, Manitoba. Bruneteau played 181 games with the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League over seven seasons....
 and later coached him on the Omaha Knights.

Bruneteau is famous for ending the longest game in NHL playoff history. He had been called up to the Red Wings just two weeks earlier and was still trying adjust to the pace of the NHL when he was thrown into his first playoff series. On March 24, 1936 against the Montreal Maroons
Montreal Maroons

The Montreal Maroons were a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924-25 NHL season to 1937-38 NHL season, winning the Stanley Cup in 1925-26 NHL season and 1934-35 NHL season....
, Mud scored the winning goal at 116:30 of the sixth overtime to win the game for Detroit 1–0. He had his best season in 1943–44 when he scored 35 goals in 39 games in the 50 game NHL season.

After his playing career was over, he became a successful minor league coach, leading the Omaha Knights
Omaha Knights

The Omaha Knights were a minor league professional ice hockey team from 1959 to 1975, based in Omaha, Nebraska at the Ak-Sar-Ben arena. The Knights were founded in 1959 as members of the International Hockey League ....
 to a number of United States Hockey League
United States Hockey League

The United States Hockey League is the top junior ice hockey league in the United States. The USHL has 12 member teams located in Midwestern United States, consisting of players who are 20 years of age and younger....
 championships.

He was suffering from cancer when he travelled to Houston, Texas for cancer treatment in April 1982. While there, he fell gravely ill and died April 15th, 1982.

See also

  • List of NHL players
    List of NHL players

    The list of National Hockey League players is divided into the following lists:By specific groups* List of NHL players by name* List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame...
  • List of the longest NHL overtime games


Awards & Achievements

  • Stanley Cup
    Stanley Cup

    The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club championship trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League Season structure of the NHL#Stanley Cup playoffs champion....
     Championships (1936, 1937, & 1943)
  • “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
    Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

    The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1985 when the first honoured members were named and plaques were erected in their honour....


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