Lionel Hitchman
 Lionel Hitchman 
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| Date of birth | November 3, 1901 |
| place of birth | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
| date of death | 19th December 1968 |
| Place of death | Glens Falls , New York , USA |
| size | 185 cm |
| Weight | 76 kg |
| position | defender |
| Shot hand | Right |
| Career stations | |
| 1919-1921 | Toronto Aura Lee |
| 1921-1923 | Ottawa New Edinburgh |
| 1923-1924 | Ottawa Senators |
| 1924-1934 | Boston Bruins |
Lionel Hitchman (born November 3, 1901 in Toronto , Ontario , † December 19, 1968 in Glens Falls , New York ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League from 1922 to 1934 played.
Career
During his junior years, Hitchman played with the Toronto Aura Lee in the Ontario Hockey League . In 1921 he moved to the Ottawa New Edinburghs in the Ottawa City Hockey League . At the end of the 1922/23 season he moved to the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League, with whom he won the Stanley Cup . During the 1924/25 season , the Senators sold him to the newly founded Boston Bruins .
In Boston, the defensive defender had his best time. At first he took over the work forward, but after two offensive defenders were in the squad with Eddie Shore and Dit Clapper , he was largely responsible for defense with Sprague Cleghorn . With this role he was extremely important to the Bruins and helped the Bruins win their first Stanley Cup in 1929 .
Immediately after the end of his career, the Bruins honored him on February 22, 1934 following his last game against his former team, the Ottawa Senators, by banning his number 3 and never giving it back .
Even today, his name is mentioned again and again when he is nominated for the Hockey Hall of Fame , but his hard-working, but inconspicuous style of play was not enough for an appointment.
NHL statistics
| Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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| Regular season | 12 | 414 | 27 | 33 | 60 | 523 |
| Playoffs | 8th | 40 | 4th | 1 | 5 | 64 |
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup : 1923 and 1929
Personal awards
- OCHL Second All-Star Team: 1922 and 1923
Web links
- Lionel Hitchman at hockeydb.com (English)
- Lionel Hitchman at legendsofhockey.net (English)
not awarded (1924–1927) | Lionel Hitchman (1927-1931) | George Owen (1931-1932) | Dit Clapper (1932-1938) | Cooney Weiland (1938–1939) | Dit Clapper (1939-1947) | Jack Crawford (1947-1950) | Milt Schmidt (1950–1955) | Ed Sandford (1955) | Fernie Flaman (1955–1961) | Don McKenney (1961-1963) | Leo Boivin (1963-1966) | Johnny Bucyk (1966-1967) | not awarded (1967–1973) | Johnny Bucyk (1973-1977) | Wayne Cashman (1977-1983) | Terry O'Reilly (1983-1985) | Ray Bourque & Rick Middleton (1985-1988) | Ray Bourque (1988-2000) | Jason Allison (2000-2001) | not awarded (2001–2002) | Joe Thornton (2002-2005) | not awarded (2005–2006) | Zdeno Chára (since 2006)
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| SURNAME | Hitchman, Lionel |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 3, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th December 1968 |
| Place of death | Glens Falls , New York |