Ken McAuley

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CanadaCanada  Ken McAuley Ice hockey player
Date of birth January 9, 1921
place of birth Edmonton , Alberta , Canada
date of death June 18, 1992
Nickname Tubby
size 178 cm
Weight 86 kg
position goalkeeper
Catch hand Right
Career stations
1938-1941 Edmonton Maple Leafs
1941-1942 Regina Rangers
1943-1945 New York Rangers
1945-1947 Edmonton Flyers
1947-1949 Saskatoon Quakers
1949-1950 Kimberley Dynamiters

Kenneth Leslie McAuley (born January 9, 1921 in Edmonton , Alberta , † June 18, 1992 ) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach who played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League from 1943 to 1945 .

Career

Ken McAuley first played in his hometown until 1941 with the Edmonton Maple Leafs, before he graduated the following season with the Regina Rangers in the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League. The Canadian then did a year of military service . On October 16, 1943, he signed a contract as a free agent with the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League. The Rangers suffered badly from the effects of World War II and had used four goalkeepers in the course of the 1942/43 season, none of which was in the Blueshirts ' squad in the following season . The Rangers management believed they had found the solution to the goalkeeper problem in McAuley. The Canadian played all 50 regular season games in his debut season, but was just as unsuccessful as his predecessors and conceded a total of 310 goals, more than any other goalkeeper in NHL history in one season. It was also he who conceded the fastest hit of a rookie by Gus Bodnar after 15 seconds on October 30, 1943 .

The Rangers won just six games that season and McAuley had a miserable 6.24 goals against. In the most one-sided NHL game in history on January 23, 1944 in the encounter against the Detroit Red Wings , the goalkeeper had to concede 15 goals in 58 shots on goal, while the Rangers succeeded in nine shots on goal no goal. Regardless of the poor performance of their goalkeeper, he also received a contract with the Blueshirts for the 1944/45 season . His statistics improved and in 46 encounters he received 227 goals against. During the season he managed his only shutout in the NHL. He won eleven games and his average against goals was 4.93. After the end of World War II, the Rangers relied on the goalkeeping duo Chuck Rayner and Jim Henry , so McAuley's career in the National Hockey League was over. Later he was still active in various senior amateur leagues. As head coach McAuley was from 1952 to 1954 with the Edmonton Oil Kings in the Western Canada Hockey League behind the gang.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Ken McAuley. National Hockey League, accessed June 22, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b Ken McAuley. Hockey Reference, accessed June 22, 2011 .
personal data
SURNAME McAuley, Ken
ALTERNATIVE NAMES McAuley, Kenneth Leslie
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach
DATE OF BIRTH January 9, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Alberta
DATE OF DEATH June 18, 1992