Bill Cook

Bill Cook
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1952
Date of birth	October 9, 1896
place of birth	Brantford , Ontario , Canada
date of death	April 6, 1986
size	178 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	Right wing
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1913-1920	Kingston Frontenacs
1920-1922	Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1922-1923	Saskatoon Sheiks
1923-1926	Saskatoon Crescents
1926-1937	New York Rangers
1937-1938	Cleveland Barons

William Osser "Bill" Cook (born October 9, 1896 in Brantford , Ontario ; † April 6, 1986 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who played from 1926 to 1937 for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League .

Career

As a junior he played for the Kingston Frontenacs. In the First World War, Cook was used in Europe. Back in Canada with military honors, he tried his hand at a professional in the Western Hockey League with the Saskatoon Crescents . After the dissolution of this league, he was together with his brother Bun on the way to contract negotiations with the Montreal Maroons , but on the way Conn Smythe intercepted the two and signed them for the New York Rangers . The proof that the other professional leagues were as strong as the NHL was shown by Cook, now 30 years old, by becoming the top scorer in his first season in New York . Together with brother Bun and Frank Boucher , they were the dreaded bread line , in which Bill was the physically strong and goal-scoring striker. He won the Stanley Cup twice with the Rangers as captain in 1928 and 1933. Until the end of his active career after the 1937/38 season , he was a pillar of his team.

After his active career, he worked as a coach and coached the Rangers in the early 1950s.

In 1952 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	11	474	229	138	367	386
Playoffs	9	46	13	11	24	72

Sporting successes

• Memorial Cup : 1929
• Stanley Cup : 1928 and 1933

Personal awards

• First All-Star Team : 1931, 1932 and 1933
• Second All-Star Team : 1934
• NHL top scorer: 1927 and 1933 (the Art Ross Trophy was later awarded for this )
• Top scorer: 1927 and 1933 (later the Maurice Richard Trophy was awarded for this)

Web links

• Bill Cook in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Bill Cook at hockeydb.com (English)