Elmer Lach

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1966
Elmer Lach
Date of birth January 22, 1918
place of birth Nokomis , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death April 4, 2015
Place of death Kirkland , Quebec , Canada
size 175 cm
Weight 78 kg
position center
number # 16
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1935-1936 Regina Abbotts
1936-1938 Weyburn Beavers
1938-1940 Moose Jaw Millers
1940-1954 Montréal Canadiens

Elmer James Lach (born January 22, 1918 in Nokomis , Saskatchewan , † April 4, 2015 in Kirkland , Québec ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Montréal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1940 to 1954 .

Career

Lach was the playmaker of the legendary "Punch Line" of the Montréal Canadiens . Together with Maurice Richard and Toe Blake , they scored over 700 points in four and a half years. Above all, he had excellent defensive qualities, but his two years as a top scorer proved that he was also very dangerous up front. Also in the year in which the Art Ross Trophy was awarded for the first time , Lach led this ranking. In 1944, 1946 and 1953 he won the Stanley Cup three times .

In 1966 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . His number was banned from the club on December 4, 2009, on the day of the Canadiens 100th birthday, before the game against the Boston Bruins , after a festive ceremony.

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1935/36 Regina Abbotts SHJL 2 0 1 1 2 4th 3 0 3 6th
1936/37 Weyburn Beavers SSHL 23 16 6th 22nd 27 3 0 1 1 4th
1937/38 Weyburn Beavers SSHL 22nd 12 12 24 44 3 2 1 3 0
1938/39 Moose Jaw Millers SSHL 29 17th 20th 37 23 10 6th 4th 10 8th
1939/40 Moose Jaw Millers SSHL 30th 15th 29 44 20th 8th 5 9 14th 12
1940/41 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 43 7th 14th 21st 16 3 1 0 1 0
1941/42 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 1 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1942/43 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 45 18th 40 58 14th 5 2 4th 6th 6th
1943/44 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 48 24 48 72 23 9 2 11 13 4th
1944/45 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 50 26th 54 80 37 6th 4th 4th 8th 2
1945/46 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 50 13 34 47 34 9 5 12 17th 4th
1946/47 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 31 14th 16 30th 22nd - - - - -
1947/48 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 60 30th 31 61 72 - - - - -
1948/49 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 36 11 18th 29 59 1 0 0 0 4th
1949/50 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 64 15th 33 48 33 5 1 2 3 4th
1950/51 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 65 21st 24 45 48 11 2 2 4th 2
1951/52 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 70 15th 50 65 36 11 1 2 3 4th
1952/53 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 53 16 25th 41 56 12 1 6th 7th 6th
1953/54 Canadiens de Montréal NHL 48 5 20th 25th 28 4th 0 2 2 0
SSHL total 104 60 67 127 114 24 13 15th 28 24
NHL overall 664 215 408 623 478 76 19th 45 64 36

( 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 )

Awards

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personal data
SURNAME Laugh, Elmer
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Laugh, Elmer James
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH January 22, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Nokomis, Saskatchewan
DATE OF DEATH April 4, 2015
Place of death Kirkland , Quebec