Milt Schmidt

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1961
Milt Schmidt
Date of birth March 5, 1918
place of birth Kitchener , Ontario , Canada
date of death 4th January 2017
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts , USA
Nickname Mr. Bruin, The Ultimate Bruin
size 183 cm
Weight 84 kg
position center
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1933-1934 Kitchener Empires
1934-1936 Kitchener Greenshirts
1936-1942 Boston Bruins
1942-1943 Ottawa RCAF Flyers
1944-1945 Middleton RCAF
1945–1955 Boston Bruins

Milton Conrad "Milt" Schmidt (born March 5, 1918 in Kitchener , Ontario ; † January 4, 2017 in Boston , Massachusetts , USA ) was a Canadian ice hockey player , coach and general manager who worked for the Boston Bruins in played the National Hockey League .

Career

Like his two wingers Bobby Bauer and Woody Dumart , Milt came from Kitchener , a place that was mainly inhabited by Canadians of German origin . Therefore they got the name " Kraut Line ". As well as being a playmaker, Milt was one of the strongest physically, so he never avoided a confrontation. He won the Stanley Cup in 1939 and 1941, but his strongest year was in between. Schmidt led the scorer list ahead of Dumart and Bauer. In 1942, the year after the second title, all three entered World War II . After the war they returned to the NHL and were still very strong, but it was no longer enough for the top of the league.

Even after his career as a player, Milt Schmidt remained connected with the Bruins and was a coach from 1955 to 1966. At the end of the 1960s he was also a general manager. During this time, Phil Esposito was signed . He made his only detour from Boston for the 1974/75 season . He was the first general manager of the then newly founded Washington Capitals . But after an exceptionally bad season, even for a new team, with only eight wins, this chapter was over at the end of the season.

Schmidt's shirt number 15 was banned from the Bruins in his honor.

In 1961 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 16 776 229 346 575 466
Playoffs 13 86 24 25th 49 60

Sporting successes

Personal awards

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Jake Reiser: Milt Schmidt Passes Away at 98 . Stanley Cup of Chowder , January 4, 2017, accessed January 4, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Schmidt, Milt
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmidt, Milton Conrad
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Kitchener , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH 4th January 2017
Place of death Boston , Massachusetts