Toe Blake

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Hockey Hall of Fame , 1966
Toe Blake
Date of birth August 21, 1912
place of birth Victoria Mines , Ontario , Canada
date of death May 17, 1993
Place of death Montreal , Quebec , Canada
size 178 cm
Weight 73 kg
position Left wing
Shot hand Left
Career stations
1930-1932 Sudbury Cub Wolves
1932-1935 Hamilton Tigers
1935 Montreal Maroons
1935-1936 Providence Reds
1936-1948 Montréal Canadiens
1948-1949 Buffalo bison
1949-1951 Valleyfield Braves

Hector "Toe" Blake , CM (born August 21, 1912 in Victoria Mines , Ontario ; † May 17, 1993 in Montreal , Québec ) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach who worked for the Montreal Maroons and Montréal Canadiens from 1935 to 1948 in played the National Hockey League .

Career

Toe Blake grew up in a poor family. His father worked in a nickel mine and, in addition to Toe, had 10 siblings to look after. At the age of 23 he formed the "Punch Line" with Maurice Richard and Elmer Lach in the Canadiens . His path to the top scorer ended in 1948 with 527 points, 21 from the previous record after a broken leg. By then he had won the Stanley Cup three times with the Canadiens . In 1955 he returned as a coach of the Montreal Canadiens and won the Stanley Cup eight times until his retirement in 1968. As the coach of the Canadiens, he was in the team's 914 NHL games and in 1968 reached the mark of 500 wins as the second coach after Dick Irvin .

In 1966 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame . In 1982 he was accepted as a member of the Order of Canada .

NHL statistics

Seasons Games Gates Assists Points Penalty minutes
Regular season 14th 578 235 292 527 272
Playoffs 10 58 25th 37 62 23

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hockey Reference: Toe Blake Coaching Record

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Blake, toe
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Blake, Hector
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian ice hockey player
DATE OF BIRTH August 21, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Victoria Mines , Ontario
DATE OF DEATH May 17, 1993