Sidney Gerald Abel was a Canadian professional hockey player and later coach in the National Hockey League. His playing career spanned from the 1938?39 season until the 1953?54 season, playing for both the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks and was a member of three winning Stanley Cups in 1943, 1950, and 1952 with the Detroit Red Wings. Abel's older brother, George was a Canadian Olympic ice hockey player. In Olympic competition at Oslo, Norway, he scored the winning goal in the final game, securing the only Canadian gold medal of the Olympics. Sid's son Gerry also briefly played in the NHL, and his grandson Brent Johnson is a goaltender who last played for the Pittsburgh Penguins. 

February 22nd, 1918 in Melville  /  Died:   Feb 7th, 2000