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'''Rudolph Pilous''' (August 11, 1914 – December 5, 1994) was a [[Canadians|Canadian]] [[ice hockey]] player and coach, born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. Pilous won a [[Stanley Cup]] coaching the [[Chicago Blackhawks|Chicago Black Hawks]] in [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]], and was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985 in the builder category.
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| death_place = [[St. Catharines, Ontario]]
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'''Rudolph Pilous''' (August 11, 1914 – December 5, 1994) was a Canadian [[ice hockey]] player and coach, born in [[Winnipeg]], [[Manitoba]]. Pilous won the [[Stanley Cup]] coaching the [[Chicago Black Hawks]] in [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]], and was inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985 in the builder category. He is credited with initiating the action of pulling the goalie for an extra forward when there is a delayed penalty or when a team is losing by a goal in the last few minutes of play.


==Playing career==
==Playing career==
Pilous played [[junior ice hockey]] in the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] before becoming a [[New York Rangers]] prospect. During 1937–38, Pilous played minor professional hockey with the New York Rovers of the [[Eastern Hockey League#Eastern Amateur Hockey League|Eastern Hockey League]]. Unable to reach the [[National Hockey League]], Pilous transferred the St. Catharines Saints, a [[senior ice hockey]] in the [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|Ontario Hockey Association Senior division]] from 1938 to 1941.
Pilous played [[junior ice hockey]] in the [[Manitoba Junior Hockey League]] before becoming a [[New York Rangers]] prospect. During 1937–38, Pilous played minor professional hockey with the New York Rovers of the [[Eastern Hockey League#Eastern Amateur Hockey League|Eastern Hockey League]]. Unable to reach the [[National Hockey League]], Pilous transferred to the St. Catharines Saints, a [[senior ice hockey]] in the [[OHA Senior A League (1890–1979)|Ontario Hockey Association Senior division]] from 1938 to 1941.


==Coach and team builder==
==Coach and team builder==
In 1943, Pilous cofounded the [[St. Catharines Falcons]], a junior ice hockey team in the [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]]. Pilous left the Falcons in 1946, spending the 1946–47 season as a scout for the nearby [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]]. Pilous spent the 1947–48 season in Houston, Texas, winning the [[United States Hockey League (1945–51)|USHL]] Championship. In 1948–49, Pilous led the [[San Diego Skyhawks]] to the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League]] title.
In 1943, Pilous cofounded the [[St. Catharines Falcons (1943–1947)|St. Catharines Falcons]], a junior ice hockey team in the [[Ontario Hockey League|Ontario Hockey Association]]. Pilous left the Falcons in 1946, spending the 1946–47 season as a scout for the nearby [[Buffalo Bisons (AHL)|Buffalo Bisons]]. Pilous spent the 1947–48 season in Houston, Texas, winning the [[United States Hockey League (1945–51)|USHL]] Championship. In 1948–49, Pilous led the [[San Diego Skyhawks]] to the [[Pacific Coast Hockey League]] title.


After the PCHL, Pilous returned to the team he founded in St. Catharines, now known as the [[St. Catharines Teepees]]. He coached the team to a [[Memorial Cup]] championship in the [[1954 Memorial Cup]], and was its general manager for the [[1960 Memorial Cup]] victory.
After the PCHL, Pilous returned to the team he founded in St. Catharines, now known as the [[St. Catharines Teepees]]. He coached the team to a [[Memorial Cup]] championship in the [[1954 Memorial Cup]]. He was its general manager for the [[1960 Memorial Cup]] victory.


Pilous coached the Chicago Black Hawks from [[1958–59 NHL season|1958]] to [[1962–63 NHL season|1963]]. In the [[1961 Stanley Cup Finals]], he led the Hawks to Stanley Cup victory.
Pilous coached the Chicago Black Hawks from [[1958–59 NHL season|1958]] to [[1962–63 NHL season|1963]]. In the [[1961 Stanley Cup Finals]], he led the Hawks to Stanley Cup victory. Between 1956 and 1968, he was the only coach to win the Stanley Cup other than [[Toe Blake]] and [[Punch Imlach]].


Pilous coached the [[Denver Invaders]] in 1963–64 to the [[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|Western Hockey League]]'s Governor's Trophy. After a brief stint with the [[Hamilton Red Wings]], Pilous was hired to be the initial general manager of the expansion [[Oakland Seals]] in 1967. Pilous was quickly dismissed by team owners, and joined the [[Denver Spurs]] of the WHL, building them into a first place team by 1972.
Pilous coached the [[Denver Invaders]] in 1963–64 to the [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|Western Hockey League]]'s Governor's Trophy. After a brief stint with the [[Hamilton Red Wings]], Pilous was hired to be the initial general manager of the expansion [[Oakland Seals]] in 1967. Pilous was quickly dismissed by team owners, and joined the [[Denver Spurs]] of the WHL, building them into a first place team by 1972.


