Carl Voss (ice hockey player)

Carl Voss
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1974
Date of birth	January 6, 1907
place of birth	Chelsea , Massachusetts , USA
date of death	September 13, 1994
size	170 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1924-1925	Queen's University
1925-1926	Kingston Frontenacs
1926-1927	Toronto Marlboros
1927-1928	Toronto Falcons
1928-1929	London Panthers
1929-1932	Buffalo bison
1932	New York Rangers
1932-1933	Detroit Red Wings
1933-1934	Ottawa Senators
1934-1935	St. Louis Eagles
1935-1936	New York Americans
1936-1937	Montreal Maroons
1937-1938	Chicago Black Hawks

Carl Potter Voss (born January 6, 1907 in Chelsea , Massachusetts , † September 13, 1994 ) was an American ice hockey player (center) who worked for the Toronto St. Patricks and Toronto Maple Leafs , New York Rangers from 1926 to 1939 , Detroit Red Wings , Ottawa Senators , St. Louis Eagles , New York Americans , Montreal Maroons, and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League . Later he was the NHL referee chairman.

Career

Voss moved to Canada with his parents as a teenager. Here he learned to play ice hockey. When Conn Smythe became general manager of the Toronto St. Patricks , Voss was the first player Smythe signed on February 16, 1927.

But his missions were rare. He was used a lot on farm teams. He was particularly successful with the Buffalo Bisons in the IHL , to which he had been given in 1929. As the top scorer of the IHL, the New York Rangers noticed him and brought him and Lorne Carr into the NHL for 15,000 US dollars . After ten games in the 1932/33 season , the Rangers sold him to the Detroit Red Wings . After only playing 14 games in Toronto, the now 25-year-old was still a rookie . Frank Calder , President of the NHL, awarded a trophy for the best rookie for the first time at the end of this season and Voss was the first winner.

After just eight games the following season, the Red Wings sent him to the Ottawa Senators and put some money on it to sign Cooney Weiland . After the season ended, he moved with the Senators and played for the St. Louis Eagles for a year . The Red Wings took it back from there, only to pass it on to the New York Americans a day later .

He started again with a new team in the 1935/36 season . He stayed with the Montreal Maroons beyond the end of the season. After three games in the following season, he left the team. Shortly thereafter, he joined his last NHL team, the Chicago Black Hawks . With this team he won his only Stanley Cup . The decisive game was played in front of a record crowd of 18,497 spectators. Voss scored the decisive second goal for Chicago in that game. As one of eight American-born players on the Stanley Cup winner's team, he also contributed to a record here. In the course of preparation for the next season, he seriously injured his knee and had to end his career.

After the end of his career, he moved to the Canadian Cycle & Motor Company (CCM), which not only manufactured motorcycles but also ice hockey equipment. In addition, he was also active as a referee and directed games in the American Hockey League . He replaced Jim Hendy as president of the USHL and after the league was dissolved, he took over the AHL team of the St. Louis Flyers as coach and general manager. During the entire time his focus was on the training and development of referees.

His good work had been followed in the NHL. In 1950 he was therefore brought to the staff of the National Hockey League. In the 15 years that he was the umpire chairman, the number of umpires increased from 10 to 23. He watched umpires in the lower berths and managed to get the best of them into the NHL. He also raised training and support to a new level.

A special honor was the admission into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974 in the category of officials.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	261	34	70	104	50
Playoffs	4th	24	5	3	8th	0

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1938

Personal awards

• Calder Trophy : 1933

Web links

• Carl Voss in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Carl Voss at hockeydb.com (English)