A Look At Billy Reay

Longform biography on Billy Reay, a two-time Stanley Cup champion with Montreal that later coached the Chicago Black Hawks from 1963 to 1977.

Billy Reay was born in Winnipeg on August 21st, 1918, and grew up on the east side of the Red River during the depression as he was the oldest of six children. His mother was a nurse, and his father worked for the railway.

By his early teens, things were so rough that Billy worked planting tomatoes and turned over all his earnings to his parents. Watchin…