Murray Henderson (ice hockey player)

Murray Henderson
Date of birth	September 5, 1921
place of birth	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death	4th January 2013
Place of death	Toronto , Ontario , Canada
size	183 cm
Weight	82 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Left
Career stations
1944-1945	Boston Bruins
1944-1945	Boston Olympics
1945–1952	Boston Bruins
1952-1956	Hershey Bears

John Murray "Moe" Henderson (born September 5, 1921 in Toronto , Ontario ; † January 4, 2013 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach . On the position of defender, he played in 446 missions for the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League from 1944 to 1952 .

Life

Moe Henderson played ice hockey with the Toronto Young Rangers in his youth . In 1942 he joined the Royal Canadian Air Force and was stationed on the Pacific coast , where he flew patrols . He was discharged from the Air Force two years later following the death of his father. Following his career in the NHL, he was player-coach for the Hershey Bears for four seasons with play in the American Hockey League .

Moe Henderson is the nephew of the Conacher brothers - Roy Conacher , Lionel Conacher, and Charlie Conacher  - who were all inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• 1955 AHL Second All-Star Team

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	8th	405	24	62	86	305
Playoffs	7th	41	2	3	5	23

Web links

• Murray Henderson in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Murray Henderson at hockeydb.com (English) (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c d} Obituary: Wartime NHLer Murray Henderson dead at 91. In: Toronto Star . Accessed January 6, 2013
2. ↑ Murray Henderson ( English ) In: Legends of Hockey . Hockey Hall of Fame . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
3. ↑ Mike Wyman: The Golden Years: Murray Henderson. Inside Hockey, August 7, 2010; archived from the original on November 12, 2011 ; accessed on January 9, 2013 .