Turk Broda

Turk Broda
Hockey Hall of Fame , 1967
Date of birth	May 15, 1914
place of birth	Brandon , Manitoba , Canada
date of death	17th October 1972
size	175 cm
Weight	75 kg
position	goalkeeper
Catch hand	Left
Career stations
1931-1932	Brandon Athletics
1932-1933	Brandon Native Sons
1933-1934	Winnipeg Monarchs
1934-1935	Detroit Farm Crest
1935-1936	Detroit Olympics
1936-1943	Toronto Maple Leafs
1945–1952	Toronto Maple Leafs

Walter Edward "Turk" Broda (born May 15, 1914 in Brandon , Manitoba , † October 17, 1972 ) was a Canadian ice hockey goalkeeper and coach who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs in the National Hockey League from 1936 to 1952 .

Career

Toronto's general manager Conn Smythe signed 22-year-old Turk Broda of the Detroit Olympics from the International Hockey League for a record $ 8,000 in 1936 . His time with the Leafs was only interrupted by two years of military service. In the regular season, Broda was a great support for Toronto, as proven by 62 shutouts , but he had his strongest time in the play-offs . With 13 play-off shutouts and a goal against goals of 1.98, he helped the Leafs to five Stanley Cup wins. After finishing his playing career Broda worked as head coach. In 1955 and 1956 he won the Memorial Cup with the Toronto Marlboros from the Ontario Hockey Association . Later, the Canadian was also behind the gang at the London Nationals from the OHA.

In 1967 he was honored with the induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame .

NHL statistics

	Seasons	Games	Victory cut	Conceded goal	Shutouts
Regular season	14th	629	0.562	2.53	62
Playoffs	13	101	0.605	2.15	13

Awards

• First All-Star Team : 1941 and 1948
• Second All-Star Team : 1942
• Vezina Trophy : 1941 and 1948

Records

• 3 shutouts in a playoff series (1950 Maple Leafs - Red Wings; 7 games) together with 11 other players.

Web links

• Turk Broda in the database of the Hockey Hall of Fame (English)
• Turk Broda at hockeydb.com (English)