Collingwood hockey
legend dies
31 August 2007
Collingwood Now Special
Collingwood has lost a legend of hockey.
Collingwood's Darryl Sly. 68, passed away Tuesday night, after a
long battle with cancer.
The born and raised Collingwood man closed out his career coaching the
Collingwood Shipbuilders to the OHA Senior "A" title in 1987, but his
career started thirty years earlier.
Sly played junior with the famed St. Mike's teams from 1956 to 1959. In
1960, he won a silver medal with the Canadian team at the 1960 Squaw
Valley Olympics. In 1961, Sly contributed further to the sport as a member
of the 1961 Trail Smoke-eaters World Championship team. While playing for
the Galt Terriers, Sly won the Allan Cup. Sly also played in the ill-fated
AHL, along with celebrity announcer Don Cherry, for the Rochester
Americans. During his NHL days, Sly played for Minnesota, Toronto
and Vancouver. Later, he was player coach for the Barrie Flyers when the
team won the national senior title.
In his post-hockey life, Sly was a school teacher, a successful
businessman in Collingwood. Mr Sly was the owner of Blue Mountain
Chrysler, and he was also involved in the development of real estate.
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