Charlie Hodge (ice hockey player)

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CanadaCanada  Charlie Hodge Ice hockey player
Date of birth July 28, 1933
place of birth Lachine , Quebec , Canada
date of death April 16, 2016
Place of death Vancouver , British Columbia , Canada
size 168 cm
Weight 68 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Left
Career stations
1949-1953 Montréal Junior Canadiens
1953-1954 Cincinnati Mohawks
1954-1955 Montréal Canadiens
1955-1956 Seattle Americans
1956-1957 Rochester Americans
1957-1967 Montréal Canadiens
1967-1970 Oakland Seals
1970-1971 Vancouver Canucks

Charles Edward "Charlie" Hodge (born July 28, 1933 in Lachine , Québec ; † April 16, 2016 in Vancouver , British Columbia ) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach who worked for the Montréal Canadiens , Oakland Seals and Vancouver from 1954 and 1971 Canucks played in the National Hockey League .

Career

With the Montréal Junior Canadiens , Hodge won the Memorial Cup during his junior years . The Canadiens recognized his talent early on, but with Jacques Plante , four years his senior , he had a goalkeeper who was one of the top stars in the NHL.

As a professional, he played with the Cincinnati Mohawks in the IHL , the Buffalo Bisons and Providence Reds in the AHL , the Seattle Americans in the WHL and the Montreal Royals and the Shawinigan-Falls Cataracts in the QHL . No matter where he played, he stood out from his team for his excellent lines. He was elected to an All-Star Team five times in his league.

Meanwhile, his appearances in the NHL were rare. In the 1954/55 season he played his first 14 games for the Montréal Canadiens . With seven wins, including a shutout , his performance was appealing, but his next twelve games did not come until the 1957/58 season . Despite another eight wins and another shutout, only three more games were added in the next two years. He often played with the Rochester Americans in the AHL and with the Montreal Royals. In the 1960/61 season it was thought that after 30 missions he would have made the breakthrough, but the following year Plante played all 70 games of the Canadiens. Hodge spent three seasons with the Quebec Aces in the AHL.

Now 30 years old, he was finally the goalkeeper of the Canadiens in the 1963/64 season . Plante had meanwhile moved to New York and Gump Worsley was number 2 behind him. In the following year, the goalkeeping duo guaranteed winning the Stanley Cup . For Hodge it was the third, but the first in which he played a major role. The following year, the Canadiens defended the title, but Worsley had taken over the regular place in the gate.

After 1966 with Rogatien Vachon another goalkeeper had had time to protect the now not 34 years more and then the intervention California Seals in the expansion draft in 1967 NHL to. With Gary Smith he formed the goalkeeping team at the Seals. While the Canadiens always played one of the best defenses in front of his goal, in Oakland he was mostly on his own. After 13 wins with three shutouts in 58 games, he was mostly a substitute for the Seals in the second year. He also came to some assignments with the Vancouver Canucks in the WHL. After another year in Oakland, he moved to the Vancouver Canucks at the NHL Expansion Draft in 1970 , which now came as a new team in the NHL.

He played one season in Vancouver before ending his active career as he could not agree on a contract extension. In the Western Canada Hockey League he coached the Vancouver Nats in the following years .

After a few years in the real estate industry, the Winnipeg Jets brought him in as a scout . He also held this position with the Pittsburgh Penguins and in this role his name was once again engraved on the trophy as the Stanley Cup winner. He later also worked as a scout for the Tampa Bay Lightning .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Victory cut Conceded goal Shutouts
Regular season 13 358 0.422 2.70 24
Playoffs 3 16 0.437 2.39 2

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Charlie Hodge (1933 - 2016)

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personal data
SURNAME Hodge, Charlie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hodge, Charles Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH July 28, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Lachine , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH April 16, 2016
Place of death Vancouver , British Columbia