Dunc Munro

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Dunc Munro
Date of birth January 19, 1901
place of birth Moray , Scotland , UK
date of death January 3, 1958
Place of death Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 173 cm
Weight 86 kg
position defender
Career stations
1918-1920 University of Toronto
1920-1924 Toronto Granites
1924-1931 Montreal Maroons
1931-1932 Canadiens de Montréal

Duncan Brown "Dunc" Munro (born January 19, 1901 in Moray , Scotland , † January 3, 1958 in Montreal , Québec ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, who from 1924 to 1932 for the Montreal Maroons and Canadiens de Montréal played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Dunc Munro was in the 1919 Memorial Cup in the squad of the winning team from the University of Toronto . From 1920 he played for the Toronto Granites and won the Allan Cup twice in 1922 and 1923 . Thanks to these successes, the Granites also provided the team that represented Canada at the 1924 Winter Olympics in Chamonix . So Munro became team captain of the team that won the gold medal at the Olympics.

Of course, the Granites players in the NHL had an eye on them. Munro signed a well-paid contract with the newly formed Montreal Maroons and played in the team's first season 1924/25 with Reg Noble and the unrelated Gerald Munro in defense. He lived up to his reputation as a clever businessman with his first contract with the Maroons. He secured the rights to publish the stadium booklet and earned a lot of money with it.

In the 1925/26 season he won his first Stanley Cup with the Maroons . In the 1927/28 season , the Maroons signed Hooley Smith, a player who had won the Olympic gold with him. Also in this year the Maroons reached the final series, but they lost to the New York Rangers in a spectacular series. A heart attack stopped his playing career in 1930. After his recovery, he stood as a coach behind the Maroons gang. Of the players who wore their jerseys in the first season of the Maroons, he was the one who was in the squad the longest. The Maroons players were said to be more interested in stock market prices than in ice hockey. Munro was usually mentioned here as a substitute. The times of the Great Depression also hit him hard.

For the 1931/32 season he moved to local rivals the Canadiens de Montréal . After a year with the Canadiens, he ended his active career.

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 8th 239 28 18th 46 170
Playoffs 4th 19th 2 2 4th 18th

Sporting successes

literature

  • William Brown: The Montreal Maroons - The Forgotten Stanley Cup Champions Vehicule Press, 1999. ISBN 1-55065-128-5 (English)

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personal data
SURNAME Munro, Dunc
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Munro, Duncan Brown
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH Moray , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH January 3, 1958
Place of death Montreal , Quebec , Canada