What is Milt Schmidt?
{{Infobox ice hockey player | image = miltschmidt.png | caption = Milt Schmidt at a public signing on March 6, 2011 | image_size = 230px | position = [[Centre (ice hockey)|Centre]] | shoots = Left | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 0 | weight_lb = 185 | played_for = [[Boston Bruins]] | birth_date = {{birth date|1918|03|05}} | birth_place = [[Kitchener, Ontario|Kitchener]], [[Ontario|ON]], [[Canada|CAN]] | death_date = {{death date and age|2017|1|4|1918|3|5}} | death_place = [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]], [[Massachusetts|MA]], [[United States|USA]] | career_start = 1936 | career_end = 1942 <br />1946–1955 | halloffame = 1961 }} '''Milton Conrad Schmidt''' (March 5, 1918 &ndash; January 4, 2017) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] centre, coach and general manager, mostly for the [[Boston Bruins]] of the [[National Hockey League]].<ref>{{cite news|author=Hicks, Jeff|work=The Record, [[Kitchener, Ontario]]|title=Kitchener's Great One|page=A1, A8, A9|date=November 4, 2006}}</ref> He was an Honoured Member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. From 2014 until his death in 2017, Schmidt was the oldest living former [[NHL]] player.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/sports/blogs/obnoxiousbostonfan/2015/04/bruins_legend_milt_schmidt_now_oldest_living_ex-nhl_player.html|title = Bruins Legend Milt Schmidt Now Oldest-Living Former NHL Player|newspaper = Boston.com}}</ref> Schmidt was born on March 5, 1918 in [[Kitchener]], [[Ontario]]. He was raised in [[Toronto]], Ontario. Schmidt died on January 4, 2017 from a [[stroke]] in [[Needham, Massachusetts|Needham]], [[Massachusetts]], aged 98.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.stanleycupofchowder.com/2017/1/4/14169654/milt-schmidt-death-ultimate-bruin|title=Milt Schmidt Passes Away at 98|last=jreiser|date=2017-01-04|website=Stanley Cup of Chowder|accessdate=2017-01-04}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schmidt, Milt}} [[Category:1918 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Boston Bruins players]] [[Cat