THE thumbnail obituary tells us that Bill Chadwick died last week at 94. A kid from Manhattan, in 1935 he lost sight in one eye while playing ice hockey. Yet, he would become the NHL’s first … ...

But Chadwick took a puck in the eye in a Met League game, and – as a result – permanently had only one useful optic. ... Bill later became a popular radio and TV analyst for Rangers games.

Not only that but Chadwick also invented the officiating penalty signals we now take for granted and was so good at his job that Bill – alias The Big Whistle – reffed more playoff Game Sevens ...