Émile Bouchard

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CanadaCanada  Émile Bouchard Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1966
Émile Bouchard
Date of birth September 4, 1919
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
date of death April 14, 2012
Place of death Longueuil , Quebec , Canada
Nickname Butch
size 188 cm
Weight 93 kg
position defender
number # 3
Shot hand Right
Career stations
1937-1940 Maple Leafs de Verdun
1940-1941 Canadien junior de Montréal
Providence Reds
1941-1956 Canadiens de Montréal

Émile Joseph "Butch" Bouchard ( CM , CQ ; born September 4, 1919 in Montreal , Québec ; † April 14, 2012 in Longueuil , Québec) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 898 games during his active career between 1937 and 1956 for the Canadiens de Montréal in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Bouchard, who is considered one of the best defensive players of the late 1940s and early 1950s, won the Stanley Cup four times with the Canadiens de Montréal during his 15 seasons in the NHL . He was also nominated four times to one of the NHL All-Star Teams and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1966. His son Pierre Bouchard was also a professional ice hockey player and won five Stanley Cups with the Canadiens.

Career

The 1.88 m tall defender was initially on the ice for the Maple Leafs de Verdun in the QSHL and the Providence Reds in the American Hockey League before joining the Canadiens de Montréal for the 1941/42 season .

For Montreal, the right-handed shooter completed a total of 898 NHL missions by the 1955/56 season , achieving 60 goals and 166 assists . From 1948 to the end of his career in 1956 , he was also the captain of the Canadian franchise , with which Bouchard won the Stanley Cup four times ( 1944 , 1946 , 1953 , 1956 ).

In 1966, Emile Bouchard was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame , and the Trophée Émile Bouchard of the Québec Major Junior Hockey League is named after him. He is also the father of former NHL defender Pierre Bouchard .

His shirt number 3 was banned from the club on December 4, 2009, on the day of the Canadiens 100th birthday, before the game against the Boston Bruins , after a formal ceremony. Émile Bouchard died on April 14, 2012 in Longueuil at the age of 92.

Achievements and Awards

Others

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1937/38 Maple Leafs de Verdun MCJHL 2 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 2
1938 Maple Leafs de Verdun Memorial Cup 5 2 1 2 8th
1938/39 Maple Leafs de Verdun MCJHL 9 1 1 2 20th 3 0 0 0 0
1939 Maple Leafs de Verdun Memorial Cup 7th 0 2 2 12
1939/40 Maple Leafs de Verdun MCJHL
1940/41 Maple Leafs de Verdun QSHL 31 2 8th 10 60 - - - - -
1940/41 Providence Reds AHL 9 3 1 4th 8th - - - - -
1941/42 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 44 0 6th 6th 38 3 1 1 2 0
1942/43 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 45 2 16 18th 47 5 0 1 1 4th
1943/44 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 39 5 14th 19th 52 9 1 3 4th 6th
1944/45 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 50 11 23 34 34 6th 3 4th 7th 4th
1945/46 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 45 7th 10 17th 52 9 2 1 3 17th
1946/47 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 5 7th 12 60 11 0 3 3 21st
1947/48 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 4th 6th 10 78 - - - - -
1948/49 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 27 3 3 6th 42 7th 0 0 0 6th
1949/50 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 69 1 7th 8th 88 5 0 2 2 2
1950/51 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 52 3 10 13 80 11 1 1 2 2
1951/52 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 3 9 12 45 11 0 2 2 14th
1952/53 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 58 2 8th 10 55 12 1 1 2 6th
1953/54 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 1 10 11 89 11 2 1 3 4th
1954/55 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 2 16 18th 81 12 0 1 1 37
1955/56 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 36 0 0 0 22nd 1 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 785 49 145 194 863 113 11 21st 32 123

( 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 )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The Canadiens mourn the passing of Émile Bouchard. Montréal Canadiens , April 14, 2012, accessed April 14, 2012 .
personal data
SURNAME Bouchard, Émile
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bouchard, Émile Joseph (full name); Bouchard, Butch (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec, Canada
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2012
Place of death Longueuil , Quebec, Canada