Norm Joseph McAtee was a professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 player who played 13 games in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

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 with the Boston Bruins

Boston Bruins

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. Born in Stratford, Ontario

Stratford, Ontario

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, he and his brother Jud

Jud McAtee

Jerome F. "Jud" McAtee was a professional ice hockey player who played 46 games in the National Hockey League with the Detroit Red Wings...

 played together in junior ice hockey

Junior ice hockey

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 with the Oshawa Generals

Oshawa Generals

The Oshawa Generals are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League. They are based in Oshawa, Ontario. The team is named for General Motors, an early sponsor which has its Canadian headquarters in Oshawa. The Generals are one of the most successful franchises in Canadian Hockey League...

 during the years when the Generals dominated the Ontario Hockey League

Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20.The OHL also operates under the Ontario Hockey Federation of Hockey Canada....

, winning championships with them in 1938-39. 1939-40 and 1940-41. At the end of the 1941 season, Norm joined his brother by signing as a free agent with the Detroit Red Wings

Detroit Red Wings

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 in the NHL

National Hockey League

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. However, beginning in 1942 and lasting throughout World War II

World War II

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, Norm became a flying officer in the Royal Canadian Air Force

Royal Canadian Air Force

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. After his discharge in 1945, he teamed with his brother in the Red Wings farm system before the two of them were traded to the Chicago Blackhawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

 for Doug McCaig

Doug McCaig

Douglas McCaig was a professional ice hockey player who played 263 games in the National Hockey League. He played for the Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks.-External links:...

 in December 1945

1945-46 NHL season

-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Leading goaltenders:...

. Just over a month later, Chicago traded him to Boston for Bill Jennings, and Norm joined the Bruins for 13 games, recording one assist. After that, he finished his career in the minor leagues, ending as player-coach with the Troy Bruins

Troy Bruins

The Troy Bruins were an International Hockey League team based in Troy, Ohio that played from 1951 to 1959 at the Hobart Arena. Notable players were Brian Kilrea and Larry King Kwong....

 in Troy, Ohio

Troy, Ohio

* - Sports :In addition to Troy High School athletics, Troy is home to the Miami Valley Silverbacks indoor football team of the Continental Indoor Football League....

 from 1951-54.

After his retirement from hockey, McAtee stayed in Troy, becoming a referee in the International Hockey League and a color commentator for Dayton Gems

Dayton Gems

The Dayton Gems were a minor league ice hockey team based in Dayton, Ohio, and members of the International Hockey League from 1964 to 1977, and 1979–1980.In the fall of 1964 the lobby of their new arena, Hara Arena, had a natural gas explosion...

 games. He also worked for Sherwin-Williams until his retirement in 1984.