Ebbie Goodfellow

Ebbie Goodfellow
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1963
Date of birth	April 9, 1906
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
date of death	September 10, 1985
size	183 cm
Weight	84 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1926-1928	Ottawa Montagnards
1928-1929	Detroit Olympics
1929-1943	Detroit Cougars / Falcons / Red Wings

Ebenezer Ralston "Ebbie" Goodfellow (born April 9, 1906 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † September 10, 1985 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach who worked for the Detroit Red Wings from 1929 to 1943 , which was also at this time nicknamed the Cougars and Falcons , played in the National Hockey League . As a trainer, he worked from 1950 to 1952 with the Chicago Black Hawks .

Career

At the Detroit Olympics in the CPHL he was in the 1928/29 season with 26 goals and 34 points top scorer and scorer in the league. When the NHL established a franchise in Detroit a year later, he was brought into the squad of the Detroit Cougars at the time . These changed their name to Falcons the following year, before it was renamed Detroit Red Wings in 1932.

He began his career in the NHL as a center and was second best scorer in the 1930/31 season . However, he became a permanent fixture in the defense of the team with whom he was able to win the Stanley Cup twice in the mid-1930s . He was elected three times to the NHL's All-Star Team .

In the 1942/43 season he was the last player-coach who managed to win the Stanley Cup. After this season he ended his career. From 1946 he coached the St. Louis Flyers in the American Hockey League before returning to the NHL in 1950 as coach of the Chicago Black Hawks for two years. With just 30 wins in 140 games, he only won 28.2 percent of all possible points.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	554	134	190	324	511
Playoffs	8th	45	8th	8th	16	65

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1936 , 1937 and 1943

Personal awards

• NHL First All-Star Team : 1937 and 1940
• NHL Second All-Star Team : 1936
• Hart Memorial Trophy : 1940

Web links

• Ebbie Goodfellow in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Ebbie Goodfellow at hockeydb.com (English)