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{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| image = File:Ray Getliffe (1945).jpg
| caption = Ray Getliffe, playing for the Montreal Canadiens in 1945
| image_size = 250px
| played_for = [[Montreal Canadiens]]<br />[[Boston Bruins]]
| league = [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| position = [[Winger (ice hockey)|Left wing]]
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 190
| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|3|mf=y}}
| birth_place = [[Cambridge, Ontario|Galt]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|6|15|1914|4|3}}
| death_place = [[London, Ontario|London]], [[Ontario]], Canada
| career_start = 1935
| career_end = 1945
}}
'''Raymond Getliffe''' (April 3, 1914&nbsp;– June 15, 2008) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] professional [[ice hockey]] [[winger (ice hockey)|left winger]] who played 10 seasons in the [[National Hockey League]] for the [[Boston Bruins]] and [[Montreal Canadiens]]. Born in [[Galt, Ontario]] (now [[Cambridge, Ontario]]), he played with the [[Saint John St. Peters]].  At the time of his death, he was believed to be the oldest living former Montreal Canadiens player. Getliffe's name is on the [[Stanley Cup]] twice, for 1939 with Boston and 1944 with Montreal. On February 6, 1943, while playing for the Canadiens he scored five goals in one game.

After finishing his playing career, Getliffe briefly officiated in the NHL.  Retired from hockey, Getliffe and his wife Lorna remained in [[Montreal]] until moving to [[London, Ontario]] in 1990, where he grew up.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.canada.com/topics/sports/hockey/canadiensstory.html?id=f0d1a0e9-0a99-42c8-b418-b3c03540101b&page=2 |title=Getliffe going strong at 91 |publisher=Canada.com |date=2006-02-25 |accessdate=2011-03-12}}</ref>

Getliffe died in London of [[liver cancer]] at age 94. At the time of his death, reports claimed that he was the oldest living NHL alumnus, about four months older than ex-New York Ranger and Chicago Blackhawk [[Clint Smith]].<ref name=autogenerated1>{{usurped|1=[https://archive.today/20081006002353/http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Hockey/News/2008/06/16/5896706-cp.html CANOE - SLAM! Sports - Hockey - News: NHLer who nicknamed 'The Rocket' dead at 94]}}</ref> These reports, however, overlooked players who had only played a certain number of games, such as [[Louis Holmes]] and [[Al Suomi]].<ref>{{cite book|last = Meiselman|first = Harvey|title = Harvey's Hockey Address List 2008|publisher = Sports Address Lists|year = 2008|location = [[Boynton Beach, Florida]]}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===Regular season and playoffs===
{| border="0" cellpadding="1" cellspacing="0" style="text-align:center; width:60em"
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Regular season]]
! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|
! colspan="5"|[[Playoffs]]
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! [[Season (sports)|Season]]
! Team
! League
! GP !! [[Goal (ice hockey)|G]] !! [[Assist (ice hockey)|A]] !! [[Point (ice hockey)|Pts]] !! [[Penalty (ice hockey)|PIM]]
! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM
|-
| 1930–31
| London Athletic Club
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Int.]]
| 9 || 9 || 0 || 9 || 0
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 4
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1931–32
| London Diamonds
| [[Ontario Hockey Association|OHA-Jr.]]
| 6 || 8 || 4 || 12 || —
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| 1932–33 
| [[Stratford Midgets]]
| OHA-Jr.
| 6 || 4 || 7 || 11 || 12
| 11 || 6 || 0 || 6 || 20
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1933–34 OHA season|1933–34]]
| Stratford Midgets
| OHA-Jr.
| 13 || 26 || 17 || 43 || 18
| 2 || 6 || 1 || 7 || 12
|-
| 1934–35
| Charlottetown Abbeys
| MSHL
| 20 || 15 || 4 || 19 || 29
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1934–35
| St. John's St. Peters
| SJCHL
| 17 || 35 || 25 || 60 || 15
| 12 || 9 || 14 || 23 || 11
|-
| 1934–35
| St. John's Beavers
| Exhib
| 2 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 6
| — || — || — || — || —
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1935–36 IHL season|1935–36]]
| [[London Panthers|London Tecumsehs]]
| [[International Hockey League (1929–36)|IHL]]
| 17 || 6 || 3 || 9 || 17
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1935–36 NHL season|1935–36]]
| [[Boston Bruins]]
| [[National Hockey League|NHL]]
| 1 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 2
| 2 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1935–36 CAHL season|1935–36]]
| [[Boston Cubs]]
| [[Canadian American Hockey League|Can-Am]]
| 29 || 16 || 14 || 30 || 14
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1936–37 NHL season|1936–37]]
| Boston Bruins 
| NHL
| 48 || 16 || 15 || 31 || 28
| 3 || 2 || 1 || 3 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1937–38 NHL season|1937–38]]
| Boston Bruins 
| NHL
| 36 || 11 || 13 || 24 || 16
| 3 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 2
|-
| [[1938–39 NHL season|1938–39]]
| Boston Bruins 
| NHL
| 43 || 10 || 12 || 22 || 11
| 11 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 2
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1938–39 AHL season|1938–39]]
| [[Hershey Bears]]
| [[American Hockey League|IAHL]]
| 4 || 1 || 4 || 5 || 2
| — || — || — || — || —
|-
| [[1939–40 NHL season|1939–40]]
| [[Montreal Canadiens]]
| NHL
| 46 || 11 || 12 || 23 || 29
| — || — || — || — || — 
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1940–41 NHL season|1940–41]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 39 || 15 || 10 || 25 || 25
| 3 || 1 || 1 || 2 || 0
|-
| [[1941–42 NHL season|1941–42]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 45 || 11 || 15 || 26 || 35
| 3 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1942–43 NHL season|1942–43]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 50 || 18 || 28 || 46 || 26
| 5 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 8
|-
| [[1943–44 NHL season|1943–44]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 44 || 28 || 25 || 53 || 44
| 9 || 5 || 4 || 9 || 16
|- bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| [[1944–45 NHL season|1944–45]]
| Montreal Canadiens
| NHL
| 41 || 16 || 7 || 23 || 34
| 6 || 0 || 1 || 1 || 0
|- bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals
! 393 !! 136 !! 137 !! 273 !! 250
! 45 !! 9 !! 10 !! 19 !! 30
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Biography}}
*[[List of players with 5 or more goals in an NHL game]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Ice hockey stats}}
*{{Find a Grave|27588526}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195851/http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_21.shtml Ray Getliffe Get his Day With the Stanley Cup]

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[[Category:Boston Bruins players]]
[[Category:Boston Cubs players]]
[[Category:Canadian expatriate ice hockey players in the United States]]
[[Category:Canadian ice hockey left wingers]]
[[Category:Deaths from cancer in Ontario]]
[[Category:Deaths from liver cancer in Canada]]
[[Category:Ice hockey people from Cambridge, Ontario]]
[[Category:London Tecumsehs players]]
[[Category:Montreal Canadiens players]]
[[Category:Stanley Cup champions]]
[[Category:20th-century Canadian sportsmen]]

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