Vic Lynn, bottom row, right, gathers with other players from the 1947 All-Star game as part of the 50th NHL All-Star Game week. (Frank Gunn/Canadian Press)

He's the only player in NHL history to suit up for all six original teams. Known as the Saskatoon Streak, Lynn played one game for the New York Rangers in 1943. He was picked up by the Detroit Red Wings and played a handful of games there and with the Montreal Canadiens before joining the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1946. Lynn won three Stanley Cups over five seasons in Toronto, and then went on to play for the Boston Bruins. The left winger, a three-time all-star, finished his NHL career with the Chicago Blackhawks in 1954. He's now 83 years old.

CBC Sports: How did you get into hockey?

Lynn: " I started when I was about six years old, on open rinks and playgrounds. I played peewee hockey with the Kinsmen in Saskatoon...

"Most of the time I was playing on the open rinks. When I was about five years old I knew I wanted to be a pro."

CBC Sports: What was the first game you can remember playing?

Lynn: "The first game was the Kinsmen peewees. Oh, I was about 6, 7. I remember that I was thrilled to death, that's all. I never thought I'd ever play for them. I played for the Canadiens in Kinsmen peewee hockey. We had six teams, all in Saskatoon.

"I can't remember how we did, really. We were so young, we didn't care, we just wanted to play. Didn't matter if we won or not."

CBC Sports: Who was your funniest teammate, and why?

Lynn: "The funniest? The funniest teammate. I'd have to think about that one. I would mention Joe Klukay, Toronto Maple Leafs. He did everything that wasn't supposed to be done. He used to get hurt on the ice and they'd take him off on the stretcher, and five minutes later you look back on the bench and there he is, sitting behind you...

"He just wanted the fans to cheer him, I guess."

CBC Sports: Where was the most memorable tournament you ever played, and why?

Lynn: "The Stanley Cup, that'd be the best one in the world. In 1947, 1948 and 1949. We felt like heroes, you know, everybody cheering you, everybody giving you a pat on the back, until you went back to training camp the next year, then you had to start all over again. "We had a pretty good hockey team. It was pretty well equalized, everybody was the same, everybody got their turn to play and everybody played good. We had a good coach and we had good management, and that's what made it.

"Those were my best years in the NHL. I had some good years with Boston, too. Played there, we didn't win the Stanley Cup but we were in the playoffs every year I was there. That makes a difference, especially in the pocketbook."

CBC Sports: Where was the worst arena you've ever played at? What was it like?

Lynn: "The worst arena. Now where would that be? Oh god I played all over the country. Worst arena, let me think. I'd have to think seriously about that one...I do know my favourite, it was definitely Detroit. It just seemed like the building and everything just suited me. Went in there, I felt at home."

CBC Sports: Where was the coldest game of hockey you ever played? Describe it.

Lynn: " We played in Saskatoon at Victoria rink at 17 below zero one time. It was an open air rink. It had boards around it and everything but it was still open air. No roof. You wore a toque over your ears and you had heavy sweaters on, you got sweaty, but you've got to work at it...Out here it gets to -40 below."

CBC Sports: Who was the most memorable hockey parent you ever met? Why?

Lynn: " Hockey parent, now who would that be. You got me thinking, hockey parent. There's so many of them, they're all good. All the players, their parents were great. "In our day you didn't have anyone shouting and hollering at you from the stands, they'd throw them out of the rink. Nowadays the parent in the stands, they scream at their kids. I don't agree with that. All our parents were good when they'd come watch us.

"I guess the best one was my dad. He followed me wherever I went, wherever I played. In the pros they used to come visit me once and a while, in the wintertime, take holidays, come for a week."