Pete Backor was born in 1919 in
Fort William, Ontario to Slovak parents who emigrated from
Orava in northern
Slovakia to Canada. Although he played just a single season in the NHL, Backor made it count as he helped the
Toronto Maple Leafs win the
Stanley Cup in
1945. After that season he spent the next 11 years playing in the minor leagues for the
Pittsburgh Hornets of the
AHL with whom he won the
Calder Cup in
1952, the
Hollywood Wolves of the
PCHL and the
Sault Ste. Marie Indians of the
NOHA. Backor retired from hockey in 1956. He was one of the first players of Slovak descent in the NHL. ==Personal life==