Murray Henderson (ice hockey player)
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
NHL statistics
Seasons | Games | Gates | Assists | Points | Penalty minutes | |
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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
- ↑ a b c d Obituary: Wartime NHLer Murray Henderson dead at 91. In: Toronto Star . Accessed January 6, 2013
- ↑ Murray Henderson ( English ) In: Legends of Hockey . Hockey Hall of Fame . Retrieved January 9, 2013.
- ↑ 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 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Henderson, Murray |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Henderson, John Murray (full name); Moe (nickname) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Canadian ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 5, 1921 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Toronto , Ontario |
DATE OF DEATH | 4th January 2013 |
Place of death | Toronto , Ontario |