Ross Robert Lowe was a professional

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 ice hockey

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 player who played three seasons in the National Hockey League

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 from 1949 to 1952 for the Boston Bruins

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 and Montreal Canadiens

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.

Lowe played 77 career NHL games, scroring six goals and eight assists for fourteen points. In his last professional season, he played for the Springfield Indians

Springfield Indians

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 of the American Hockey League

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 and managed to score 82 points in only 60 games, which earned him the Les Cunningham Award

Les Cunningham Award

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 as league MVP. Lowe drowned that off-season in Lake Haliburton while vacationing with his family.

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