Roy Conacher

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CanadaCanada  Roy Conacher Ice hockey player
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1998
Roy Conacher
Date of birth October 5, 1916
place of birth Toronto , Ontario , Canada
date of death December 29, 1984
Place of death Victoria , British Columbia , Canada
size 185 cm
Weight 79 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1933-1936 West Toronto Nationals
1936-1937 Toronto Dominions
1937-1938 Kirkland Lake Hargreaves
1938-1942 Boston Bruins
1942-1943 Saskatoon RCAF
1943-1945 Dartmouth RCAF
1945-1946 Boston Bruins
1946-1947 Detroit Red Wings
1947-1952 Chicago Black Hawks

Roy Gordon Conacher (born October 5, 1916 in Toronto , Ontario ; † December 29, 1984 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player (left winger) who played for the Boston Bruins , Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League from 1938 to 1952 played.

Career

During his junior years he played for the West Toronto Nationals and won the Memorial Cup in 1936 under coach Hap Day . After his brothers Charlie and Lionel were already stars in the NHL, Roy was looked forward to.

In the 1938/39 season he began his NHL career with the Boston Bruins , who put him at the side of Bill Cowley . With 26 goals in his freshman year, he was the top scorer in the NHL. This only succeeded the Finn Teemu Selänne more than 50 years later. In the finals, he scored the decisive goal through which the Bruins won the Stanley Cup .

A year later, a foot injury ended the season for him after 31 games. For the next two years he was among the top ten scorers in the NHL. In the summer of 1942, he joined the Canadian Army in World War II . When he returned to the Bruins late in the 1945/46 season, Art Ross the general manager of the Bruins did not believe that he could return to his old strength and gave him to the Detroit Red Wings .

He had a very decent season in Detroit, helping Billy Taylor set a record with seven assists in one game by scoring four of the seven goals. In Detroit he could not agree with Jack Adams on the salary for the following season and the Wings gave it to the New York Rangers . However, Roy refused to move to New York and announced his resignation. Two weeks later he agreed to move to the Chicago Black Hawks .

In Chicago, his brother Charlie took over the coaching position in the course of the season and placed him in a row with Bill Mosienko and Doug Bentley . In this series of storms he managed to win the Art Ross Trophy as the best scorer in the 1948/49 season. For several years he was the Black Hawks' best scorer. After twelve games in the 1951/52 season, he ended his career.

The NHL honored him in 1998 when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame . Together with his brothers Charlie and Lionel, he forms the only pair of three brothers in the Hall of Fame .

Career statistics

Regular season Play-offs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1933/34 West Toronto Nationals OHA Jr. 6th 0 1 1 0 - - - - -
1934/35 West Toronto Nationals OHA Jr. 9 4th 3 7th 8th - - - - -
1935/36 West Toronto Nationals OHA Jr. 10 12 3 15th 11 5 4th 2 6th 4th
1936/37 Toronto Dominion OHA-Sr. 8th 3 3 6th 4th 1 0 0 0 0
1937/38 Kirkland Lake Hargreaves NOHA 14th 12 11 23 2 1 1 0 1 0
1938/39 Boston Bruins NHL 47 26th 11 37 12 12 6th 4th 10 12
1939/40 Boston Bruins NHL 31 18th 12 30th 9 6th 2 1 3 0
1940/41 Boston Bruins NHL 41 24 14th 38 7th 11 1 5 6th 0
1941/42 Boston Bruins NHL 43 24 13 37 12 5 2 1 3 0
1942/43 Saskatoon RCAF SSHL 20th 13 8th 21st 2 3 2 2 4th 0
1943/44 Dartmouth RCAF NSDHL 3 9 2 11 4th - - - - -
1944/45 Dartmouth RCAF NSDHL 4th 1 2 3 0 - - - - -
1945/46 Boston Bruins NHL 4th 2 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0
1946/47 Detroit Red Wings NHL 60 30th 24 54 6th 5 4th 4th 8th 2
1947/48 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 52 22nd 27 49 4th - - - - -
1948/49 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 60 26th 42 68 8th - - - - -
1949/50 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 25th 31 56 16 - - - - -
1950/51 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 70 26th 24 50 16 - - - - -
1951/52 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 12 3 1 4th 0 - - - - -
OHA Jr. total 25th 16 7th 23 19th 5 4th 2 6th 4th
NHL overall 490 226 200 426 90 42 15th 15th 30th 14th

( Legend for player statistics: Sp or GP = games played; T or G = goals scored; V or A = assists scored ; Pkt or Pts = scorer points scored ; SM or PIM = penalty minutes received ; +/− = plus / minus balance; PP = overpaid goals scored ; SH = underpaid goals scored ; GW = winning goals scored; 1  play-downs / relegation )

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personal data
SURNAME Conacher, Roy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Conacher, Roy Gordon
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH Toronto , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1984