He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 and continued to teach the younger generations of his family how to play hockey into his 90s. He had a daughter, Judith, and two sons, Robert and Thomas, with his wife Bernadine McNerney, who died in 2006. Blake died November 26, 2008 in Cheektowaga, New York at the age of 94.
He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 and continued to instruct his younger family members on how to play hockey well into their 90s. He had a daughter, Judith, and two sons, Robert and Thomas, with his wife Bernadine McNerney, who passed away in 2006. Blake died November 26, 2008 in Cheektowaga, New York at the age of 94.