Cecil Dillon

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Cecil Dillon
Date of birth April 26, 1908
place of birth Toledo , Ohio , USA
date of death November 13, 1969
Place of death Meaford , Ontario , Canada
Nickname Ceece
size 180 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Right wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1927-1928 Owen Sound Sr. Grays
1928-1931 Springfield Indians
1931-1939 New York Rangers
1939-1940 Detroit Red Wings
1940 Indianapolis Capitals
1940-1941 Providence Reds
1941-1942 Pittsburgh Hornets

Template: Infobox ice hockey player / country code 2

Cecil Graham "Ceece" Dillon (born April 26, 1908 in Toledo , Ohio , † November 13, 1969 in Meaford , Ontario ) was an American - Canadian ice hockey player who played 496 games during his playing career between 1928 and 1942 for the New York Rangers and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . In the course of his ten-year NHL career, Dillon won the Stanley Cup with the New York Rangers in 1933 , with which he spent a total of nine seasons. During this time he was appointed to one of the two All-Star Teams three times .

Career

Dillon, who was born in Toledo in the US state of Ohio , but grew up in Thornbury in the Canadian province of Ontario , came to the Springfield Indians in the Canadian- Canadians via the Owen Sound Sr. Grays of the Ontario Hockey Association in the 1928/29 season. American Hockey League . The striker spent his first two professional seasons there. After only seven points in his rookie season , he reached 32 scorer points in 39 missions in his second year , whereupon the attacker was sold on New Year's Day 1931 by the Indians to the New York Rangers from the National Hockey League .

After Dillon had strengthened the Rangers in the course of the 1930/31 season , he became a fixture in the following eight game years. He was one of the few native Americans in the early years of the league. He always completed the maximum number of 48 season appearances and was an instrumental part of the team that at the end of the Stanley Cup Playoffs 1933 the Stanley Cup won. It was New York's second success since 1928 . With ten scorer points, including eight goals, Dillon played a key role as top scorer and top scorer. His eight playoff goals at that time represented an NHL record, which was only equaled nine years later by Don Grosso and two years later by Maurice Richard . In the years that followed, Dillon established himself as one of the Rangers' best players. Between 1936 and 1938 he led the team as the best scorer for three years in a row, making him only one of six players in Rangers history to do so alongside Frank Boucher , Bill Cook , Andy Bathgate , Phil Esposito and Wayne Gretzky . In addition, he was appointed to the NHL Second All-Star Team twice in the three years . In 1938 he shared the right winger position with Gordie Drillon of the Toronto Maple Leafs , making both the NHL First All-Star Team .

After a total of nine years in the New York Rangers franchise , Dillon was sold to the Detroit Red Wings in May 1939 , where the offensive player completed his last NHL season in the 1939/40 season. At the beginning of the 1940/41 game year , the now 32-year-old was given to Detroit's cooperation partner, the Indianapolis Capitals , in the American Hockey League , where Dillon remained until December 1940. Together with Eddie Bush , Dillon was transferred from the Red Wings to the Providence Reds in the AHL in exchange for Harold Jackson . There he ended the season. Dillon also spent his last professional playing time in the AHL with the Pittsburgh Hornets .

In the summer of 1942, he finally ended his active career at the age of 34. Dillon then returned to his hometown of Thornbury, where he worked for a telephone company . He later moved within the province of Ontario to neighboring Meaford , where he died in November 1969 at the age of 61.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1927/28 Owen Sound Sr. Grays OHA
1928/29 Springfield Indians CAHL 33 4th 3 7th 18th - - - - -
1929/30 Springfield Indians CAHL 39 19th 13 32 38 - - - - -
1930/31 New York Rangers NHL 25th 7th 3 10 8th 4th 0 1 1 2
1931/32 New York Rangers NHL 48 23 15th 38 22nd 7th 2 1 3 4th
1932/33 New York Rangers NHL 48 21st 10 31 12 8th 8th 2 10 6th
1933/34 New York Rangers NHL 48 13 26th 39 10 2 0 1 1 2
1934/35 New York Rangers NHL 48 25th 9 34 4th 4th 2 1 3 0
1935/36 New York Rangers NHL 48 18th 14th 32 12 - - - - -
1936/37 New York Rangers NHL 48 20th 11 31 13 9 0 3 3 0
1937/38 New York Rangers NHL 48 21st 18th 39 6th 3 1 0 1 0
1938/39 New York Rangers NHL 48 12 15th 27 6th 1 0 0 0 0
1939/40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 44 7th 10 17th 12 5 1 0 1 0
1940/41 Indianapolis Capitals AHL 15th 1 6th 7th 2 - - - - -
1940/41 Providence Reds AHL 34 8th 14th 22nd 2 4th 0 0 0 2
1941/42 Pittsburgh Hornets AHL 51 13 23 36 2 - - - - -
CAHL total 72 23 16 39 54 - - - - -
AHL total 100 22nd 43 65 6th 4th 0 0 0 2
NHL overall 453 167 131 298 105 43 14th 9 23 14th

( 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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d Joe Pelletier: New York Rangers Legends: Cecil Dillon. greatesthockeylegends.com, September 2010, accessed December 21, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Dillon, Cecil
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Dillon, Cecil Graham (full name); Dillon, Ceece (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH April 26, 1908
PLACE OF BIRTH Toledo , Ohio , USA
DATE OF DEATH November 13, 1969
Place of death Meaford , Ontario , Canada