BIRTHPLACE: Cambridge, Mass.

BORN: June 23, 1918

DIED: 1983

TEAMS/ASSOCIATIONS: Boston College, Los Angeles Monarchs

Ray Chaisson centered one of the all time great lines in the history of college hockey at Boston College, along with Al Dumond and John Pryor.  His coach and fellow United States Hockey Hall of Fame enshrinee, the legendary John “Snooks” Kelley, described Chaisson as one of his very finest hockey players during his 36 years of college coaching.

The Cambridge native led the East in scoring in both the 1940 and 1941 seasons in which the Eagles posted 12-5-1 and 13-1-0 records, respectively. Chaisson’s point totals those years were 67 and 59 over that same time frame as well.  In a 1939 win over Cornell he had five goals in one game and 33 for the season, which was only 18 games in length.

Chaisson is the all time Boston College leader in average goals per game per season with 2.07, during the 1941 season in which he scored 29 goals over a 14-game schedule.  His 126 points ranks him among the Eagles all-time career point leaders despite the fact that each of the players listed above him played in more that twice as many as the 32 games Chaisson played in.  In addition, he played just two seasons in a career cut short by World War II.  His eight hat tricks are still a school record.

After World War II service with the Navy, he later played senior amateur hockey with Los Angeles Monarchs of the Pacific Coast Hockey League, where he led the league in scoring with 101 points for the 1946 season.  Chaisson retired from active competition after the 1947 season and went on to pursue a career in the publishing industry.