Sports
Marcel Pronovost
1930–2015 · ice hockey defenseman, scout
Hall of Fame defenseman who won four Stanley Cups with the Red Wings in the 1950s and later spent decades as a Detroit scout.
- Born
Lac-à-la-Tortue, Quebec- Died
Windsor, Ontario
aged 84- Birth name
- Joseph René Marcel Pronovost
- Detroit years
- 1949–1965, 1990–2015
- Field
- Sports
01 / The Detroit story
The Detroit story
Pronovost came up through the Red Wings' system in the Windsor–Detroit area, playing for the Windsor Spitfires and the Detroit Auto Club of the International Hockey League, then an amateur league built around the two border cities. Detroit coach Jack Adams said he was the kind of player who comes along once every twenty years. He was rushed into the lineup during the 1950 playoffs after Gordie Howe's serious injury and won the Stanley Cup as a teenager. A daring, hard-hitting defenseman famous for how often he was injured and how quickly he returned, he won further Cups with Detroit in 1952, 1954 and 1955 and played in eleven All-Star Games. Traded to Toronto in 1965, he won a fifth Cup there in 1967. He later returned to the Red Wings as a scout and lived across the river in Windsor until his death in 2015.
Highlights
- Stanley Cup champion with Detroit in 1950, 1952, 1954 and 1955
- Played for the Red Wings 1950–1965
- Eleven NHL All-Star Games
- Hockey Hall of Fame, 1978
02 / Their Detroit places
Their Detroit places 1
Where they lived, worked, performed and liked to hang out. Closed and demolished places stay here too, because they are part of the city's history.
Played here · 1950–1965
Olympia Stadium
Demolished · 1927–1979
The Red Wings' home arena throughout his Detroit career; demolished in the 1980s.