Butch Paul

Butch Paul
Date of birth	September 11, 1943
place of birth	Rocky Mountain House , Alberta , Canada
date of death	March 25, 1966
Place of death	Memphis , Tennessee , USA
size	180 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1961-1964	Edmonton Oil Kings
1964-1965	Charlotte Checkers Pittsburgh Hornets
1965-1966	Memphis wings

Arthur Stewart "Butch" Paul (born September 11, 1943 in Rocky Mountain House , Alberta ; † March 25, 1966 in Memphis , Tennessee , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played three games in the course of his active career between 1961 and 1966 for the Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of the center . Mainly, however, Paul, who died of a traffic accident at the age of 23, played in the Central Professional Hockey League .

Career

Paul enjoyed a successful junior career with the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Central Alberta Hockey League between 1961 and 1964 . With the team he won the Memorial Cup in 1963 and was crowned the best junior team in Canada. At the end of his junior years, the striker made his debut in the Central Professional Hockey League with the Cincinnati Wings in the spring of 1964 .

At the beginning of the 1964/65 season, Paul was in the squad of the Charlotte Checkers from the Eastern Hockey League and was also active in parallel for the Pittsburgh Hornets from the American Hockey League . He also came in the course of the season to three missions with the Detroit Red Wings from the National Hockey League . For the game year 1965/66 , the attacker moved to the Central Professional Hockey League, where he went on hunt for goals for the Memphis Wings .

On March 25, 1966 - just before the end of the regular season - Paul was involved in a traffic accident on the way home after a game with his team in Memphis . He died a little later at the age of 23 from his injuries sustained from the force of the impact.

Achievements and Awards

• 1963 Memorial Cup win with the Edmonton Oil Kings
• 1964 CAHL First All-Star Team

Career statistics

				Regular season						Play-offs
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1961/62	Edmonton Oil Kings	CAHL
1962	Edmonton Oil Kings	Memorial Cup								21st	8th	11	19th	8th
1962/63	Edmonton Oil Kings	CAHL
1963	Edmonton Oil Kings	Memorial Cup								20th	17th	13	30th	14th
1963/64	Edmonton Oil Kings	CAHL		37	27	53	80	19th		5	4th	1	5	0
1964	Edmonton Oil Kings	Memorial Cup								19th	18th	25th	43	18th
1963/64	Cincinnati Wings	CPHL		1	0	1	1	5		-	-	-	-	-
1964/65	Charlotte Checkers	EHL		30th	27	14th	41	50		-	-	-	-	-
1964/65	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL		30th	7th	16	23	16		4th	1	0	1	2
1964/65	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		3	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1965/66	Memphis wings	CPHL		68	13	47	60	44		-	-	-	-	-
CPHL total				69	13	48	61	49		-	-	-	-	-

( 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

• Butch Paul at legendsofhockey.net (English)
• Butch Paul at eliteprospects.com (English)