Chuck Rayner, 82; Hockey Hall of Fame Goaltender for Rangers

Chuck Rayner, 82, a three-time National Hockey League All-Star who played eight seasons for the New York Rangers just after World War II, died Saturday of a heart attack at his home in Langley, Canada.

A Hall of Fame goaltender, Rayner was with the Rangers from 1945 to 1953 and played two seasons with the Brooklyn/New York Americans. He had a 3.05 career goals-against average, with 25 shutouts.

In 1950, Rayner won the Hart Trophy as the league’s most valuable player as the Rangers reached the Stanley Cup finals, where they lost in seven games to the Detroit Red Wings.

Rayner was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1973.

A native of Sutherland, Saskatchewan, he ran a boy’s hockey camp in Ontario province after retiring from the NHL.