Rennison Manners
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Rennison Flint "Ren, Dinny" Manners (February 5, 1904 in Ottawa, Ontario – December 26, 1944) was a Canadian professional ice hockey
centre
who played two seasons in the National Hockey League
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
and Philadelphia Quakers
.
Manners first played in the USAHA with the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
and the Fort Pitt Panthers. In 1926–27 he returned home to play for the senior Montagnards and led the city league in goals two years later.
During the 1929–30 NHL season, Manners scored three goals and was a decent checker for Pittsburgh as an NHL rookie. He became a member of the Quakers when the franchise was relocated In September 1930. Manners only played four games for the dreadful club and spent most of his time with the OPHL's Niagara Falls Cataracts. In 1931 he was reinstated as an amateur and played in a few leagues in the Ottawa area before joining the Montagnards for one last season in 1933–34. Manners later coached the Yellow Jackets from 1935 until 1937, when the team folded.
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...
centre
Centre (ice hockey)
The centre in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards. Centres have more flexibility in their positioning and are expected to cover more ice surface than any other player...
who played two seasons in the National Hockey League
National Hockey League
The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
The Pittsburgh Pirates were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League , based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1925–26 to 1929–30. The nickname comes from the baseball team also based in the city...
and Philadelphia Quakers
Philadelphia Quakers (NHL)
The Philadelphia Quakers were an American professional ice hockey team that played only one full season in the National Hockey League , 1930–31, at the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...
.
Manners first played in the USAHA with the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
The Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets was an amateur hockey team that existed between . They evolved from being an amateur to a semi-pro team and are one the earliest sports organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Yellow Jackets played primarily in the United States Amateur Hockey Association...
and the Fort Pitt Panthers. In 1926–27 he returned home to play for the senior Montagnards and led the city league in goals two years later.
During the 1929–30 NHL season, Manners scored three goals and was a decent checker for Pittsburgh as an NHL rookie. He became a member of the Quakers when the franchise was relocated In September 1930. Manners only played four games for the dreadful club and spent most of his time with the OPHL's Niagara Falls Cataracts. In 1931 he was reinstated as an amateur and played in a few leagues in the Ottawa area before joining the Montagnards for one last season in 1933–34. Manners later coached the Yellow Jackets from 1935 until 1937, when the team folded.