Herb Cain

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CanadaCanada  Herb Cain Ice hockey player
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
Regular season 13 571 206 194 400 178
Playoff 11 67 16 13 29 13

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