Elmer Lach
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1966 | |
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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 | |||||||||||||
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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
- NHL First All-Star Team : 1945, 1948 and 1952
- NHL Second All-Star Team : 1944 and 1946
- Hart Memorial Trophy : 1945
- NHL scorer: 1945 and 1948. He was the first of the 1948 for the Art Ross Trophy got
Web links
- Elmer Lach in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
- Elmer Lach at hockeydb.com (English)
- Dave Stubbs: Canadiens legend Elmer Lach dies at age 97
personal data | |
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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 |