Herb Cain
Date of birth | December 24, 1913 |
place of birth | Newmarket , Ontario , Canada |
date of death | February 23, 1982 |
Place of death | Newmarket, Ontario, Canada |
size | 180 cm |
Weight | 75 kg |
position | Left wing |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1931-1932 | Newmarket Redmen |
1932-1933 | Hamilton Tigers |
1933-1938 | Montreal Maroons |
1938-1939 | Montréal Canadiens |
1939-1946 | Boston Bruins |
1946-1950 | Hershey Bears |
Herbert Joseph "Herb" Cain (born December 24, 1913 in Newmarket , Ontario ; † February 23, 1982 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player (left winger) who from 1933 to 1946 for the Montreal Maroons , Montréal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League played.
Career
During his junior years he played for the St. John's Separate School , where he scored all 56 goals of his team in one season.
When he was signed by the Montreal Maroons , there were disputes with the Montréal Canadiens , who believed they owned the rights to him. In the Maroons, he played with Bob Gracie and Gus Marker on the Green Line . In the 1934/35 season , the Maroons won the Stanley Cup . For the 1938/39 season he was sold to the Canadiens, but only stayed there for one season.
From 1939 he played for the Boston Bruins . In a row with Bill Cowley , he helped the Bruins to the Stanley Cup victory in the 1940/41 season . In the 1943/44 season , the Bruins sought their salvation on the offensive. With 82 points, he set a previously never reached record in the NHL, but all successes in attack did not help, as the playoffs were missed due to the weak defense. In 1946 he ended his career in the NHL and played a few years with the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League and led the team to the Calder Cup .
Cain was the last active player to previously play for the Montreal Maroons. He's also the only former top scorer not in the Hockey Hall of Fame .
In 1955 he fell ill with Hodgkin's disease and lost almost half of his weight. He agreed to a suggestion that the doctors use drugs that had previously only been successfully tested on animals and the treatment was successful. He lived in his native Newmarket until he died in 1982. There is also a street named after him there.
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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Regular season | 13 | 571 | 206 | 194 | 400 | 178 |
Playoff | 11 | 67 | 16 | 13 | 29 | 13 |
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup : 1935 and 1941
- Calder Cup : 1947
Personal awards
- NHL Second All-Star Team : 1944
- NHL top scorer: 1944 (later the Art Ross Trophy was awarded for this)
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personal data | |
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SURNAME | Cain, Herb |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cain, Herbert Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 24, 1913 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Newmarket |
DATE OF DEATH | February 23, 1982 |
Place of death | Newmarket |