Pilous returned to his childhood home in Manitoba, with the [[Brandon Wheat Kings]] and subsequently coaching the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]. Pilous later became general manager, and led the Jets to [[Avco World Trophy]] championships in 1976, 1978 and 1979.
Pilous returned to his childhood home in Manitoba, with the [[Brandon Wheat Kings]] and subsequently coaching the [[Winnipeg Jets (1972–96)|Winnipeg Jets]]. Pilous later became general manager, and led the Jets to [[Avco World Trophy]] championships in 1976, 1978 and 1979.


Pilous' coaching career ended where it started in St. Catharines 43 years earlier, at the helm of the [[St. Catharines Saints]] from 1983 to 1986.
Pilous' coaching career ended where it started in St. Catharines 43 years earlier, at the helm of the [[St. Catharines Saints]] from 1983 to 1986.

==Personal life and death==
Pilous died at his home of a heart attack on December 5, 1994. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his two daughters, Rosemarie and Mary Lou. <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1994-12-07-9412070302-story.html|title=Rudy Pilous Dies; Coached Hawks to '61 Stanley Cup|website=[[Chicago Tribune]] |date=7 December 1994 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/12/09/obituaries/rudy-pilous-hockey-coach-80.html|title=Rudy Pilous; Hockey Coach, 80|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 December 1994}}</ref>


==Coaching record==
==Coaching record==
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! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !! Division rank !! Result
! G !! W !! L !! T !! Pts !! Division rank !! Result
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![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1957–58 NHL season|1957–58]]
! [[Chicago Black Hawks]]
| [[1957–58 NHL season|1957–58]]
|37||14||22||1||29||5th in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||DNQ
| 37 || 14 || 22 || 1 || 29
| 5th in [[National Hockey League|NHL]] || Did not qualify
|-
|-
! Chicago Black Hawks
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1958–59 NHL season|1958–59]]
| [[1958–59 NHL season|1958–59]]
|70||28||29||13||69||3rd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||Lost in First Round
| 70 || 28 || 29 || 13 || 69
| 3rd in NHL ||Lost in semi-finals
|-
|-
! Chicago Black Hawks
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]]
| [[1959–60 NHL season|1959–60]]
|70||28||29||13||69||3rd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||Lost in First Round
| 70 || 28 || 29 || 13 || 69
| 3rd in NHL || Lost in semi-finals
|-
|-
! Chicago Black Hawks
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]]
| [[1960–61 NHL season|1960–61]]
|70||29||24||17||75||3rd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||'''Won Stanley Cup'''
| 70 || 29 || 24 || 17 || 75
| 3rd in NHL || Won [[1961 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup]]
|-
|-
! Chicago Black Hawks
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]]
| [[1961–62 NHL season|1961–62]]
|70||31||26||13||75||3rd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||Lost in Stanley Cup Final
| 70 || 31 || 26 || 13 || 75
| 3rd in NHL ||Lost [[1962 Stanley Cup Finals|Stanley Cup Finals]]
|-
|-
! Chicago Black Hawks
![[Chicago Blackhawks|CHI]]||[[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]]
| [[1962–63 NHL season|1962–63]]
|70||32||21||17||81||2nd in [[National Hockey League|NHL]]||Lost in First Round
| 70 || 32 || 21 || 17 || 81
| 2nd in NHL || Lost in semi-finals
|-
|-
![[Winnipeg Jets (1972-96)|WPG]] (WHA)||[[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]]
! [[Winnipeg Jets (1972-96)|Winnipeg Jets]]
| [[1974–75 WHA season|1974–75]]
|65||34||26||5||73||3rd in Canadian||DNQ
| 65 || 34 || 26 || 5 || 73
| 3rd in Canadian || Did not qualify
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|NHL Totals ||387||162||151||74||398
! colspan="2"| NHL Totals
| 387 || 162 || 151 || 74 || 398 |||| 18–22, .450 1 Stanley Cup
|-
|-
! colspan="2"|WHA Totals ||65||34||26||5||73
! colspan="2"| WHA Totals
| 65 || 34 || 26 || 5 || 73 ||||
|}
|}


== Awards and achievements ==
== Awards and achievements ==
*[[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|USHL]] Championship (1948)
* [[United States Hockey League (1945–1951)|USHL]] Championship (1948)
*[[PCHL]] Championship (1949)
* [[Pacific Coast Hockey League|PCHL]] Championship (1949)
*[[Memorial Cup]] Championships (1954 & 1960)
* [[Memorial Cup]] Championships (1954 & 1960)
*[[Stanley Cup]] Championship (1961)
* [[Stanley Cup]] Championship (1961)
*[[Western Hockey League (minor pro)|WHL]] regular season Championship (1964)
* [[Western Hockey League (1952–1974)|WHL]] regular season championship (1964)
*[[Avco Cup]] ([[World Hockey Association|WHA]]) (1976, 1978, & 1979)
* [[Avco Cup]] ([[World Hockey Association|WHA]]) (1976, 1978, & 1979)
*Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985
* Inducted into the [[Hockey Hall of Fame]] in 1985
*“Honoured Member” of the [[Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]]
* Honoured Member of the [[Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]]

