For those who have been reading us for a while, you know we have a certain fondness for Bill Mosienko, our original Banner Boy.

Mosienko was one of the all-time greats for the Chicago Blackhawks. He played 14 years in the NHL, amassing 258 goals and 282 assists. Every game he ever played in the NHL was in a Blackhawks sweater.

Of his 258 goals, however, there were three in 21 seconds that will live forever. Mosienko holds the NHL record for fastest hat trick, getting three past the Rangers' Lorne Anderson at Madison Square Garden on March 12, 1952.

While that was a great story, he acomplished much more in his NHL career. He skated on the "Pony Line", on the right wing with Max and Doug Bentley.

The Winnipeg native was a damn fine player, appearing in 5 All-Star games, and getting two Second Team All-Star Team selections. He also won the Lady Byng Trophy for the 1944-45 season.

Mosienko had the misfortune of being a damn good player on some damn bad teams. His only trip to the Stanley Cup Finals was in 1944, where Mosienko ran into a right winger he had no answer for, Maurice Richard. He did, however, have an impressive season that year, racking up 70 points in 50 games during the regular season, as well as another 4 during the playoffs.

That was to be his best season. He would generally hover around the 50 point area, and would play a solid game for a small (even for his day) player.

Mosienko came to the Blackhawks during World War II, and his first couple seasons were abbreviated, as Mosienko enlisted in the Canadian armed forces, spending his time in the service working in a shipyard in Quebec.

After Mosienko's Blackhawks career, he went back to Winnipeg, and played four seasons with the Winnpieg Warriors of the Western Hockey League. He then finished his career as coach of the Warriors. Winnipeg honored him by renaming the Keewatin Arena as the Bill Mosienko Arena.

He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1965, and he passed away in 1994.