William Tulip "Billy" Reay - Born August 21, 1918 in Winnipeg, Manitoba - Died September 23, 2004 in Madison, Wisconsin was a Canadian/American ice Hockey centre and coach.

- Turnbull Cup Champion 1938 with St. Boniface Seals

- Memorial Cup Champion 1938 with St. Boniface Seals and 1950 as Montreal Jr. Canadiens co-coach.
Reay scored the championship goal in 1938 Memorial Cup.

- Quebec Senior Hockey League Champion 1944 with Quebec Aces as player/coach

- Allan Cup Champion 1944 with Quebec Aces as player/coach

- Byng of Vimy Trophy Winner 1945 with Quebec Aces.

- George Richardson Memorial Trophy Champion 1950 as Montreal Jr. Canadiens co-coach.

- World Ice Hockey Champion 1959 as coach of Belleville McFarland's / Team Canada.

- Prince of Wales Trophy Champion 1946, 1947 with Montreal Canadiens, 1967, 1970 as Chicago Black Hawks coach.

- Stanley Cup Champion 1946, 1953 with Montreal Canadiens
Stanley Cup finalist 1947, 1951, 1952 with Montreal, 1965, 1971, 1973 as coach of Chicago.

- Calder Cup Champion 1963 as Buffalo Bisons coach.

Reay made his NHL debut with Detroit Red Wings on December 4, 1943 vs Montreal Canadiens, also scoring his 1st NHL goal vs Bill Durnan at 4:32 of 2nd period at Montreal Forum in a 8-2 Montreal win.

Reay played just 4 games for Detroit in 2 NHL seasons before they traded him to Montreal Canadiens in September, 1945, where he played for the next 8 seasons, finishing his NHL career there in 1953 as a assistant (alternate) captain.

Reay scored his 1st NHL hat-trick vs Harry Lumley of Detroit Red Wings on November 27, 1946 at Detroit Olympia in a 6-1 Montreal win.

Reay played in 479 regular season NHL games, scoring 105 goals (19 GWG), 162 assists with 202 penalty minutes and 63 NHL playoff games, scoring 13 goals (1 GWG), 16 assists with 41 penalty minutes.

Reay had been coaching various teams before and while also playing during his NHL career, and then after retiring from playing in 1955 with the WHL Victoria Cougars, while also being their coach, stepped behind the bench full time with the WHL Seattle Americans for the 1955-56 season. He then joined the AHL Rochester Americans for their 1st season in 1956-57, before being lured back to the NHL as coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. It didn't go well in Toronto, as they won only 21 games in the 70 game NHL schedule, and after just 20 games into the 1958-59 NHL season, and after losing their 12th game on November 27, 1958, he was fired the next day.

Reay was then appointed coach of Belleville McFarlands, who were getting ready to represent Canada on a European tour and 1959 World Ice Hockey Championships, which they won.

Reay was then named coach of Sault Ste. Marie Thunderbirds for the 1960-61 season, then coached the AHL Buffalo Bisons for 2 seasons, winning the 1963 Calder Cup.

Reay was then named coach of the Chicago Black Hawks, a position he would hold for 14 seasons, winning 5 division titles, the Black Hawks 1st Prince of Wales Trophy as NHL regular season champions for the 1966-67 season and 3 times made the Stanley Cup finals, but no championship.

As a NHL coach, Reay won 542 games, 516 with Chicago and 26 with Toronto.

William Tulip (Billy) Reay was inducted into the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985

NOTE
While with the Canadiens in 1947, Reay is credited as the 1st player to raise his arms and stick in celebration after scoring a goal.