Frank Boucher

Frank Boucher
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1958
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
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)