Bert Olmstead

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CanadaCanada  Bert Olmstead Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1985
Bert Olmstead
Date of birth September 4, 1926
place of birth Scepter , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death November 16, 2015
Place of death High River , Alberta , Canada
size 188 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1944-1946 Moose Jaw Canucks
1946-1949 Kansas City Pla-Mors
1949-1950 Chicago Black Hawks
1950-1958 Montréal Canadiens
1958–1962 Toronto Maple Leafs

Murray Bert Olmstead (born September 4, 1926 in Scepter , Saskatchewan , † November 16, 2015 in High River , Alberta ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (left winger) and coach who worked for the Chicago Black Hawks , Montréal Canadiens and from 1948 to 1962 Toronto Maple Leafs played in the National Hockey League .

Career

The rights for the NHL to him were with the Montréal Canadiens and they sent him to the Kansas City Pla-Mors in the USHL . In the 1948/49 season he was given to the Chicago Black Hawks and immediately made the jump into the NHL. He stood in line with Metro Prystai and Bep Guidolin . After a good 1949/50 season , in which he scored 20 goals and established himself as a regular player in the NHL, he was handed over to the Detroit Red Wings in December 1950 , which gave him to the Montréal Canadiens just nine days later before his first game .

After Toe Blake ended his career, he took over his position in a row with Elmer Lach and Maurice Richard . In his eight years with the Canadiens, he won the Stanley Cup four times . He was not a great scorer, but in the 1955/56 season he prepared 56 goals and thus set a best performance that was only exceeded five years later by Jean Béliveau , with whom he had also played in a storm row. In one game, he brought it to eight points and also set an NHL record. But he was especially valued for his leadership skills. After the doctors of the Canadiens had classified the condition of his knees as critical after the 1957/58 season , he moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs .

He helped that the Maple Leafs became a top team again. His trainer Punch Imlach said about him that he hardly had to be given instructions and that he practically trained himself. He acted as Imlach's extended arm on the ice. He played in a row with Frank Mahovlich and Bob Nevin . In the 1961/62 season he won the fifth Stanley Cup of his career with the Maple Leafs. His surprise was great, but also his disappointment when he learned that the Leafs had given him to the New York Rangers in an intra-league draft . He refused to go to New York and although the Rangers assured him that they would transfer him to another team at short notice, he ended his career.

As a coach, he was one season in the WHL with the Vancouver Canucks before he took over as the first coach of the Oakland Seals in the 1967/68 season . After a disappointing season, he ended his coaching career.

In 1985 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Bert Olmstead died on November 16, 2015 at the age of 89 in High River.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 14th 848 181 421 602 884
Playoffs 12 115 16 43 59 101

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bert Olmstead est décédé. In: tvasports.ca , November 18, 2015, accessed November 18, 2015 (French).
personal data
SURNAME Olmstead, Bert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Olmstead, Murray Bert (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH September 4, 1926
PLACE OF BIRTH Scepter , Saskatchewan , Canada
DATE OF DEATH November 16, 2015
Place of death High River , Alberta , Canada