Allan Stanley

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CanadaCanada  Allan Stanley Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1981
Allan Stanley
Date of birth March 1, 1926
place of birth Timmins , Ontario , Canada
date of death October 18, 2013
Place of death Bobcaygeon , Ontario , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 83 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1942-1943 Holman Pluggers
1943-1944 Boston Olympics
1944-1945 Porcupine Combines
1945-1946 Boston Olympics
1946-1948 Providence Reds
1948-1953 New York Rangers
1953-1954 Vancouver Canucks
1954 New York Rangers
1954-1956 Chicago Black Hawks
1956-1958 Boston Bruins
1958-1968 Toronto Maple Leafs
1968-1969 Philadelphia Flyers

Allan Herbert "Al" Stanley (born March 1, 1926 in Timmins , Ontario , † October 18, 2013 in Bobcaygeon , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1946 and 1969, among other things, 1353 games for the New York Rangers , Chicago Black Hawks , Boston Bruins , Toronto Maple Leafs and Philadelphia Flyers in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Stanley won the Stanley Cup five times in his career  - four times between 1962 and 1967 with the Toronto Maple Leafs and in 1950 with the New York Rangers. He also received numerous individual awards as one of the best defensive players in the NHL in the early 1960s, culminating in his induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1981.

Career

Stanley in the New York Rangers jersey

As a teenager, Stanley was by no means certain that he wanted to become a professional ice hockey player. After he and his team received positive attention, the Boston Bruins invited him to a training camp at the age of 16. He didn't like the idea of ​​being so far away from home and so he was pleased with an offer from the Oshawa Generals . But Boston's general manager Art Ross and coach Dit Clapper knew how to prevent him from moving to the Toronto Maple Leafs . After two seasons at the Boston Olympics, he came to the American Hockey League for the Providence Reds .

In December 1948 he was given to the New York Rangers and immediately made the jump into the NHL. In the 1949/50 season he won his first Stanley Cup there . After five years of solid defense for the Rangers, Frank Boucher sent him to the Western Hockey League for the Vancouver Canucks . He returned the following year, but was given in the course of the 1954/55 season to the Chicago Black Hawks , in exchange for Bill Gadsby . He stayed in Chicago for two years before Lynn Patrick , who had once trained the Rangers, brought him to the Boston Bruins.

In his first season in Boston in 1956/57 he played an outstanding role, but shortly before the playoffs he was seriously injured. Without him, the Bruins lost in the final series against Montréal. The following year he was in the squad when they met the Canadiens again in the finals, but this time the Bruins lost again.

From the 1958/59 season he played for the Toronto Maple Leafs. While people in Boston thought his career was coming to an end, he was alongside Tim Horton a key player in the Leafs defense, which included Carl Brewer , Bob Baun and Marcel Pronovost as other strong players. In his ten years with Toronto there have been rumors of his resignation, but he always showed how important he was to his team with strong performances. He won the Stanley Cup four times with the Maple Leafs.

For the 1958/59 season , the Philadelphia Flyers brought the experienced defender to the new team of the NHL. After playing with the Flyers, he ended his active career at the age of 43. In 1981 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

  • 1962 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
  • 1963 Stanley Cup win with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 1964 Stanley Cup win with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 1966 NHL Second All-Star Team
  • 1967 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game
  • 1967 Stanley Cup win with the Toronto Maple Leafs
  • 1968 Participation in the NHL All-Star Game

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1945/46 Boston Olympics EHL 30th 8th 15th 23 35 - - - - -
1946/47 Providence Reds AHL 54 8th 13 21st 32 - - - - -
1947/48 Providence Reds AHL 68 9 32 41 81 5 0 0 0 4th
1947/48 Boston Olympics QSHL 1 0 0 0 0 - - - - -
1948/49 Providence Reds AHL 23 7th 16 23 24 - - - - -
1948/49 New York Rangers NHL 40 2 8th 10 22nd - - - - -
1949/50 New York Rangers NHL 55 4th 4th 8th 58 12 1 2 3 30th
1950/51 New York Rangers NHL 70 7th 14th 21st 75 - - - - -
1951/52 New York Rangers NHL 50 5 14th 19th 52 - - - - -
1952/53 New York Rangers NHL 70 5 12 17th 52 - - - - -
1953/54 Vancouver Canucks WHL 47 6th 30th 36 43 13 2 5 7th 10
1953/54 New York Rangers NHL 10 0 2 2 11 - - - - -
1954/55 New York Rangers NHL 12 0 1 1 2 - - - - -
1954/55 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 52 10 15th 25th 22nd - - - - -
1955/56 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 59 4th 14th 18th 70 - - - - -
1956/57 Boston Bruins NHL 60 6th 25th 31 45 - - - - -
1957/58 Boston Bruins NHL 69 6th 25th 31 37 12 1 3 4th 6th
1958/59 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 1 22nd 23 47 12 0 3 3 2
1959/60 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 10 23 33 22nd 10 2 3 5 2
1960/61 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 68 9 25th 34 42 5 0 3 3 0
1961/62 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 60 9 26th 35 24 12 0 3 3 6th
1962/63 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 61 4th 15th 19th 22nd 10 1 6th 7th 8th
1963/64 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 70 6th 21st 27 60 14th 1 6th 7th 20th
1964/65 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 2 15th 17th 30th 6th 0 1 1 12
1965/66 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 59 4th 14th 18th 35 1 0 0 0 0
1966/67 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 53 1 12 13 20th 12 0 2 2 10
1967/68 Toronto Maple Leafs NHL 64 1 13 14th 16 - - - - -
1968/69 Philadelphia Flyers NHL 64 4th 13 17th 28 3 0 1 1 4th
AHL total 145 24 61 85 137 5 0 0 0 4th
NHL overall 1244 100 333 433 792 109 6th 33 39 100

( 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

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Obituary
personal data
SURNAME Stanley, Allan
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stanley, Allan Herbert (full name); Stanley, Al
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Timmins , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 18th October 2013
Place of death Bobcaygeon , Ontario