Taffy Abel

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United StatesUnited States  Taffy Abel Ice hockey player
Date of birth May 28, 1900
place of birth Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan , USA
date of death August 1, 1964
Place of death Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan , USA
size 185 cm
Weight 102 kg
position defender
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1918-1919 Michigan Soo Nationals
1919-1922 Michigan Soo Wildcats
1922-1925 St. Paul Athletic Club
1925-1926 Minneapolis Millers
1926-1929 New York Rangers
1929-1934 Chicago Black Hawks

Clarence John "Taffy" Abel (born May 28, 1900 in Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan ; † August 1, 1964 ibid) was an American ice hockey player who worked for the New York Rangers and Chicago Black Hawks during his active career played in the National Hockey League .

Career

Taffy Abel first played ice hockey in the US state of Michigan from 1918 and was on the ice for the Michigan Soo Nationals and Michigan Soo Wildcats in the following four seasons . In 1922, the defensive player continued his career with the St. Paul Athletic Club in the United States Amateur Hockey Association . After two good seasons, he was appointed to the US national team for the 1924 Winter Olympics . The defender scored 15 goals in this tournament, six of them in each of the two games against Sweden and France . Only in the encounter against Canada he remained unsuccessful, this was also the only lost game of the US-Americans, who thereby won the silver medal. After the tournament, he initially continued his career as an amateur player and went for another season in Saint Paul , Minnesota , on the ice.

This was followed by an engagement with the Minneapolis Millers in the CHL, before Abel received a contract with the New York Rangers in August 1926 . Abel was the first American outfield player in the history of the National Hockey League . In the Big Apple he usually formed a defensive duo with Ching Johnson , both of whom were considered to be particularly physically present actors and were a resilient duo. In the 1927/28 season Abel reached the final series of the Stanley Cup with the Blueshirts . In the second encounter against the Montreal Maroons , the Rangers goalkeeper Lorne Chabot was injured and was replaced by General Manger Lester Patrick , who had never played as a goalkeeper before. Patrick allowed only one goal against in the course of the game and thanks to the defensive work of the duo Abel and Johnson, the Rangers won the prestigious trophy, the Stanley Cup, for the first time. In April 1929, the Rangers Taffy Abel sold to the Chicago Black Hawks for $ 15,000 . In Windy City , too , the defensive player, who usually formed a duo with Mush March , was a fixture in the squad and won his second Stanley Cup with the Hawks in 1934. After this success, he ended his active career, among other things because the owner of the Hawks had refused him a raise.

When the United States Hockey Hall of Fame opened in 1973 , Abel was one of the 25 founding members. The home ground of the Lake Superior State University ice hockey team , the Taffy Abel Arena , was named after him.

Achievements and Awards

Career statistics

Regular season Playoffs
season team league Sp T V Pt SM Sp T V Pt SM
1922/23 St. Paul Athletic Club USAHA 18th 3 0 3 - 4th 0 0 0 0
1923/24 St. Paul Athletic Club USAHA 3 1 0 1 - 8th 0 0 0 0
1924/25 St. Paul Athletic Club USAHA 39 8th 0 8th - - - - - -
1925/26 Minneapolis Millers CHL 35 12 9 21st 56 3 0 1 1 6th
1926/27 New York Rangers NHL 44 8th 4th 12 78 2 0 1 1 6th
1927/28 New York Rangers NHL 23 0 1 1 28 9 1 0 1 16
1928/29 New York Rangers NHL 44 3 1 4th 41 6th 0 0 0 8th
1929/30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 38 3 3 6th 46 2 0 0 0 10
1930/31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 43 0 1 1 43 9 0 0 0 8th
1931/32 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 4th 3 7th 34 2 0 0 0 2
1932/33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 47 0 4th 4th 63 - - - - -
1933/34 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 2 1 3 28 8th 0 0 0 8th
USAHA total 60 12 0 12 0 12 0 0 0 0
NHL overall 333 20th 18th 38 361 38 1 1 2 58

( 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 )

International

Represented the USA at:

year team event result Sp T V Pt SM
1924 United States Olympia 2nd place, silver 5 15th 0 15th 8th
Men overall 5 15th 0 15th 8th

( 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 )

literature

  • Stan Fischler, Shirley Fischler: Who's Who in Hockey. Andrews McMeel Publishing, Kansas City, United States 2003, ISBN 0740719041 .

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personal data
SURNAME Abel, Taffy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abel, Clarence John
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1900
PLACE OF BIRTH Sault Ste. Marie , Michigan
DATE OF DEATH August 1, 1964
Place of death Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan