Prentice holds the record for the youngest player signed by the Toronto Maple Leafs - he was 17.

[1] His brother Dean had a long career in the NHL, mainly with the New York Rangers, the Boston Bruins and the Detroit Red Wings.

Prentice played the 1942–43 season with the Timmins Buffalo Ankerites in the Thunder Bay Junior A Hockey League.

Next, he played for the Fresno Falcons in 1947–48, then spent 1948–49 with the Philadelphia Rockets before ending his professional career in 1949–50 in Oakland-LA-Fresno in the PCHL.

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