Eddie Gerard

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1945
Eddie Gerard
Date of birth February 22, 1890
place of birth Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
date of death August 7, 1937
Place of death Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 76 kg
position Left wing / defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1907-1910 Ottawa Seconds
1910-1913 Ottawa New Edinburgh
1913-1923 Ottawa Senators

Edward George Gerard (born February 22, 1890 in Ottawa , Ontario , † August 7, 1937 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach. Between 1913 and 1923 he played in the National Hockey Association and from 1917 in the National Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators in the positions of left winger and defender . As a player, Gerard won the Stanley Cup four times , with a fifth trophy following his playing career in 1926 as the head coach of the Montreal Maroons . Eddie Gerard died in 1937 at the age of 47 from complications from a tumor disease . He was one of the first twelve ice hockey personalities to be inducted into the newly established Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 .

Career as a player

Gerard (front row, l.) In a team photo of the Ottawa Senators from the 1914/15 NHA season .

In his youth, Eddie Gerard played for the Ottawa Seconds in a junior league in the Canadian province of Ontario . From 1910 to 1913 he was active for the Ottawa New Edinburghs in the Interprovincial Amateur Hockey Union , a minor league . In November 1913, Gerard, who was mainly used as a winger, received contract offers from several professional teams. Among other things, the Montréal Canadiens submitted an offer to him , which he refused. A little later, the Canadian signed a contract with the team from his hometown, the Ottawa Senators from the National Hockey Association (NHA).

In his first season with the Senators, Gerard played eleven games, scoring 13 points . The left shooter had his personal best season in the 1916/17 NHA season , which was also the last season of the National Hockey Association; Gerard scored 17 goals and a total of 26 points in 19 games. After the dissolution of the NHA and the formation of the National Hockey League (NHL) in 1917/18 , Eddie Gerard won his first Stanley Cup with the Ottawa Senators in the 1919/20 NHL season , after the team won the Seattle Metropolitans in the Stanley Cup final from the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA). For the Senators it was the eighth overall win of this trophy. The Senators repeated their Stanley Cup success in the following season by beating PCHA challengers Vancouver Millionaires in the final .

Gerard in the Ottawa Senators jersey.

In the 1921/22 season , the Ottawa Senators lost the NHL final against the Toronto St. Patricks , who in turn faced the Vancouver Millionaires in the Stanley Cup final. A St. Patrick's defender was injured before the fourth game in this best-of-five series. Vancouver Millionaires manager Lester Patrick then allowed the Toronto St. Patricks to substitute any player from Eastern Canada for the remainder of the final round. The choice fell on Eddie Gerard, who proved so effective for the St. Patricks that Lester Patrick forbade a further use of the player before the fifth and decisive game. The Toronto St. Patricks finally defeated the Vancouver Millionaires in the fifth and final game 5-1 and won their first and only Stanley Cup, for Gerard it was the third cup win in a row.

The 1922/23 season was Eddie Gerard's last as a player in the National Hockey League. The Ottawa Senators finished the regular season in first place in the table and met in the Stanley Cup final against the Edmonton Eskimos from the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). The Senators won the best-of-three series with 2-0 wins. After the fourth Stanley Cup victory in a row, Eddie Gerard ended his active career due to a lump on his neck that made it difficult for him to breathe. In his ten-season professional career, he won the Stanley Cup four times with the Ottawa Senators, and from 1919 to the end of his career in 1923 he was the team captain of the Senators.

The Canadian was considered an efficient and very fair player who had good running technique and was a tough opponent on both sides of the field. In addition, he was certified as having excellent puck control and leadership qualities.

After the career

Gerard was already active in the 1917/18 NHL season as a player-coach for the Ottawa Senators. After his career as a player in 1923, he took a year off ice hockey and then worked from 1924 to 1929 as the coach and manager of the Montreal Maroons . He won his first and only Stanley Cup as a coach in 1926 after his team had defeated the Victoria Cougars from the PCHA in the final. After his time with the Maroons, he paused again for a year and then coached the New York Americans for two seasons from 1930 . In the fall of 1932 he again took over the coaching position with the Montreal Maroons.

After the Ottawa Senators had in 1934 set the game mode and after St. Louis had moved, Gerard took over in the first season of the now St. Louis Eagles called franchise as coach of Georges Boucher . After the new team had lost eleven of the first 13 games, the Canadian resigned as coach of the Eagles in December 1934, also due to his health. His successor was again Boucher.

