Herb Gardiner

Herb Gardiner
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1958
Date of birth	May 8, 1891
place of birth	Winnipeg , Manitoba , Canada
date of death	January 11, 1972
size	178 cm
Weight	86 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1908-1910	Winnipeg Victoria's
1914-1915	Calgary Monarchs
1918-1919	Calgary Rotary Club
1919-1920	Calgary Wanderers
1920-1926	Calgary Tigers
1926-1928	Montréal Canadiens
1928-1929	Chicago Black Hawks
1929-1935	Philadelphia Arrows
1935-1936	Philadelphia Ramblers

Herbert Martin "Herb" Gardiner (born May 8, 1891 in Winnipeg , Manitoba ; † January 11, 1972 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach who worked for the Montréal Canadiens and the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1926-1929 National Hockey League played.

Career

He began his professional career in 1921 with the Calgary Tigers in the Western Canada Hockey League . Together with Red Dutton he was in defense when the Tigers lost to the Montreal Canadiens in the final series of the Stanley Cup in 1924 .

After ice hockey was in crisis in the west, the Montréal Canadiens managed to move him to a move to eastern Canada for the 1926/27 season . He was also able to convince with strong performances in the NHL and was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the most valuable player in the NHL . In the Canadiens he defended on the side of Sylvio Mantha .

For the 1928/29 season , the Canadiens loaned him to the Chicago Black Hawks , where he was active as a player-coach. For the playoffs, however, he was brought back to Montréal. After the end of the season he moved to the Boston Bruins , who made him to the Philadelphia Arrows in the Canadian-American Hockey League . There he only played occasionally and worked as a coach and manager. In 1936 he moved to the Philadelphia Ramblers in the American Hockey League . He led the team twice in the finals of the Calder Cup . His last coaching station was the Philadelphia Falcons in the Eastern Hockey League .

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	3	101	10	9	19th	52
Playoffs	3	9	0	1	1	10

Sporting successes

• Western Canada Hockey League Champion: 1924

Personal awards

• Hart Memorial Trophy : 1927

Web links

• Herb Gardiner in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Herb Gardiner at hockeydb.com (English)