Edgar Laprade

Edgar Laprade
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1993
Date of birth	October 10, 1919
place of birth	Mine Center , Ontario , Canada
date of death	April 28, 2014
Place of death	Thunder Bay , Ontario , Canada
size	173 cm
Weight	73 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1935-1938	Port Arthur Bruins
1938-1943	Port Arthur Bearcats
1943-1944	Winnipeg Army
1944-1945	Barriefield Bears
1945–1955	New York Rangers

Edgar Louis Laprade (* 10. October 1919 in Mine Center , Ontario ; † 28. April 2014 in Thunder Bay , Ontario) was a Canadian ice hockey player , the (Center) 1945-1955 for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League played .

Career

After his time as a junior player with the Port Arthur Bruins in the Thunder Bay Junior Hockey League, he played as a senior for the Port Arthur Bearcats, with whom he could win the Allan Cup .

Although he had been on the wish list for both the New York Rangers and the Montréal Canadiens since 1938 , he only made his NHL debut with the Rangers in the 1945/46 season . He was an excellent skater who looked almost effortless if he let his opponents look down on counterattacks. For his strong season he was awarded the Calder Memorial Trophy as the best rookie . Not only were the 34 scorer points remarkable, but also that he managed without any penalty minute. In the following years he developed into one of the star players in the Rangers. For his continued fairness he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in the 1949/50 season . During this season he and his team made it into the final series of the Stanley Cup . Their opponents, the Detroit Red Wings , were missing star striker Gordie Howe and Laprade scored three goals in the final series, but one goal in overtime secured the title for Detroit. At the end of the 1952/53 season he officially ended his career, but when the Rangers signed Max Bentley for the following season , he returned to play with him in a storm row. After two more years, he finally ended his active career. In his last season he managed to do without penalty for the third time. In each of the three seasons he had played at least 40 games.

In 1993 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	500	108	172	280	42
Playoffs	2	18th	4th	9	13	4th

Sporting successes

• Allan Cup : 1939

Personal awards

• Calder Memorial Trophy : 1946
• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : 1950
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1947 , 1948 , 1949 and 1950

Web links

• Edgar Laprade in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Edgar Laprade at hockeydb.com (English)
• Joe Pelletier: Hockey Hall of Famer Edgar Laprade, 93, Passes Away. Obituary on greatesthockeylegends.com from April 28, 2014 (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Richard Goldstein: Edgar Laprade, Rangers' Graceful and Civil Center, Dies at 94. In: The New York Times, April 28, 2014 (English, accessed April 28, 2014).