Harry Oliver (ice hockey player)
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1967 | |
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Date of birth | October 26, 1898 |
place of birth | Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada |
date of death | June 16, 1985 |
Place of death | Selkirk , Manitoba , Canada |
Nickname | Pee wee |
size | 173 cm |
Weight | 66 kg |
position | Right wing |
Shot hand | Right |
Career stations | |
1917-1920 | Selkirk Fishermen |
1920-1921 | Calgary Canadians |
1921-1926 | Calgary Tigers |
1926-1934 | Boston Bruins |
1934-1937 | New York Americans |
Harold "Harry" Oliver (born October 26, 1898 in Selkirk , Manitoba ; † June 16, 1985 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played 498 games for the Boston Bruins and New York Americans in the course of his active career between 1917 and 1937 has played in the National Hockey League on the position of right winger . In the service of the Boston Bruins, Oliver won the Stanley Cup in 1929 . Exactly 30 years after his last of eleven seasons in the NHL, he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967.
Career
Oliver spent his junior and senior senior years in his hometown of Selkirk, Manitoba Province . After he had learned to play ice hockey in self-study, since there were no organized clubs, he played from 1917 for the teams of the Selkirk Fishermen . With the men's team, the striker took part in the Allan Cup in 1919 , where they were defeated by the Hamilton Tigers 6-7 on goals in the two finals . In the summer of 1920 he finally moved to Calgary . In the 1920/21 season he ran on for the Calgary Canadians .
In December 1921, the attacker's next career step followed when he signed a contract with the Calgary Tigers , who had started playing in the newly created Western Canada Hockey League . With the Tigers, the lightweight, but fast and agile winger spent a total of five seasons, in which, with the exception of his rookie season, he always achieved at least 25 points scorer . In the 1923/24 season Oliver won the championship of the WCHL with the Calgary Tigers, the win of which entitled to participate in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1924 . In the final games of the Stanley Cup, Calgary was defeated by the Canadiens de Montréal from the National Hockey League, however, in both meetings. Oliver remained pointless in both games. In the same year and the following year, he was appointed to the WCHL's First All-Star Team.
In September 1926, the Canadian was sold by the Tigers to the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League. Oliver played for the Bruins in the following eight years and was a constant point collector, who was able to achieve around 20 points a year. Between 1927 and 1929 he was the team's best-scoring player. In the service of Boston, the offensive player celebrated his greatest career success at the end of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1929 by winning the trophy of the same name. After a total of eight years, Oliver left the Boston Bruins and moved to league rivals New York Americans on the US east coast . The Americans bought the attacker from the Bruins. He played another three years in the NHL, with the exception of the 1935/36 season , his point yields went down significantly. After the end of the 1936/37 season , the now 38-year-old declared his active career over.
After the end of his career, Oliver moved back to his hometown Selkirk, where he initially worked as an electrician . He later moved to neighboring Winnipeg . There he worked in the Weights and Measures Department of the Canadian government that dealt with the conversion to the metric system of units . Exactly 30 years after his last of eleven seasons in the NHL, Oliver was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1967. He is also a member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame . He died in June 1985 in his hometown at the age of 86.
Achievements and Awards
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Career statistics
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season | team | league | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | Sp | T | V | Pt | SM | ||
1917/18 | Selkirk Fishermen | WJrHL | 2 | 7th | 4th | 11 | 0 | |||||||
1918/19 | Selkirk Fishermen | MSHL | 9 | 15th | 9 | 24 | 6th | 4th | 5 | 1 | 6th | 0 | ||
1919 | Selkirk Fishermen | Allan Cup | 2 | 7th | 4th | 11 | 0 | |||||||
1919/20 | Selkirk Fishermen | MSHL | 10 | 7th | 7th | 14th | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1920/21 | Calgary Canadians | Big-4 | 16 | 14th | 6th | 20th | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1921/22 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 20th | 10 | 4th | 14th | 7th | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
1922/23 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 29 | 25th | 7th | 32 | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1923/24 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 27 | 22nd | 12 | 34 | 14th | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ||
1924 | Calgary Tigers | West playoff | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | |||||||
1924 | Calgary Tigers | Stanley Cup | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||
1924/25 | Calgary Tigers | WCHL | 24 | 20th | 13 | 33 | 23 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1925/26 | Calgary Tigers | WHL | 30th | 13 | 12 | 25th | 14th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1926/27 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 42 | 18th | 6th | 24 | 17th | 8th | 4th | 2 | 6th | 4th | ||
1927/28 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 43 | 13 | 5 | 18th | 20th | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4th | ||
1928/29 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 43 | 17th | 6th | 23 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8th | ||
1929/30 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 40 | 16 | 5 | 21st | 12 | 6th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6th | ||
1930/31 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 16 | 14th | 30th | 18th | 4th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
1931/32 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 44 | 13 | 7th | 20th | 22nd | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1932/33 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 47 | 11 | 7th | 18th | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
1933/34 | Boston Bruins | NHL | 48 | 5 | 9 | 14th | 6th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1934/35 | New York Americans | NHL | 47 | 7th | 9 | 16 | 4th | - | - | - | - | - | ||
1935/36 | New York Americans | NHL | 45 | 9 | 16 | 25th | 12 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | ||
1936/37 | New York Americans | NHL | 20th | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
WCHL / WHL total | 130 | 90 | 48 | 138 | 68 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6th | ||||
NHL overall | 463 | 127 | 85 | 212 | 147 | 35 | 10 | 6th | 16 | 24 |
( 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
- Harry Oliver in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
- Harry Oliver at eliteprospects.com (English)
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Oliver, Harry |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Oliver, Harold (full name); Pee-wee (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 26, 1898 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Selkirk , Manitoba |
DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1985 |
Place of death | Selkirk , Manitoba |