Lou Nistico
Louis Charles Nistico (January 25, 1953 – November 27, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 3 games in the National Hockey League and 186 games in the World Hockey Association. He played with the Colorado Rockies, Toronto Toros, and Birmingham Bulls.[1] Lou later got back into hockey at the Jr.A level as a GM and Coach in the CJHL, now CCHL. He won championships in Ottawa with the Junior Senators and was also the general manager for the Kanata Stallions and assistant general manager for the Hawkesbury Hawks.
Thunder Bay connections
Louis Charles Nistico (January 25, 1953 – November 27, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player born in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Early in his career he played junior hockey with the Westfort Hurricanes of the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League from 1967 to 1970, appearing in several Memorial Cup playoff runs.
Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame team
Louis Nistico is listed as a player on the 1968 Fort William Nationals Senior Little League, inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 1998.[2] This is taken to be the same person: the name (Louis/Lou), a birth in Port Arthur on 25 January 1953 (age 15 in 1968) and a Fort William youth baseball team fit.
Lou Nistico is listed as a player on the 1970 Thunder Bay Red Sox, inducted into the Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001.[3] This is taken to be the same person: the name, a birth in Port Arthur in 1953 (age 17 in 1970) and the 1970 Thunder Bay Red Sox, an all-star team of 16–18 year olds, fit.
References
- ↑ This article incorporates text from the Wikipedia article on Lou Nistico, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license.
- ↑ "Fort William Nationals Senior Little League", team profile, Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, https://www.nwosportshalloffame.com/team-profile/aa7bbff0-6e0e-4402-9f27-73347e75a0bb (accessed 31 October 2026). Archived copy on datum.locker.
- ↑ "Thunder Bay Red Sox Little Big League", team profile, Northwestern Ontario Sports Hall of Fame, https://www.nwosportshalloffame.com/team-profile/460b3559-0725-4f5c-b3a0-e62c0e129685 (accessed 31 October 2026). Archived copy on datum.locker.