Blake Ball
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Blake Ball was an ice hockey
defenceman who spent the majority of his career in the Eastern Hockey League
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Ball played the 1970 season with the Long Island Ducks. He played the 1971 season with the Johnstown Jets. On 13 September 1971 he was named player-coach for the Jacksonville Rockets
. Despite his holding a position as player-coach, Ball and goaltender Ted Ouimet were dealt to the Syracuse Blazers on December 15, 1971.
Ball was suspended for two games, effective March 13, 1973, after a brawl in a Blazers-Rhode Island Eagles game.
. He played defenceman Gilmore Tuttle, who was from Mile 40, Saskatchewan, and was running a donut shop after his retirement from hockey. Tuttle was also claimed to be the "former penalty-minute record holder for the years 1960 to 1968 inclusive." Gilmore Tuttle, according to public address announcer Jim Carr, wore uniform number 10.
Ice hockey
Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...
defenceman who spent the majority of his career in the Eastern Hockey League
Eastern Hockey League
-Eastern Amateur Hockey League :The league was founded in 1933 as the Eastern Amateur Hockey League . The league was founded by Thomas Lockhart, who served as its commissioner from 1933 to 1972...
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Hockey
Ball was nicknamed "Badman" because of the time spent in the penalty box as a member of the New Haven Blades (1964-1969). He had four consecutive seasons of at least 290 penalty minutes, including a career high 362 PIMs in 1968-69. During the 1968-69 season, Ball also recorded a career high in assists (42) and points (55).Ball played the 1970 season with the Long Island Ducks. He played the 1971 season with the Johnstown Jets. On 13 September 1971 he was named player-coach for the Jacksonville Rockets
Jacksonville Rockets
The Jacksonville Rockets were a professional minor league ice hockey team based in Jacksonville, Florida. They played in the Eastern Hockey League from 1964–1972, when they folded. They were the first professional hockey team to be based in Jacksonville or anywhere in Florida...
. Despite his holding a position as player-coach, Ball and goaltender Ted Ouimet were dealt to the Syracuse Blazers on December 15, 1971.
Ball was suspended for two games, effective March 13, 1973, after a brawl in a Blazers-Rhode Island Eagles game.
Acting career
Ball had a minor role in the movie Slap ShotSlap Shot (film)
Slap Shot is a 1977 film comedy starring Paul Newman and Michael Ontkean directed by George Roy Hill. It depicts a minor league hockey team that resorts to violent play to gain popularity in a declining factory town.- Plot :...
. He played defenceman Gilmore Tuttle, who was from Mile 40, Saskatchewan, and was running a donut shop after his retirement from hockey. Tuttle was also claimed to be the "former penalty-minute record holder for the years 1960 to 1968 inclusive." Gilmore Tuttle, according to public address announcer Jim Carr, wore uniform number 10.