Pete Babando
Left wing, Ice hockey player
1925 –
Who is Pete Babando?
Peter Joseph Babando is a former National Hockey League player who skated for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings, Chicago Black Hawks, and New York Rangers. During six NHL seasons, Babando scored 86 goals, 73 assists in 351 regular season games. However, Babando's mark in history was made on April 23, 1950 in Game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals. As a member of the Red Wings, he scored a sudden death to eliminate the Rangers at 8:31 of the second overtime. At the time he was one of the few American-born players in the NHL. Babando scored only three playoff goals in his career. He was born in Braeburn-Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania and raised in South Porcupine, Ontario.
Babando was also a key member of the legendary Clinton Comets of the Eastern Hockey League.
He currently lives in South Porcupine, Ontario.
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- Born
- May 10, 1925
Lower Burrell - Nationality
- Canada
- Profession
- Lived in
- Lower Burrell
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on July 23, 2013
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