Gene Vincent "Blackie" Chouinard (January 5, 1907 – January 29, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

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 player who played eight games in the NHL with the Ottawa Senators

Ottawa Senators

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 during the 1927–28 NHL season.

Playing career

Chouinard played OCHL senior hockey from 1921–25 in his hometown with the Ottawa Montagnards. He then played the 1925–26 season in the CHL with the Eveleth-Hibbing Rangers and following season in Niagara Falls, Ontario

Niagara Falls, Ontario

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. During the 1927–28 Chouinard played for the Quebec Castors

Quebec Castors

The Quebec Castors or Quebec Beavers were a professional ice hockey team based in Quebec City, Quebec from 1926 until 1935. They were members of the Canadian-American Hockey League.-History:...

, the Waterville, Maine

Waterville, Maine

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, and he also joined the Ottawa Senators for eight games during the 1927–28 NHL season. Chouinard played failed to score a point in eight NHL games, but he did go on to play eight more years of professional hockey with New Haven Eagles

New Haven Eagles

The New Haven Eagles were a professional ice hockey team that played in New Haven, Connecticut. The Eagles were one of five inaugural franchises in the Canadian American Hockey League, and a founding member of the American Hockey League.-History:...

 (1928–31 and 1933–34), Bronx Tigers

Bronx Tigers

The Bronx Tigers were a minor professional ice hockey team that played in the Canadian American Hockey League in 1931-32. They were also an amateur team that played in the Eastern Hockey League in 1933-34 and 1937-38. They played out of the borough of Bronx in New York City, New York.-CAHL:In...

 (1931–32), Riviere-du-Loup Lancers and Quebec Castors (1932–33) , Tulsa Oilers and London Tecumsehs

London Tecumsehs

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 (1934–36), and Perth Crescents (1937–38).

Coaching career

He first retired as a player in 1936 to become the coach of the Perth Blue Wings

Perth Blue Wings

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 in the Ottawa senior league

Ottawa City Hockey League

The Ottawa City Hockey League was an amateur ice hockey league with junior, intermediate and senior level men's teams in Ottawa, Canada dating from 1890. It is considered the second ice hockey league to form in Canada. The senior league operated until 1945 and the junior league operated until 1957...

for one year. He played a final games with the Perth Crescents during the 1937–38 season before hanging up his skates for good.

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