Bun Cook

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1995
Bun Cook
Date of birth September 18, 1904
place of birth Kingston , Ontario , Canada
date of death March 19, 1988
size 180 cm
Weight 82 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1921-1924 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
1924-1926 Saskatoon Crescents
1926-1936 New York Rangers
1936-1937 Boston Bruins
1937-1943 Providence Reds

Frederick Joseph "Bun" Cook (born September 18, 1904 in Kingston , Ontario ; † March 19, 1988 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the New York Rangers and Boston Bruins in his active time from 1921 to 1943 played in the National Hockey League . His brother Bill was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Bun Cook began his career as a hockey player in his home country, Canada, with the amateur team Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds, for whom he was active from 1921 to 1924. He then played for the Saskatoon Crescents for two years. From 1926 to 1936, the winger ran for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League . With the team he won the Stanley Cup in the seasons 1927/28 and 1932/33 . He was also successful during his time with the Rangers and was elected to the second All-Star Team of the NHL in the 1930/31 season . For the 1936/37 season he moved to the Boston Bruins after ten years in New York within the NHL . For this he scored four goals and five assists in 40 games. He then spent six years with the Providence Reds from the American Hockey League , where he was head coach in his sophomore year, but still occasionally stood on the ice himself. With the Reds he won the Calder Cup , the championship title of the AHL, in the 1937/38 and 1939/40 seasons .

From 1943 to 1956 Cook was the head coach of the Cleveland Barons from the AHL. With the team he reached the playoffs every year and won the Calder Cup five times (1945, 1948, 1951, 1953 and 1954). In addition, he failed with his team in 1944, 1946, 1950 and 1956 only in the championship finals. Cook died in 1988 at the age of 83. Seven years after his death, he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In 2007, he was accepted into the AHL Hall of Fame, which had only been founded a year earlier .

Achievements and Awards

As a player

As a trainer

  • 1940 Calder Cup win with the Providence Reds
  • 1945 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons
  • 1948 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons
  • 1951 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons
  • 1953 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons
  • 1954 Calder Cup win with the Cleveland Barons

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 11 473 158 144 302 444
Playoffs 9 46 15th 3 18th 46

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personal data
SURNAME Cook, Bun
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cook, Frederick Joseph (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH September 18, 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Kingston , Ontario , Canada
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1988