Max Bentley

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CanadaCanada  Max Bentley Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1966
Date of birth March 1, 1920
place of birth Delisle , Saskatchewan , Canada
date of death January 19, 1984
size 175 cm
Weight 72 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1937-1939 Drumheller Miners
1939-1940 Saskatoon Quakers
1940-1943 Chicago Black Hawks
1943-1945 Calgary Currie Army
1945-1947 Chicago Black Hawks
1947-1953 Toronto Maple Leafs
1953-1954 New York Rangers
1954-1959 Saskatoon Quakers

Maxwell Herbert Lloyd "Max" Bentley (born March 1, 1920 in Delisle , Saskatchewan , † January 19, 1984 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player who from 1940 to 1954 for the Chicago Black Hawks , Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League played.

Career

Max Bentley's life was marked by disease. Real and imagined. When he auditioned in Montreal in early 1940, the doctor diagnosed a heart defect and said he would not survive a year as a competitive athlete. After a short break, Max preferred to die playing ice hockey than to live without. His older brother Doug brought him to Chicago. Together with Bill Mosienko , Max and Doug Bentley were the "Pony Line". Lively little Max was one of the most tech-savvy players in the NHL. No other player was cited as an example more often when comparing the young Wayne Gretzky . In 1947 Bentley, together with Cy Thomas, was sold to Toronto as part of a player swap for the five players Bud Poile , Bob Goldham , Gaye Stewart , Gus Bodnar and Ernie Dickens . This barter is still considered one of the Chicago Blackhawks' biggest mistakes today . He then won the Stanley Cup three times with the Toronto Maple Leafs . Even in Toronto he was considered a hypochondriac, but the worse Max felt, the better he played. His coach once said: "Max is dying, we can't expect more than two goals from him."

In 1966 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 12 646 245 299 544 179
Playoffs 8th 51 18th 27 45 14th

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Records

  • 4 goals in a third ( January 28, 1943 ; Blackhawks - Rangers 10-1) along with 10 other players.

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personal data
SURNAME Bentley, Max
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bentley, Maxwell Herbert Lloyd
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH March 1, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Delisle
DATE OF DEATH January 19, 1984