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Leo, Gerry and Myles Fitzgerald
Born (1993-08-26) August 26, 1993 (age 30)
Port Alberni, British Columbia, Canada
Occupation(s)Actors, ice hockey players

Leo, Gerry and Myles Fitzgerald (born August 26, 1993[1]) are Canadian former child actors, currently involved in ice hockey, best known for their joint roles as Sylvester (Sly) and Whit in the 1999 film Baby Geniuses.[2] They also appeared in the sequel, Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2, in 2004.[3][4]

Ice hockey careers

The Fitzgerald brothers are ice hockey forwards. They played minor ice hockey in their hometown of Port Alberni, British Columbia, followed by their junior B in the Vancouver Island Junior Hockey League. They were then reunited in the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL) with the Nanaimo Clippers, Prince George Spruce Kings, and Victoria Grizzlies.[4][5][6]

After the triplets led the Grizzlies in scoring in the 2012–13 season, all three committed to Bemidji State University. They played college ice hockey with the Bemidji State Beavers men's ice hockey program from the 2014–15 season to the 2017–18 season.[7]

Leo played three games for the South Carolina Stingrays of the ECHL at the end of the 2017–18 ECHL season and played in the Hungarian OB I bajnokság and Erste Liga with Ferencvárosi TC during the 2018–19 season before retiring.[8]

Gerry played sixteen games for the Iowa Wild of the American Hockey League (AHL) at the end of the 2017–18 AHL season and remained with the team through the 2018–19 season.[9] The following season, he played 40 games in the AHL with the Lehigh Valley Phantoms and two games in the ECHL with the Reading Royals. Since the 2020–21 season, Gerry has been active in the Swedish HockeyAllsvenskan and has played with teams including Västerviks IK, IF Björklöven, and AIK IF.

Myles played alongside Leo with Ferencvárosi TC in the 2018–19 season. He re-signed with Ferencvárosi for the 2019–20 season, during which he also played in the German DEL2 with the Ravensburg Towerstars and the Bietigheim Steelers. The 2020–21 season was spent in the German Oberliga with ECDC Memmingen.[10] Myles served as an assistant coach to the Chinese women's national ice hockey team for the 2023 IIHF Women's World Championship Division I, at which China placed first and earned promotion to the Top Division.

Filmography

Year Film Role
1999 Baby Geniuses Sly/Whit
2004 Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 Kahuna

References

  1. ^ Leo [permanent dead link], Gerry [permanent dead link] and Myles' [permanent dead link] Nanaimo Clippers profiles
  2. ^ Beck, Karen (February 6, 1998). "The faces of our Baby Geniuses". Alberni Valley Times. p. 1. Retrieved August 14, 2022.
  3. ^ Superbabies: Baby Geniuses 2 IMDb page
  4. ^ a b "Fitzgerald triplets dazzle at Vancouver Giants camp". Alberini Valley Times. August 26, 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-11-10. Retrieved 26 September 2011.
  5. ^ "Home". Victoria Grizzlies.
  6. ^ Charron, Cam (9 August 2012). "Former Baby Genius triplets Myles, Leo and Gerry Fitzgerald shipped to Victoria". Yahoo! News. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
  7. ^ "FITZGERALD(S) COMMIT TO BEMIDIJI STATE FOR 14-15". Victoria Grizzlies website. Archived from the original on 2013-04-06. Retrieved 1 April 2013.
  8. ^ Leo Fitzgerald, EliteProspects.com
  9. ^ Gerry Fitzgerald, EliteProspects.com
  10. ^ Myles Fitzgerald, EliteProspects.com

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