Sylvio Mantha

Sylvio Mantha
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1960
Date of birth	April 14, 1902
place of birth	Montréal , Québec , Canada
date of death	7th August 1974
Place of death	Montréal, Québec, Canada
size	178 cm
Weight	78 kg
position	defender
Shot hand	Right
Career stations
1922-1923	Montréal Nationale
1923-1936	Canadiens de Montréal
1936-1937	Boston Bruins
1937-1938	Montréal Concordia

Sylvio Mantha (born April 14, 1902 in Montréal , Québec ; † August 7, 1974 ibid) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Canadiens de Montréal and Boston Bruins in the National from 1922 to 1938 Hockey League . His younger brother Georges was also a professional ice hockey player.

Career

Sylvio Mantha began his career as a hockey player in his hometown with the amateur team Montréal Nationale, for which he was active in the 1922/23 season. He was then obliged due to good performance by the Canadiens de Montréal from the professional National Hockey League , with which he immediately won the prestigious Stanley Cup in the 1923/24 season. In the following years the defender became a permanent fixture in the team and won the title again with the Canadiens in 1930 and 1931. This time was also successful for himself and in 1931 and 1932 he was elected to the second All-Star Team of the NHL . For the 1935/36 season he took over the position of player-coach with the Canadiens, but had to leave the team after missing the playoffs at the end of the season. Towards the end of the 1936/37 season he was obliged by NHL rival Boston Bruins , but completed only four games in the regular season for this. He last ran in the 1937/38 season for the amateur team Montreal Concordia before ending his active career at the age of 35.

Until 1943 he was the head coach of the Montreal Concordia. He then became involved as a coach in the junior division and worked there from 1943 to 1945 for the Laval Nationales, from 1945 to 1947 for the Verdun Maple Leafs and from 1947 to 1948 for the St. Jerome Eagles. He then retired from ice hockey. In 1960 he was honored with the Hockey Hall of Fame .

Achievements and Awards

• 1924 Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens de Montréal
• 1930 Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens de Montréal
• 1931 Stanley Cup winner with the Canadiens de Montréal
• 1931 NHL Second All-Star Team
• 1932 NHL Second All-Star Team
• 1960 Induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Gates	Assists	Points	Penalty minutes
Regular season	14th	542	63	72	135	667
Playoffs	9	35	5	4th	9	66

Web links

• Sylvio Mantha at hockeydb.com (English)
• Sylvio Mantha in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)