Stanley Cup-winning All-Star NHL hockey coach.
Jimmy Skinner coached the Detroit Red Wings hockey team to a 1955 Stanley Cup, with such high-profile players as Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. He is thought to have been the one to start the tradition of kissing the cup upon winning it. He also coached three NHL All-Star games.
Skinner eventually went on to become the Red Wings' Chief Scout, Director of Player Personnel and, eventually, General Manager, from 1980 to 1983. Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, he played minor league hockey in northern Manitoba and the American Midwest before starting his coaching career. The landmark Skinner's restaurant in Lockport, Manitoba, was owned by Jimmy and his brothers.
According to his Winnipeg Free Press obituary, his funeral was handled by WALTER D. KELLY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION CENTRE in Windsor, Ontario, as detailed in the following obituary: http://tinyurl.com/yqymfp
Jimmy Skinner coached the Detroit Red Wings hockey team to a 1955 Stanley Cup, with such high-profile players as Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. He is thought to have been the one to start the tradition of kissing the cup upon winning it. He also coached three NHL All-Star games.
Skinner eventually went on to become the Red Wings' Chief Scout, Director of Player Personnel and, eventually, General Manager, from 1980 to 1983. Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, he played minor league hockey in northern Manitoba and the American Midwest before starting his coaching career. The landmark Skinner's restaurant in Lockport, Manitoba, was owned by Jimmy and his brothers.
According to his Winnipeg Free Press obituary, his funeral was handled by WALTER D. KELLY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION CENTRE in Windsor, Ontario, as detailed in the following obituary: http://tinyurl.com/yqymfp
Stanley Cup-winning All-Star NHL hockey coach.
Jimmy Skinner coached the Detroit Red Wings hockey team to a 1955 Stanley Cup, with such high-profile players as Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. He is thought to have been the one to start the tradition of kissing the cup upon winning it. He also coached three NHL All-Star games.
Skinner eventually went on to become the Red Wings' Chief Scout, Director of Player Personnel and, eventually, General Manager, from 1980 to 1983. Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, he played minor league hockey in northern Manitoba and the American Midwest before starting his coaching career. The landmark Skinner's restaurant in Lockport, Manitoba, was owned by Jimmy and his brothers.
According to his Winnipeg Free Press obituary, his funeral was handled by WALTER D. KELLY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION CENTRE in Windsor, Ontario, as detailed in the following obituary: http://tinyurl.com/yqymfp
Jimmy Skinner coached the Detroit Red Wings hockey team to a 1955 Stanley Cup, with such high-profile players as Gordie Howe and Ted Lindsay. He is thought to have been the one to start the tradition of kissing the cup upon winning it. He also coached three NHL All-Star games.
Skinner eventually went on to become the Red Wings' Chief Scout, Director of Player Personnel and, eventually, General Manager, from 1980 to 1983. Born in Selkirk, Manitoba, Canada, he played minor league hockey in northern Manitoba and the American Midwest before starting his coaching career. The landmark Skinner's restaurant in Lockport, Manitoba, was owned by Jimmy and his brothers.
According to his Winnipeg Free Press obituary, his funeral was handled by WALTER D. KELLY FUNERAL HOME CREMATION CENTRE in Windsor, Ontario, as detailed in the following obituary: http://tinyurl.com/yqymfp
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