Frank Boucher
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1958 | |
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Date of birth | October 7, 1901 |
place of birth | Ottawa , Ontario , Canada |
date of death | December 12, 1977 |
Place of death | Kemptville , Ontario , Canada |
size | 178 cm |
Weight | 79 kg |
position | center |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1916-1919 | Ottawa New Edinburgh |
1919-1920 | Lethbridge Vets |
1920-1921 | Banff |
1921-1922 | Ottawa Senators |
1922-1926 | Vancouver Maroons |
1926-1938 | New York Rangers |
1943-1944 | New York Rangers |
François Xavier "Frank" Boucher (born October 7, 1901 in Ottawa , Ontario ; † December 12, 1977 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (center) and coach who worked for the Ottawa Senators and New York Rangers in the National from 1921 to 1944 Hockey League played.
Career
Boucher came from a hockey family that already had three players in the top leagues. During his school days he played in a team with Aurel Joliat . He decided to work for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police when he was 17 . A little later he was drawn to ice hockey and in 1921 he played for the Ottawa Senators , but Frank was unable to assert himself there. He moved to the Vancouver Maroons in the PCHA for four years .
For the 1926/27 season he came back to the NHL with the New York Rangers and became a sensation on Broadway. With Bun and Bill Cook he formed one of the dominant storm ranks of his time. With 7 goals and 3 assists he was the best scorer in the playoffs when the Rangers won the Stanley Cup in 1928 . He succeeded again in the 1932/33 season . He was the representative of clean ice hockey and won the Lady Byng Trophy for it. After he was honored with this award in seven out of eight years, he was allowed to keep it. Lady Byng donated a new trophy, the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy . During the 1937/38 season he ended his active career.
He took over the position of coach with the Rangers from Lester Patrick and led the team to the Stanley Cup in 1940 . When numerous players went to war, Boucher returned to the ice for 15 games in the 1943/44 season. He also took over the post of General Manager from Patrick, which he held until 1955.
In addition to Frank, his three brothers Billy (213 games), Bobby (11 games) and George (449 games) also played in the NHL, which was only surpassed by the five sutter brothers in the 1980s.
In 1958 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 14th | 557 | 161 | 262 | 423 | 119 |
Playoffs | 11 | 56 | 16 | 18th | 34 | 12 |
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup : 1928 and 1933 as a player; 1940 as a trainer
Personal awards
- First All-Star Team : 1933, 1934 and 1935
- Second All-Star Team : 1931
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy : 1928, 1929, 1930, 1931, 1933, 1934 and 1935 (first winner)
Web links
- Frank Boucher in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
- Frank Boucher at hockeydb.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Boucher, Frank |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Boucher, François Xavier (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 7, 1901 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Ottawa , Ontario |
DATE OF DEATH | December 12, 1977 |