The Masked Defenseman
Dauphin's Pete Slobodian played one season in the National Hockey League with the New York Americans in 1940-41.
Peter Slobodian was a rough and tumble defensemen where his bone-crushing body checks earned him a reputation as an opponent to be feared.
Slobodian, who is of Ukrainian descent, was born and raised in Dauphin, Manitoba, an area that is heavily populated by Ukrainians.
His father, a leading merchant of Dauphin and a confirmed religionist, first frowned o…
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