Douglas Allen “Diesel” Mohns played 22 seasons in the National Hockey League from 1953–54 until 1974–75. Mohns twice won the most coveted prize in junior hockey, the Memorial Cup. He.
Doug Mohns was born in 1933 and grew up in Capreol, where railway culture and hockey were the kings of time well spent. He would earn the nickname “Diesel” out of respect for how his piston-like legs could penetrate the ice and propel him forward like a locomotive.
Mohns joined the Boston Bruins in 1953, playing for 11 seasons.