Ken Schinkel

Kenneth Calvin Schinkel (November 27, 1932 – November 20, 2020) was a Canadian professional ice hockey right wing and coach who played for the New York Rangers and Pittsburgh Penguins in the National Hockey League.

After a junior career that ended with the St. Catharines Teepees of the Ontario Hockey Association in 1953, Schinkel signed with the Springfield Indians of the American Hockey League. He spent the next six years in the Indians' organization, earning a reputation as a skilled two-way forward and penalty killer. In 1959 he led the AHL in goals with 43 and scored 85 points, earning a place on the league's Second All-Star Team, after which his rights were dealt to the New York Rangers.

He played the 1960 season with the Rangers and split the 1961 season between New York and Springfield, returning to the AHL in time to be part of the Indians' second consecutive Calder Cup championship, before playing as a third-liner with the Rangers in 1962 and 1963. By 1964 he was back in the minors, spending the next four years with the Rangers' farm team, the AHL Baltimore Clippers.