Eddie Gerard died on August 7, 1937 at the age of 47 in his hometown of Ottawa from the complications of the tumor disease that had already led to the end of his career. He was one of the first twelve ice hockey personalities to be inducted into the newly established Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945 . Gerard was buried in the Beechwood cemetery in Ottawa.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

As a player

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GP G A. Pts PIM GP G A. Pts PIM
1907-08 Ottawa Seconds OCHL 7th 8th 0 8th - - - - -
1908-09 Ottawa Seconds OCHL 5 11 0 11 2 1 0 1 5
1909-10 Ottawa Seconds OCHL 9 17th 0 17th 3 1 0 1 14th
1910-11 Ottawa New Edinburgh OCHL 2 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
Ottawa New Edinburgh IPAHU 6th 9 0 9 18th 3 6th 0 6th 6th
1911-12 Ottawa New Edinburgh IPAHU 10 12 0 12 8th 4th 8th 0 8th 6th
1912-13 Ottawa New Edinburgh IPAHU 8th 16 0 16 16 6th 6th 0 6th 6th
1913-14 Ottawa Senators NHA 11 6th 7th 13 34 - - - - -
1914-15 Ottawa Senators NHA 20th 9 10 19th 39 5 1 0 1 6th
1915-16 Ottawa Senators NHA 24 13 5 18th 57 - - - - -
1916-17 Ottawa Senators NHA 19th 18th 16 34 48 2 1 2 3 6th
1917-18 Ottawa Senators NHL 20th 13 7th 20th 26th - - - - -
1918-19 Ottawa Senators NHL 18th 4th 6th 10 17th 5 3 0 3 3
1919-20 Ottawa Senators NHL 22nd 9 7th 16 19th 5 2 1 3 3
1920-21 Ottawa Senators NHL 24 11 4th 15th 18th 7th 1 0 1 50
1921-22 Ottawa Senators NHL 21st 7th 11 18th 16 2 0 0 0 8th
Toronto St. Patricks NHL - - - - - 1 0 0 0 0
1922-23 Ottawa Senators NHL 23 6th 13 19th 12 8th 1 0 1 4th
Total OHCL 23 37 0 37 5 2 0 2 19th
IPAHU total 24 37 0 37 42 13 20th 0 20th 18th
NHA total 74 46 38 84 178 7th 2 2 4th 12
NHL overall 128 50 48 98 108 28 7th 1 8th 68

( 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 )

As a trainer

Regular season Play-offs
season team league GC W. L. T placement GC W. L. T result
1917-18 Ottawa Senators NHL 22nd 9 13 0 3rd, NHL - - - - -
1924-25 Montreal Maroons NHL 30th 9 19th 2 5th, NHL - - - - -
1925-26 Montreal Maroons NHL 36 20th 11 5 2nd, NHL 4th 2 0 2 Stanley Cup
1926-27 Montreal Maroons NHL 44 20th 20th 4th 3rd, Canadian Division 2 0 1 1 Quarter finals
1927-28 Montreal Maroons NHL 44 24 14th 6th 2nd, Canadian Division 9 5 3 1 Stanley Cup Final
1928-29 Montreal Maroons NHL 44 15th 20th 9 5th, Canadian Division - - - - -
1930-31 New York Americans NHL 44 18th 16 10 4th, Canadian Division - - - - -
1931-32 New York Americans NHL 48 16 24 8th 4th, American Division - - - - -
1932-33 Montreal Maroons NHL 48 22nd 20th 6th 2nd, Canadian Division 2 0 2 0 Quarter finals
1933-34 Montreal Maroons NHL 48 19th 18th 11 3rd, Canadian Division 4th 1 2 1 Semifinals
1934-35 St. Louis Eagles NHL 13 2 11 0 5th, American Division - - - - -
NHL overall 421 174 186 61 11 seasons 21st 8th 8th 5 5 participations

(Legend to coach statistics: GC = games, W = won, L = lost, T = draw)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b legendsofhockey.net Eddie Gerard. Retrieved September 4, 2011 .

annotation

  1. ↑ To be accredited with a Stanley Cup win, according to NHL regulations for the winning team, a player must either complete at least half of the regular season games , or at least one appearance in the Stanley Cup final for the successful team show.
personal data
SURNAME Gerard, Eddie
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gerard, Edward George (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH February 22, 1890
PLACE OF BIRTH Ottawa , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH August 7, 1937
Place of death Ottawa , Ontario