Seasons with Rangers: 1 (1926-27)
Regular-Season Games with Rangers: 16
Playoff Games with Rangers: 0

Acquired
Pro hockey rights sold to Rangers by Vancouver (WHL) on Oct. 25, 1926.

Departed
Pro hockey rights sold by Rangers to Stratford (Can-Pro) on Nov. 11, 1927.

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NYR - Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1926-1927 Rangers 16 0 0 0 0 Team Totals: 16 0 0 0 0

Career Regular Season Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1920-1921 Canmore Roses-ASHL 6 1 0 1 0 1921-1922 Canmore Roses-ASHL 1922-1923 Canmore Roses-ASHL 6 2 0 2 1923-1924 Canmore Roses-ASHL 1924-1925 Vancouver Maroons-WCHL 19 1 0 1 4 1925-1926 Vancouver Maroons-WHL 27 10 2 12 8 1926-1927 Rangers 16 0 0 0 0 1926-1927 Springfield Indians-Can-Am 16 0 0 0 10 1927-1928 Stratford Nationals-Can-Pro 42 8 3 11 12 1928-1929 Hamilton Tigers-Can-Pro 19 0 3 3 6 1928-1929 Seattle Seahawks-PCHL 15 2 1 3 2 1929-1930 Seattle Eskimos-PCHL 35 12 3 15 12 1930-1931 London Tecumsehs-IHL 44 7 5 12 19 1931-1932 London Tecumsehs-IHL 26 2 0 2 2 1934-1935 Rossland Miners-WKHL 16 6 8 14 3 1935-1936 Rossland Miners-WKHL 4 1 2 3 1 1936-1937 Rossland Miners-WKHL 14 1 7 8 6 NHL Totals: 16 0 0 0 0

Career Playoff Stats Season Team GP G A P +/- PIM PP SH GW S S% 1926-1927 Springfield Indians-Can-Am 4 1 0 1 4 1927-1928 Stratford Nationals-Can-Pro 5 1 0 1 2 1928-1929 Seattle Seahawks-PCHL 5 1 1 2 0 1934-1935 Rossland Miners-WKHL 2 0 1 1 2 1935-1936 Rossland Miners-WKHL 2 1 3 4 0

Bio/News Deceased, 1962. RANGERS DEBUT Nov. 16, 1926 (Rangers vs. Montreal Maroons) RANGERS ORGANIZATION STATISTICS Minor-league games: 16 Minor-league teams: Springfield (Can-Am) 1926-27 MISCELLANEOUS Full name: Oliver Reinikka Uniform Numbers: 11 Retired from pro hockey: 1937 BIOGRAPHY One of Western Canadian players brought to the first Rangers team by coach Lester Patrick, Reinikka spent the first half of the 1926-27 season with the Rangers before being sent to the Springfield Indians for the balance of that season. His rights were later sold to a Canadian minor-league team in the week before the 1927-28 season opened. NOTES Played under the name Ollie Rocco for part of the 1926-27 season.