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Reginald Alexander Sinclair was born on March 6, 1925 in Lachine, Que., he went on to serve with the air force during World War II before enrolling at McGill University, where he was an all-star right wing and centre on the hockey team from 1945 to 1949, earning a commerce degree in 1949.

In 63 career games overall with McGill, he netted 63 goals and 69 points with 109 penalty minutes, twice leading the team in scoring. He guided the Redmen to the league's Queen's Cup championship in 1945-46.

In 1948-49, his senior year, Sinclair served as captain of the Redmen and was voted MVP of the Senior Intercollegiate Hockey League after winning the conference scoring title with 21 goals and 14 assists in 12 games.

A prolific scorer, he tied a McGill single-game record, which still stands, scoring 10 points (3-7-10) against the University of Montreal Carabins on Feb. 25, 1949.

Sinclair also established a number of other McGill records, including most assists in a period (5), most assists in a game (7), fastest five points and assists in a game (10:39), fastest four points and assists in a game (2:39), fastest three points and assists in a game (0:48).

After graduation, he helped the Sherbrooke Saints of the Quebec Senior Hockey League earn a berth in the 1950 Eastern Canadian Allan Cup finals. Months later, he was signed as a free-agent by the New York Rangers on Oct. 3, 1950 and later played for the Detroit Red Wings.  In three National Hockey League seasons from 1950 to 1953, Sinclair scored 49 goals with 43 assists to go along with 139 penalty minutes in 208 regular season games. He played in two NHL all-star games (1951 and 1952). After two seasons with New York, he was traded to Detroit with Johnny Morrison for Leo Reise, Jr. on Aug. 18, 1952.

Whe his playing days were done, he moved to East Riverside, N.B, where he served many years as an executive with Royal Crown Cola.

Reg Sinclair was inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame on Oct. 16, 2003.