Mike Neville (ice hockey)
Canadian ice hockey player
Mike Neville (baptised Michel-Joseph Neville; October 11, 1902 — January 16, 1958) was a Canadian ice hockey centreman who played three seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto St. Pats, and New York Americans between 1924 and 1931. The rest of his career, which lasted from 1924 to 1936, was spent in various minor leagues. He died in 1958 and was buried at Cimetière Saint-Paul de Grand-Mère, in the City of Shawinigan.
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Regular season and playoffs
Transactions
Signed as a free agent by the Toronto St. Pats, January 14, 1925.
Traded by the Montreal Maroons (Windsor-IHL) with Frank Carson, Red Dutton and Hap Emms to the New York Americans for $35,000, May 14, 1930.
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