sentences:  Gallinger missed a large part of the 1943–44 and all of the 1944–45 season serving with the Canadian military.Before leaving for the military, on January 8, 1944, in a game at Maple Leaf Gardens against the Boston Bruins, the mayor of Port Colborne honoured Kennedy and Gallinger, both hometown heroes, with gold watches on behalf of his town's citizens.Beginning in February 1944, Gallinger played hockey for the R.C.A.F.