Elwin Romnes

Elwin Romnes
Date of birth	January 1, 1909
place of birth	White Bear Lake , Minnesota , USA
date of death	July 21, 1984
Place of death	Colorado Springs , Colorado , USA
Nickname	Doc
size	180 cm
Weight	71 kg
position	center
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1926-1927	St. Paul Vocational
1927-1930	St. Paul Saints
1930-1938	Chicago Black Hawks
1938-1939	Toronto Maple Leafs
1939-1940	New York Americans Omaha Knights

Elwin Nelson "Doc" Romnes (born January 1, 1909 in White Bear Lake , Minnesota , † July 21, 1984 in Colorado Springs , Colorado ) was an American ice hockey player (center) who worked for the Chicago Black Hawks from 1930 to 1940 , Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans played in the National Hockey League .

Career

During his junior years, Romnes played with the St. Paul Saints in the American Hockey Association .

When he managed to make his way into the Chicago Black Hawks roster for the 1930–31 season , there were only two United States-born NHL players. The Black Hawks have just had some very disappointing seasons, but have returned to the top of the league with the signing of a few new players, including Romes. At the end of his first season he reached the final series of the Stanley Cup with the Hawks , and in the 1933/34 season the second attempt was also successful. Romnes was always a very fair player, in none of his seasons did he have more than eight penalty minutes. For this style of play he received the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1936 . In the 1937/38 season , however, he had an argument with Toronto's Red Horner . This caused him a five-fold broken nose. Ironically, he was on the same team with Horner the following season. In exchange for Bill Thoms , the Black Hawks had given the Toronto Maple Leafs .

He stayed in Toronto only a year before being given to the New York Americans in a large swap deal . In order to bring Sweeney Schriner to Toronto, Busher Jackson and three other players were given in addition to Romnes . After only one year in New York, he ended his active career.

He later coached the Kansas City Pla Mors, with whom he could win the USHL title, and the University of Minnesota team . When the United States Hockey Hall of Fame was founded in 1973, he was one of the first inducted members.

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	10	359	67	136	203	42
Playoffs	7th	43	7th	18th	25th	4th

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup  : 1934 and 1938

Personal awards

• Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : 1936

Web links

• Elwin Romnes at hockeydb.com (English)
• Elwin Romnes at legendsofhockey.net (English)