fans nearly rioted, and Black Hawks coach Rudy Pilous accused Storey of choking by not calling penalties against the Canadiens late in the game. Storey was scheduled to referee the final game in the series between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins, but when Ottawa Journal sports editor Bill Westwick reported that NHL president Clarence Campbell said that Storey had "frozen" on two calls that should have been penalties against the Canadiens, Storey immediately resigned. He never returned to the NHL. His career included 480 regular season games and seven consecutive Stanley Cup finals from 1952 through 1958. He was popular with NHL players because he talked with them. Gump Worsley said of Storey in his autobiography They Call Me Gump: "When Red Storey was refereeing in the NHL, I used to ask him where he was going to get a beer after the game. He usually told me, too." Following retirement Following his retirement from the NHL, Storey remained active in oldtimers' games, worked as a TV commentator, and was a popular raconteur. Storey was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame (1967) and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame (1986) and was made a Member of the Order of Canada in 1991. He was also inducted into the Ontario Sports Hall of Fame in 2001. He was 88 when he died in Montreal after a lengthy illness. His son, Bob Storey, was also a two-time Grey Cup winner (1967, 1970). Honours The athletic field at the former Barrie Central Collegiate, from where Storey is a graduate, was named in his honour. He was Appointed as a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in 1992. He was awarded the 125th Anniversary of the Confederation of Canada Medal in 1992. He was awarded the Canadian Version of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal in 2002. References External links 1918 births 2006 deaths Anglophone Quebec people Canadian lacrosse players Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Members of the Order of Canada National Hockey League broadcasters National Hockey League officials Players of Canadian football from Ontario Sportspeople from Barrie Toronto Argonauts players Toronto Maple Leafs announcers Ice hockey people from Ontario