Doug Poppies

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CanadaCanada  Doug Poppies Ice hockey player
Doug Poppies
Date of birth December 13, 1933
place of birth Capreol , Ontario , Canada
date of death February 7, 2014
Place of death Reading , Massachusetts , USA
Nickname diesel
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1950-1953 Barrie Flyers
1953-1964 Boston Bruins
1964-1971 Chicago Black Hawks
1971-1973 Minnesota North Stars
1973-1974 Atlanta Flames
1974-1975 Washington Capitals

Douglas Allen "Doug" Mohns (born December 13, 1933 in Capreol , Ontario ; † February 7, 2014 in Reading , Massachusetts ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who, in the course of his active career between 1950 and 1975, among other things, 1484 games for the Boston Bruins , Chicago Black Hawks , Minnesota North Stars , Atlanta Flames and Washington Capitals in the National Hockey League on the position of defender . Mohns, who spent 22 years in the NHL and was the first team captain in the history of the Washington Capitals franchise , took part in the NHL All-Star Game seven times .

Career

Doug Mohns began his career as a hockey player with the Barrie Flyers , for which he was active from 1950 to 1953 in the Ontario Hockey Association and with whom he won the Memorial Cup in 1951 and 1953, respectively .

Then the defender received a contract with the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League , for which he was the next eleven years on the ice before it on June 8, 1964 in exchange for Reg Fleming and Ab McDonald to the Chicago Blackhawks was given . For Chicago Mohns played another seven years in the NHL, before he was transferred to the Minnesota North Stars during the 1970/71 season with Terry Caffery and in exchange for Danny O'Shea , for which he played until 1973. During his time in Minnesota, he took part in an NHL All-Star Game in 1972 for the seventh and last time in his career . After a year with the Atlanta Flames , they sold him before the 1974/75 season to the newly founded franchise Washington Capitals , whose first captain he was before ending his career after 22 seasons in the NHL in 1975 at the age of 42.

Mohns died in February 2014 at the age of 80 from complications from myelodysplastic syndrome in Reading , Massachusetts .

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1950/51 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
1951 Barrie Flyers Memorial Cup 4th 1 0 1 4th
1951/52 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. 53 40 36 76 46 - - - - -
1952/53 Barrie Flyers OHA Jr. 56 34 42 76 28 15th 5 4th 9 8th
1953 Barrie Flyers Memorial Cup 10 6th 12 18th 14th
1953/54 Boston Bruins NHL 70 13 14th 27 27 4th 1 0 1 4th
1954/55 Boston Bruins NHL 70 14th 18th 32 82 5 0 0 0 4th
1955/56 Boston Bruins NHL 64 10 8th 18th 48 - - - - -
1956/57 Boston Bruins NHL 68 6th 34 40 89 10 2 3 5 2
1957/58 Boston Bruins NHL 54 5 16 21st 28 12 3 10 13 18th
1958/59 Boston Bruins NHL 47 6th 24 30th 40 4th 0 2 2 12
1959/60 Boston Bruins NHL 65 20th 25th 45 62 - - - - -
1960/61 Boston Bruins NHL 65 12 21st 33 63 - - - - -
1961/62 Boston Bruins NHL 69 16 29 45 74 - - - - -
1962/63 Boston Bruins NHL 68 7th 23 30th 63 - - - - -
1963/64 Boston Bruins NHL 70 9 17th 26th 95 - - - - -
1964/65 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 49 13 20th 33 84 14th 3 4th 7th 21st
1965/66 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 22nd 27 49 63 5 1 0 1 4th
1966/67 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 61 25th 35 60 58 5 0 5 5 8th
1967/68 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 24 29 53 53 11 1 5 6th 12
1968/69 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 65 22nd 19th 41 47 - - - - -
1969/70 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 66 6th 27 33 46 8th 0 2 2 15th
1970/71 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 39 4th 6th 10 16 - - - - -
1970/71 Minnesota North Stars NHL 17th 2 5 7th 14th 6th 2 2 4th 10
1971/72 Minnesota North Stars NHL 78 6th 30th 36 82 4th 1 2 3 10
1972/73 Minnesota North Stars NHL 67 4th 13 17th 52 6th 0 1 1 2
1973/74 Atlanta Flames NHL 28 0 3 3 10 - - - - -
1974/75 Washington Capitals NHL 75 2 19th 21st 54 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 109 74 78 152 74 16 5 4th 9 8th
NHL overall 1390 248 462 710 1250 94 14th 36 50 122

( 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 )

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personal data
SURNAME Poppies, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mohns, Douglas Allen (full name); Diesel (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Capreol , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH February 7, 2014
Place of death Reading , Massachusetts