Ed Litzenberger

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Ed Litzenberger (Born July 15, 1932 in Neudorf, Saskatchewan, Canada) is a retired Canadian ice hockey player.He stands 6 foot 3 and his playing weight was 194 pounds. He won the Calder Trophy as the outstanding rookie in the National Hockey League in 1955. He is the only person to have been traded in the year he won the Calder Trophy. He began the year with the Montreal Canadiens and was traded to the Chicago Black Hawks.

He also has the unusual distinction of having won four consecutive Stanley Cups with two different teams.

In the regular season he scored 178 goals and had 238 assists in 618 games. In the playoffs he scored 5 goals and had 13 assists in 40 games

He is retired and lives in Ontario.

Preceded by:
Camille Henry
Winner of the Calder Trophy
1955
Succeeded by:
Glenn Hall
Preceded by:
Gus Mortson
Chicago Blackhawks captains
1958-61
Succeeded by:
Pierre Pilote