Rudolph Joseph Migay is a retired a Canadian ice hockey

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...

 forward

Forward (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a forward is a player position on the ice whose primary responsibility is to score goals. Generally, the forwards try to stay in three different lanes, also known as thirds, of the ice going from goal to goal. It is not mandatory however, to stay in a lane. Staying in a lane aids in...

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Migay began his 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...

 career with the Toronto Maple Leafs

Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...

 in 1949. He would play his entire career with the Leafs, retiring after the 1960 season.

Personal life

He was brother-in-law to the first Stanley Cup winner of Slovak descent Pete Backor

Pete Backor

Peter Backor was a professional ice hockey defenceman who played briefly for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL.-Career:...

who played for Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL. He himself is also of Slovak descent, having both parents born in what is today Slovakia (Orava region).

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