Dick Irvin

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CanadaCanada  Dick Irvin Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1958
Date of birth July 19, 1892
place of birth Limestone Ridge , Ontario , Canada
date of death May 15, 1957
size 175 cm
Weight 73 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1911-1912 Winnipeg Monarchs
1912-1913 Winnipeg Strathconas
1913-1916 Winnipeg Monarchs
1916-1917 Portland Rosebuds
1917-1918 Winnipeg Ypres
1919-1921 Regina Victorias
1921-1925 Regina Capitals
1925-1926 Portland Rosebuds
1926-1929 Chicago Black Hawks

James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin (born July 19, 1892 in Limestone Ridge , Ontario , † May 15, 1957 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (center) and coach , who from 1926 to 1929 for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League played. As a coach, he was able to win the Stanley Cup four times .

Career

Irvin began his professional career in the 1916-17 season in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association with the Portland Rosebuds . With 35 goals he was able to impress in his rookie season . The First World War interrupted his career, but after he was not sent to Europe, he played in the military team of the Winnipeg Ypres. After the war he moved to the Regina Vics from the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League. At the Regina Capitals he returned to professional hockey in 1921. He won the playoffs with this team in the Western Canada Hockey League , but a loss to the Vancouver Millionaires deprived them of the chance to participate in the Stanley Cup finals. For the 1924/25 season he moved back to the Portland Rosebuds. With 31 goals in 30 games, he led the league together with Bill Cook from Saskatoon. After the league broke up after the season, he moved with many other players to the National Hockey League .

His team there were the Chicago Black Hawks . Thanks to his 18 assists, he was the Black Hawks' top scorer in his first year. After an injury in his second NHL season, he returned to the NHL, but could no longer build on past performances. So he ended his active career shortly before his 37th birthday.

For the 1930/31 season he returned to the NHL as a coach. After a good year with the Black Hawks, Conn Smythe brought him to the Toronto Maple Leafs . In his first year in Toronto, he led the Leafs to the Stanley Cup. By 1940 he led the team six more times in the final series, but could not win another title.

As the new general manager of the Montréal Canadiens , Tommy Gorman tried to bring the team back to the top of the league. He also brought Irvin as a trainer. Even today, he is often credited with using his leadership skills and vision to save the Canadiens from bankruptcy. He challenged the team to play committed and physical. With Maurice Richard he got a young player on the team who exactly met his expectations. In the first two years there was no sporting success. For the first time in the 1942/43 season , the team achieved a balanced record. The following year, the team won the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1931. In 1946 and 1953 he won two more titles. In 1949 he was the first coach to reach 500 victories . After the 1954/55 season , he handed the place behind the gang to his former player Toe Blake .

Another year he trained the Chicago Black Hawks. With 693 victories, he had set a record in his career that was only exceeded by Al Arbor and Scotty Bowman in the mid-1980s. Irvin passed away a year after the end of his career.

A year later, in 1958, he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 3 94 29 23 52 78
Playoffs 1 2 2 0 2 4th

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personal data
SURNAME Irvin, Dick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Irvin, James Dickinson
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Limestone Ridge , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH May 15, 1957