Fernie Flaman

Fernie Flaman
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1990
Date of birth	January 25, 1927
place of birth	Dysart , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death	June 22, 2012
Place of death	Westwood , Massachusetts , USA
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1942-1943	Regina Abbotts
1943	Brooklyn Crescents
1943-1946	Boston Olympics
1946-1950	Boston Bruins
1950-1954	Toronto Maple Leafs
1954-1961	Boston Bruins
1961-1965	Providence Reds

Ferdinand Charles "Fernie" Flaman (born January 25, 1927 in Dysart , Saskatchewan , † June 22, 2012 in Westwood , Massachusetts ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Boston Bruins and Toronto Maple Leafs from 1946 to 1961 in the National Hockey League played.

Career

Flaman played in the Eastern Hockey League for the Brooklyn Crescents and Boston Olympics during his junior years. Its development was accelerated by the player shortage caused by World War II . At the age of 16 he made his debut with the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League in the 1944/45 season . Another game followed a year later. After 23 missions in the 1946/47 season , half of which he played with the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League , he managed to earn a regular place with the Bruins. For three years he strengthened the Bruins' defense with his defensive style of play, before he was given in mid-November 1950 with Leo Boivin, among others, to the Toronto Maple Leafs , who sent Bill Ezinicki to Boston for this purpose .

After he was initially sent to the AHL to the Pittsburgh Hornets , he soon made the jump back into the NHL and was only the third player from the United States to wear the Maple Leafs because of his naturalization after Elwyn "Doc" Romnes and Roger Jenkins . In his first year he won his first Stanley Cup with the new team . After the hero of the final series, Bill Barilko , had a fatal accident during the summer break, Flaman's role on the team became even more important. After the 1953/54 season , the Leafs found their defense compact enough to give Flaman off. He returned to the Boston Bruins.

This time around he was one of the dominant players in the Bruins and gave the defense extra support. He was team captain for four years . He was also committed to player rights and was instrumental in founding the first players 'union, a forerunner of the National Hockey League Players' Association . After more than 900 games, he ended his career in the NHL in 1961.

In the AHL he joined the Providence Reds , where he acted as a player, coach and general manager. When he left the team in 1965, he was inducted into the Rhode Island Hockey Hall of Fame . As a trainer and general manager, he moved to the Fort Worth Wings in the CHL .

He returned to the Bruins as a scout in 1969. His focus was on talent in the American university leagues. This is how he came to work as a trainer at Northeastern University in Boston , Massachusetts , where he has received multiple awards for his success.

A special honor was the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1990 .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	17th	910	34	176	210	1,370
Playoffs	10	63	4th	8th	12	93

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup : 1951

Personal awards

• Second All-Star Team : 1955, 1957 and 1958
• Participation in the NHL All-Star Game : 1952, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958 and 1959

Web links

• Fernie Flaman in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Fernie Flaman at hockeydb.com (English)