Garnet Bailey

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For the Toronto Maple Leafs star, see Ace Bailey.

Position	Left Wing
Shot	Left
Nickname	Ace
Height Weight	5 ft 11 in (1.8 m) 180 lb (82 kg)
Pro Clubs	Boston Bruins Detroit Red Wings St. Louis Blues Washington Capitals Edmonton Oilers (WHA)
Nationality	Image:Flag of Canada.svg Canada
Born	June 13, 1948, Lloydminster, Saskatchewan
NHL Draft	Rnd 3, 13th overall, 1966 Boston Bruins
Pro Career	1968 – 1979

</div></div> Garnet "Ace" Bailey (b. June 13, 1948 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada; d. September 11, 2001, in New York, New York), was a professional hockey player. He died at age 53 in the crash of United Airlines Flight 175, at the World Trade Center in New York, New York, during the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.

[edit] Career

Born Garnet Edward Bailey, he was a member of the Boston Bruins Stanley Cup championship teams in 1970 and 1972. He also played for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals before finishing his playing career in 1978-79 with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association where he took rookie Wayne Gretzky under his wing.

In an NHL career spanning 11 years and 568 games, Bailey scored 107 goals and 171 assists with 633 penalty minutes. In his sole WHA season, he scored 5 goals and 4 assists with 22 penalty minutes in 38 games.

At the time of his death, Bailey was living in Lynnfield, Massachusetts and was working as the director of pro scouting for the Los Angeles Kings hockey team.

Bailey, along with Mark Bavis (another passenger on Flight 175), is mentioned in the Boston-based Dropkick Murphys song "Your Spirit's Alive."