Harry Oliver (ice hockey player)

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Flag of Canada (1921–1957) .svg  Harry Oliver Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1967
Date of birth October 26, 1898
place of birth Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada
date of death June 16, 1985
Place of death Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada
Nickname Pee wee
size 173 cm
Weight 66 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1917-1920 Selkirk Fishermen
1920-1921 Calgary Canadians
1921-1926 Calgary Tigers
1926-1934 Boston Bruins
1934-1937 New York Americans

Harold "Harry" Oliver (born October 26, 1898 in Selkirk , Manitoba ; † June 16, 1985 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 498 games for the Boston Bruins and New York Americans in the course of his active career between 1917 and 1937 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . In the service of the Boston Bruins, Oliver won the Stanley Cup in 1929 . Exactly 30 years after his last of eleven seasons in the NHL, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.

Career

Oliver spent his junior and senior senior years in his hometown of Selkirk, Manitoba Province . After he had learned to play ice hockey in self-study, since there were no organized clubs, he played from 1917 for the teams of the Selkirk Fishermen . With the men's team, the striker took part in the Allan Cup in 1919 , where they were defeated by the Hamilton Tigers 6-7 on goals in the two finals . In the summer of 1920 he finally moved to Calgary . In the 1920/21 season he ran on for the Calgary Canadians .

In December 1921, the attacker's next career step followed when he signed a contract with the Calgary Tigers , who had started playing in the newly created Western Canada Hockey League . With the Tigers, the lightweight, but fast and agile winger spent a total of five seasons, in which, with the exception of his rookie season, he always achieved at least 25 points scorer . In the 1923/24 season Oliver won the championship of the WCHL with the Calgary Tigers, the win of which entitled to participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1924 . In the final games of the Stanley Cup, Calgary was defeated by the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League, however, in both meetings. Oliver remained pointless in both games. In the same year and the following year, he was appointed to the WCHL's First All-Star Team.

In September 1926, the Canadian was sold by the Tigers to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Oliver played for the Bruins in the following eight years and was a constant point collector, who was able to achieve around 20 points a year. Between 1927 and 1929 he was the team's best-scoring player. In the service of Boston, the offensive player celebrated his greatest career success at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1929 by winning the trophy of the same name. After a total of eight years, Oliver left the Boston Bruins and moved to league rivals New York Americans on the US east coast . The Americans bought the attacker from the Bruins. He played another three years in the NHL, with the exception of the 1935/36 season , his point yields went down significantly. After the end of the 1936/37 season , the now 38-year-old declared his active career over.

After the end of his career, Oliver moved back to his hometown Selkirk, where he initially worked as an electrician . He later moved to neighboring Winnipeg . There he worked in the Weights and Measures Department of the Canadian government that dealt with the conversion to the metric system of units . Exactly 30 years after his last of eleven seasons in the NHL, Oliver was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967. He is also a member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . He died in June 1985 in his hometown at the age of 86.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1917/18 Selkirk Fishermen WJrHL 2 7th 4th 11 0
1918/19 Selkirk Fishermen MSHL 9 15th 9 24 6th 4th 5 1 6th 0
1919 Selkirk Fishermen Allan Cup 2 7th 4th 11 0
1919/20 Selkirk Fishermen MSHL 10 7th 7th 14th 4th - - - - -
1920/21 Calgary Canadians Big-4 16 14th 6th 20th 11 - - - - -
1921/22 Calgary Tigers WCHL 20th 10 4th 14th 7th 2 1 0 1 0
1922/23 Calgary Tigers WCHL 29 25th 7th 32 10 - - - - -
1923/24 Calgary Tigers WCHL 27 22nd 12 34 14th 2 0 1 1 2
1924 Calgary Tigers West playoff 3 2 1 3 2
1924 Calgary Tigers Stanley Cup 2 0 0 0 0
1924/25 Calgary Tigers WCHL 24 20th 13 33 23 2 0 0 0 2
1925/26 Calgary Tigers WHL 30th 13 12 25th 14th - - - - -
1926/27 Boston Bruins NHL 42 18th 6th 24 17th 8th 4th 2 6th 4th
1927/28 Boston Bruins NHL 43 13 5 18th 20th 2 2 0 2 4th
1928/29 Boston Bruins NHL 43 17th 6th 23 24 5 1 1 2 8th
1929/30 Boston Bruins NHL 40 16 5 21st 12 6th 2 1 3 6th
1930/31 Boston Bruins NHL 44 16 14th 30th 18th 4th 0 0 0 2
1931/32 Boston Bruins NHL 44 13 7th 20th 22nd - - - - -
1932/33 Boston Bruins NHL 47 11 7th 18th 10 5 0 0 0 0
1933/34 Boston Bruins NHL 48 5 9 14th 6th - - - - -
1934/35 New York Americans NHL 47 7th 9 16 4th - - - - -
1935/36 New York Americans NHL 45 9 16 25th 12 5 1 2 3 0
1936/37 New York Americans NHL 20th 2 1 3 2 - - - - -
WCHL / WHL total 130 90 48 138 68 11 3 2 5 6th
NHL overall 463 127 85 212 147 35 10 6th 16 24

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Oliver, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Oliver, Harold (full name); Pee-wee (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Selkirk , Manitoba
DATE OF DEATH June 16, 1985
Place of death Selkirk , Manitoba