Doug Harvey

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1973
Doug Harvey
Date of birth December 19, 1924
place of birth Montreal , Quebec , Canada
date of death December 26, 1989
Place of death Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 180 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1942-1945 Montreal Junior Royals
1945-1947 Montreal Royals
1947-1961 Montréal Canadiens
1961-1963 New York Rangers
1963-1965 Québec Aces
1965-1966 Baltimore Clippers
1966-1967 Pittsburgh Hornets
1967-1968 Kansas City Blues
1968-1969 St. Louis Blues

Douglas "Doug" Norman Harvey (born December 19, 1924 in Montreal , Québec ; † December 26, 1989 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who from 1947 to 1969 for the Montréal Canadiens , New York Rangers , Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Montreal-born Harvey played for the Montreal Royals as a teenager . As a 23-year-old, he led his team to win the Allan Cup in 1947. The next year he started in the American Hockey League with the Buffalo Bisons , but during the 1948/49 season the Montreal Canadiens brought him into the NHL.

Only Eddie Shore before him and Bobby Orr after him had played such a prominent role in defense. He spent 14 seasons in Montreal and was the best defender who has ever played in the Canadiens jersey. In the 1951/52 season he was elected to the first All-Star Team of the NHL for the first time, and nine other nominations followed. In just one year, 1959, it was "only" enough for the second All-Star Team. The 1952/53 season brought him his first Stanley Cup victory. Again a year later in 1954, the NHL introduced the James Norris Memorial Trophy for best defender and Red Kelly was chosen as the first winner of that trophy, ahead of Harvey. But in the following year there was no getting around Harvey. He won the trophy four times in a row and three more times after a year off. Only Bobby Orr, who was voted best defender in the league eight times, could beat him. From the 1955/56 season , the Canadiens were the dominant team in the league. Harvey, the undisputed boss on the blue line, did his part to bring the Stanley Cup to Montreal five times in a row. In power play, he played a kind of quarterback and enabled the Habs to exploit the majority with four attackers. After Maurice Richard's resignation in 1960, he was appointed captain of the Canadiens.

However, his involvement in the formation of the NHLPA players' union damaged his reputation with the officials.

For the 1961/62 season he moved to the New York Rangers and worked there as a player-coach. He won his seventh and last Norris Trophy there and led the Rangers back to the playoffs for the first time in four years. The double burden as coach and player was too high for him and so from the 1962/63 season he concentrated again on his role as a player. In 1964 he ended his career in the NHL.

He played for some time in the American Hockey League with the Quebec Aces , the Baltimore Clippers and the Pittsburgh Hornets . In the 1966/67 season he went on for two games in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings . The expansion of the NHL he pursued in the Central Hockey League with the Kansas City Blues , but played in the playoffs for the new team of St. Louis Blues and led them into the finals. There he met his old team, the Montréal Canadiens, who gave the blues no chance. He played one more season in St. Louis, but in 1969 it was finally over.

With the Laval Saints , he took on a junior team in the QMJHL as a coach . In 1973 he was assistant coach for the Houston Eros in the World Hockey Association . Here he played a key role in signing Gordie Howe .

Harvey is buried in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery in Montreal. In 1973 he was honored with the admission to the Hockey Hall of Fame , it took, probably because of the connection to the NHLPA , but until 1985 that his number was blocked in Montreal.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 20th 1,113 88 452 540 1,216
Playoffs 15th 137 8th 64 72 152

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personal data
SURNAME Harvey, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Harvey, Douglas Norman (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH December 19, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Montreal , Quebec
DATE OF DEATH December 26, 1989
Place of death Montreal , Quebec