Alex Delvecchio

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1977
Alex Delvecchio
Date of birth December 4, 1931
place of birth Fort William , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Fats
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1947-1950 Fort William Rangers
1950-1951 Oshawa Generals
1951-1974 Detroit Red Wings

Alexander Peter "Alex" Delvecchio (born December 4, 1931 in Fort William , Ontario ) is a former Canadian ice hockey player , coach and official of Italian descent, who played 1671 games for the Detroit Red during his active career between 1950 and 1974 Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Delvecchio won the Stanley Cup three times in the service of the Red Wings in 1952 , 1954 and 1955 . He also received numerous individual awards, which were crowned with his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1977. In the 1970s, he also served as coach and general manager of the franchise , the player's shirt number 10 since 1991 banned has and will award no longer active.

Career

Alex Delvecchio didn't learn to skate until he was twelve, but in 1951 at the age of 20, he joined the NHL Detroit Red Wings team after playing for the Oshawa Generals for a year in the Ontario Hockey Association . In his first season he was able to win the Stanley Cup with the team .

Delvecchio's banner with the number 10 on the ceiling of the Joe Louis Arena next to the blocked numbers of other great Detroit Red Wings players

"Fats", as he was called because of his round face, played in Detroit in the position of center and left winger for 22 full seasons, as well as parts of two other seasons. Players he played in a line with included Ted Lindsay and Gordie Howe . He was considered a gentleman in ice hockey and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy three times , which is awarded to players who combine fairness and playful class. There were also two appointments to the NHL Second All-Star Team ; once as a left winger and once as a center, making him only the third player after Sid Abel and Dit Clapper to receive Allstar awards in two different positions.

From December 1956 to November 1964 he set a team record with 548 games played in a row. In his entire career he was missing a total of only 43 games, 22 of them in the 1956/57 season alone . In 1962 he was named team captain of the Red Wings and held the post for twelve years. Only Steve Yzerman was captain longer in the history of the Red Wings .

Alex Delvecchio retired in 1973 and was only the second player in league history to play for a single team for over 20 years. For his services to ice hockey in the USA and the NHL, he received the Lester Patrick Trophy in 1974 . Shortly after saying goodbye to ice hockey, he took over the position of coach of the Red Wings, which he held for two years before working as the team's general manager until 1977. In the same year he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

In 1991 the Detroit Red Wings hung a banner with his number 10 on the ceiling of the Joe Louis Arena in Delvecchio's honor . The number will no longer be given to any player.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1947/48 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1948/49 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 12 16 8th 24 53 1 2 0 2 0
1949 Port Arthur Bruins Memorial Cup 5 2 2 4th 1
1949/50 Fort William Rangers TBJHL 18th 16 20th 36 36 5 4th 4th 8th 15th
1950/51 Oshawa Generals OHA 54 49 72 121 36 5 4th 10 14th 5
1950/51 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1951/52 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 6th 3 6th 9 4th - - - - -
1951/52 Detroit Red Wings NHL 65 15th 22nd 37 22nd 8th 0 3 3 4th
1952/53 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 16 43 59 28 6th 2 4th 6th 2
1953/54 Detroit Red Wings NHL 69 11 18th 29 34 12 2 7th 9 7th
1954/55 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 17th 31 48 37 11 7th 8th 15th 2
1955/56 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 25th 26th 51 24 10 7th 3 10 2
1956/57 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 16 25th 41 8th 5 3 2 5 2
1957/58 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 21st 38 59 22nd 4th 0 1 1 0
1958/59 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 19th 35 54 6th - - - - -
1959/60 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 19th 28 47 8th 6th 2 6th 8th 0
1960/61 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 27 35 62 26th 11 4th 5 9 0
1961/62 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 26th 43 69 18th - - - - -
1962/63 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 20th 44 64 8th 11 3 6th 9 2
1963/64 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 23 30th 53 11 14th 3 8th 11 0
1964/65 Detroit Red Wings NHL 68 25th 42 67 16 7th 2 3 5 4th
1965/66 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 31 38 69 16 12 0 11 11 4th
1966/67 Detroit Red Wings NHL 70 17th 38 55 10 - - - - -
1967/68 Detroit Red Wings NHL 74 22nd 48 70 14th - - - - -
1968/69 Detroit Red Wings NHL 72 25th 58 83 8th - - - - -
1969/70 Detroit Red Wings NHL 73 21st 47 68 24 4th 0 2 2 0
1970/71 Detroit Red Wings NHL 77 21st 34 55 6th - - - - -
1971/72 Detroit Red Wings NHL 75 20th 45 65 22nd - - - - -
1972/73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 77 18th 53 71 13 - - - - -
1973/74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 1 4th 5 2 - - - - -
TBJHL total 31 32 28 60 89 6th 6th 4th 10 15th
NHL overall 1550 456 825 1281 383 121 35 69 104 29

( 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 )

NHL coaching statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp S. N U Pt space Sp S. N result
1973/74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 67 27 31 9 (63) 6th, Eastern - - - not qualified
1974/75 Detroit Red Wings NHL 80 23 45 12 58 4th, Norris - - - not qualified
1975/76 Detroit Red Wings NHL 54 19th 29 6th (44) 4th, Norris - - - not qualified
1976/77 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 13 26th 5 (31) 5th, Norris - - - Resignation during the season
NHL overall 245 82 131 32 196 0 division title - - - 0 Stanley Cups

( Legend for coach statistics: Sp or GC = total games; W or S = wins scored; L or N = losses scored; T or U = draws scored; OTL or OTN = losses scored after overtime or shootout ; Pts or Pkt = points scored ; Pts% or Pkt% = point rate; Win% = win rate; result = round reached in the play-offs )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ niashf.org, Alex Delvecchio - National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame
personal data
SURNAME Delvecchio, Alex
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Delvecchio, Alexander Peter (full name); Fats (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player, coach and official
DATE OF BIRTH December 4, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Fort William , Ontario