Alex Gray (ice hockey player)
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| Date of birth | June 21, 1899 |
| place of birth | Glasgow , Scotland , UK |
| date of death | April 10, 1986 |
| Nickname | peanuts |
| size | 178 cm |
| Weight | 77 kg |
| position | Right wing |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1920-1921 | Port Arthur Bruins |
| 1921-1922 | Eveleth Rangers |
| 1922-1927 | Port Arthur Ports |
| 1927-1928 | New York Rangers |
| 1928 | Toronto Maple Leafs |
| 1928-1929 | Toronto Ravinas |
| 1929-1933 | Cleveland Indians |
Alexander Haim Gray (born June 21, 1899 in Glasgow , Scotland , † April 10, 1986 ) was a British - Canadian ice hockey player who played 63 games for the New York Rangers and Toronto Maple Leafs between 1922 and 1933 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . In the service of the New York Rangers, for which he played his only full NHL season, Gray won the Stanley Cup in 1928 .
Career
Gray, who was born in Glasgow, Scotland and grew up in Thunder Bay in the Canadian province of Ontario , got into the professional field via Port Arthur Ports from the Thunder Bay Senior Hockey League . In the service of the Ports, the winger was signed as a free agent by the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League in August 1926 , after leading the team to win the Allan Cup in 1925 and 1926, respectively . For the 1927/28 season they brought the native Scots into the NHL squad, where he completed 43 of the 44 season games at the side of Murray Murdoch and Paul Thompson . He scored seven goals and was also used in all nine games of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1928 . In the end, Gray won the Stanley Cup with the Rangers, who were the first American winning team .
Just two days after the success, the attacker was handed over to the Toronto Maple Leafs in April 1928 in exchange for Butch Keeling . There he completed in the season 1928/29 to the end of November 1928 another seven NHL games before he was sold to city rivals Toronto Ravinas from the Canadian Professional Hockey League . After he had finished the season with the Ravinas, he returned to the Toronto Maple Leafs for four games in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1929 . Gray then moved with a large part of the Toronto Ravinas team to the newly founded Cleveland Indians in the also newly founded International Hockey League . With the Indians, Gray won the championship in the league's premier season. Overall, he formed an important pillar of the team over four seasons.
After the 1932/33 season, Gray ended his active career at the age of 34. He died in April 1986 at the age of 86.
Achievements and Awards
- 1925 Allan Cup win with Port Arthur Ports
- 1926 Allan Cup win with Port Arthur Ports
- 1928 Stanley Cup win with the New York Rangers
- 1930 IHL championship with the Cleveland Indians
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 2 | 50 | 7th | 1 | 8th | 30th |
| Playoffs | 2 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
Web links
- Alex Gray at legendsofhockey.net (English)
- Alex Gray at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Alex Gray in the database of hockey-reference.com (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Joe Pelletier: 50 Games of Gray: Alex Gray. greatesthockeylegends.com, March 4, 2015, accessed December 30, 2018 .
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| SURNAME | Gray, Alex |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Gray, Alexander Haim (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British-Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 21, 1899 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Glasgow , Scotland |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 10, 1986 |