Aurèle Joliat

Aurèle Joliat
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1947
Date of birth	August 29, 1901
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
date of death	2nd January 1986
Place of death	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size	170 cm
Weight	62 kg
position	Left wing
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1916-1917	Ottawa New Edinburgh
1917-1918	Ottawa Aberdeen
1918-1920	Ottawa New Edinburgh
1920-1921	Iroquois Falls Papermakers
1921-1922	Iroquois Falls Flyers
1922-1938	Montréal Canadiens

Aurèle Émile Joliat (born August 29, 1901 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † January 2, 1986 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1922 to 1938 .

Career

Joliat had his first sporting successes in football as a fullback in Ottawa and Regina . After a broken leg, he switched to ice hockey, which the Canadian had learned on the frozen Rideau River with Billy Boucher and Frank Boucher , and played in Saskatoon , among others . From there, the Canadiens signed him in a controversial barter for the then superstar Newsy Lalonde . The little man, who was nicknamed "Mighty Atom" and "Little Giant", was soon able to live up to expectations at the side of center forward Howie Morenz .

The duo was considered to be one of the strongest offensive in NHL history. One of Joliat's particular strengths was his combination of speed and comparatively small stature, which made it difficult for opponents to slow him down on the ice. In 1924, 1930 and 1931 the left winger won the Stanley Cup three times . When the first Stanley Cup win in 1924, Joliat had formed a line of attack together with Morenz and winger Billy Boucher, which was instrumental in winning the title. In the 1924/25 season Joliat reached his career record with 29 goals in the regular season.

In 1947 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . He was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and Ottawa Sports Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	16	654	270	190	460	757
Playoffs	13	54	14th	19th	33	89

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1924 , 1930 and 1931

Personal awards

• NHL First All-Star Team : 1931
• NHL Second All-Star Team : 1932, 1934, and 1935
• Hart Memorial Trophy : 1934

literature

• Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Who's Who in Hockey . Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, Missouri, United States 2003, ISBN 0-7407-1904-1 , pp. 205 .

Web links

• Aurèle Joliat in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Aurèle Joliat at hockeydb.com (English)