Buck Boucher

Buck Boucher
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1960
Date of birth	August 19, 1896
place of birth	Ottawa , Ontario , Canada
date of death	October 17, 1960
size	175 cm
Weight	77 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1913-1915	Ottawa New Edinburgh
1915-1929	Ottawa Senators
1929-1931	Montreal Maroons
1931-1932	Chicago Black Hawks
1932-1933	Boston Cubs

John George "Buck" Boucher (born August 19, 1896 in Ottawa , Ontario , † October 17, 1960 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played for the Ottawa Senators , Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League .

Career

Boucher started his athletic career as a halfback in the football team Ottawa Rough Riders , only after three years did he switch to ice hockey. There he started as a striker in the Ottawa City League with the Burghs . For the 1917/18 season he moved to the NHL for the Ottawa Senators.

With the Senators, the left shooter won the Stanley Cup four times between 1920 and 1927 , and in 1928 he moved to the Montreal Maroons. By the end of his career in 1932 with the Chicago Blackhawks, Boucher completed 457 NHL games, scoring 122 goals and 62 assists . After his active career, he was active as a coach with the Senators, the Boston Bruins , the St. Louis Eagles and the Blackhawks.

Buck Boucher became ill with cancer in 1954 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame three weeks before his death in 1960 . His four brothers Frank , Joe , Bobby and Billy were also professional NHL players.

Career statistics

				Regular season
season	team	league		Sp	T	V	Pt	SM
1917/18	Ottawa Senators	NHL		22nd	9	0	9	27
1918/19	Ottawa Senators	NHL		17th	5	2	7th	21st
1919/20	Ottawa Senators	NHL		22nd	10	4th	14th	34
1920/21	Ottawa Senators	NHL		23	12	5	17th	43
1921/22	Ottawa Senators	NHL		23	12	8th	20th	10
1922/23	Ottawa Senators	NHL		23	15th	9	24	44
1923/24	Ottawa Senators	NHL		21st	14th	5	19th	28
1924/25	Ottawa Senators	NHL		28	15th	4th	19th	80
1925/26	Ottawa Senators	NHL		36	8th	4th	12	64
1926/27	Ottawa Senators	NHL		44	8th	3	11	115
1927/28	Ottawa Senators	NHL		44	7th	5	12	78
1928/29	Ottawa Senators	NHL		29	3	1	4th	60
1928/29	Montreal Maroons	NHL		12	1	1	2	10
1929/30	Montreal Maroons	NHL		39	2	6th	8th	50
1930/31	Montreal Maroons	NHL		31	0	0	0	25th
1931/32	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		43	1	5	6th	50
NHL overall				457	122	62	184	739

( 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 )

Web links

• Buck Boucher in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Buck Boucher at hockeydb.com (English)