Photograph: Springfield Hockey Heritage Society
The American Hockey League is mourning the latest passing of AHL Corridor of Famer Bruce Cline. He was 93.
Cline spent 13 seasons enjoying within the AHL between 1955 and 1968, skating for the Windfall Reds, Buffalo Bisons, Springfield Indians and Hershey Bears. As a rookie in 1955-56, Cline recorded 56 factors in 64 video games to assist Windfall’s turnaround from a last-place end the earlier yr to Calder Cup champions. He was voted the winner of the Dudley (Crimson) Garrett Memorial Award because the AHL’s excellent rookie.
Cline was a key member of the Springfield dynasty of the 1960’s, rating among the many league’s high scorers whereas serving to the Indians win three consecutive Calder Cups. He was a First Workforce AHL All-Star in 1960-61 and a Second Workforce choice in 1962-63.
The Quebec native completed his enjoying profession spending 5 seasons in Hershey, and retired with 321 objectives – nonetheless good for fifteenth all-time – and 452 assists for 773 factors in 823 regular-season video games performed. Cline was inducted into the AHL Corridor of Fame in 2016.