==References==
{{reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=B198502|legendstype=Builder|hockeydb=4292}}
* {{Ice hockey stats|legendsm=B198502|legendstype=Builder}}
*[http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=7&id=21 Rudy Pilous's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]
* [http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/honoured/players.html?category=7&id=21 Rudy Pilous's biography] at [https://web.archive.org/web/20141004060054/http://www.mbhockeyhalloffame.ca/index.html Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame]


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Latest revision as of 07:52, 13 April 2024

Rudy Pilous
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1985 (Builder)
Born (1914-08-11)August 11, 1914
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Died December 5, 1994(1994-12-05) (aged 80)
St. Catharines, Ontario
Coached for Chicago Black Hawks
Winnipeg Jets

Rudolph Pilous (August 11, 1914 – December 5, 1994) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach, born in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Pilous won the Stanley Cup coaching the Chicago Black Hawks in 1960–61, and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1985 in the builder category. He is credited with initiating the action of pulling the goalie for an extra forward when there is a delayed penalty or when a team is losing by a goal in the last few minutes of play.

Playing career[edit]

Pilous played junior ice hockey in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League before becoming a New York Rangers prospect. During 1937–38, Pilous played minor professional hockey with the New York Rovers of the Eastern Hockey League. Unable to reach the National Hockey League, Pilous transferred to the St. Catharines Saints, a senior ice hockey in the Ontario Hockey Association Senior division from 1938 to 1941.

Coach and team builder[edit]

In 1943, Pilous cofounded the St. Catharines Falcons, a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey Association. Pilous left the Falcons in 1946, spending the 1946–47 season as a scout for the nearby Buffalo Bisons. Pilous spent the 1947–48 season in Houston, Texas, winning the USHL Championship. In 1948–49, Pilous led the San Diego Skyhawks to the Pacific Coast Hockey League title.

After the PCHL, Pilous returned to the team he founded in St. Catharines, now known as the St. Catharines Teepees. He coached the team to a Memorial Cup championship in the 1954 Memorial Cup. He was its general manager for the 1960 Memorial Cup victory.

Pilous coached the Chicago Black Hawks from 1958 to 1963. In the 1961 Stanley Cup Finals, he led the Hawks to Stanley Cup victory. Between 1956 and 1968, he was the only coach to win the Stanley Cup other than Toe Blake and Punch Imlach.

Pilous coached the Denver Invaders in 1963–64 to the Western Hockey League's Governor's Trophy. After a brief stint with the Hamilton Red Wings, Pilous was hired to be the initial general manager of the expansion Oakland Seals in 1967. Pilous was quickly dismissed by team owners, and joined the Denver Spurs of the WHL, building them into a first place team by 1972.

Pilous returned to his childhood home in Manitoba, with the Brandon Wheat Kings and subsequently coaching the Winnipeg Jets. Pilous later became general manager, and led the Jets to Avco World Trophy championships in 1976, 1978 and 1979.

Pilous' coaching career ended where it started in St. Catharines 43 years earlier, at the helm of the St. Catharines Saints from 1983 to 1986.

Personal life and death[edit]

Pilous died at his home of a heart attack on December 5, 1994. He was survived by his wife Margaret and his two daughters, Rosemarie and Mary Lou. [1][2]

Coaching record[edit]

Team Year Regular season Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
Chicago Black Hawks 1957–58 37 14 22 1 29 5th in NHL Did not qualify
Chicago Black Hawks 1958–59 70 28 29 13 69 3rd in NHL Lost in semi-finals
Chicago Black Hawks 1959–60 70 28 29 13 69 3rd in NHL Lost in semi-finals
Chicago Black Hawks 1960–61 70 29 24 17 75 3rd in NHL Won Stanley Cup
Chicago Black Hawks 1961–62 70 31 26 13 75 3rd in NHL Lost Stanley Cup Finals
Chicago Black Hawks 1962–63 70 32 21 17 81 2nd in NHL Lost in semi-finals
Winnipeg Jets 1974–75 65 34 26 5 73 3rd in Canadian Did not qualify
NHL Totals 387 162 151 74 398 18–22, .450 1 Stanley Cup
WHA Totals 65 34 26 5 73

Awards and achievements[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rudy Pilous Dies; Coached Hawks to '61 Stanley Cup". Chicago Tribune. 7 December 1994.
  2. ^ "Rudy Pilous; Hockey Coach, 80". The New York Times. 9 December 1994.

External links[edit]

Preceded by Head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks
1957–63 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Position created
 General manager of the California Seals
1967 		Succeeded by
Preceded by General Manager of the original Winnipeg Jets
1974–78 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of the original Winnipeg Jets
1974–75 		Succeeded by
Bobby Hull
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