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| Nickname | George Samsen | |||||||||||
| Born | December 20, 1930 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada | |||||||||||
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| Sport | Ice hockey | |||||||||||
| Team | Oshawa Generals Whitby Dunlops Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen | |||||||||||
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George R. Samolenko (born December 20, 1930), later known as George Samsen,[1] is a Canadian former ice hockey player who competed and won a silver medal in the 1960 Winter Olympics. He was born in Oshawa, Ontario.
Career
From 1947 to 1949, Samolenko played with the Winnipeg Monarchs. Afterward, he moved to the Ontario Junior Hockey League where he played two seasons with the Oshawa Generals. He decided to play with the Eastern Ontario Hockey League, spending his first season with the Kingston Goodyears. In 1956, Samolenko joined the Whitby Dunlops He received an Allan Cup, which got his team in a position to play in the 1958 World Ice Hockey Championships. The Dunlops brought home a gold medal from the tournament. They won a second Allan Cup in 1959, which gave them the ability to compete in the 1960 Winter Olympics, but they turned down the opportunity. That opportunity was then given to the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen. At the Olympics, Samolenko won a silver medal. After the victory, Samolenko retired.[2]
External links
- George Samolenko career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "George Samolenko". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2011-09-25.
References
- ^ "Memories come flooding back".
- ^ "George Samolenko Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2020-03-14.
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