Doug Harvey (ice hockey)
Norman Douglas " Doug " Harvey ( born December 19, 1924 in Montreal, Quebec, † December 26, 1989 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1947 to 1969 for the Montreal Canadiens, New York Rangers, Detroit Red Wings and St. Louis Blues played in the National Hockey League.
Career
Born in Montreal Harvey played as a teenager for the Montreal Royals. As a 23 -year-old, he led his team to win the Allan Cup in 1947. The next year he began in the American Hockey League with the Buffalo Bisons, but during the season 1948/49, the Montreal Canadiens brought him into the NHL.
Only Eddie Shore before him and after him, Bobby Orr had played such a prominent role as a defender. He spent 14 seasons in Montreal and at this time was the best defender who has ever played in the Canadiens jersey. In the season 1951/52, he was first elected to the first All-Star team in the NHL and nine other nominations followed. Only in one year, 1959, it was enough "just" to the second All-Star team. The season 1952/53, brought him his first Stanley Cup victory. A year later, 1954, the NHL, the James Norris Memorial Trophy for the best defender and Red Kelly was selected as the first winner of this trophy before Harvey. But already in the following year was no way more past Harvey. He took the trophy four times in a row and after a year a further three times. Only Bobby Orr, who was eight times voted the best defender of the league could surpass him. From the 1955/56 season, the Canadiens were the dominant team in the league. Harvey, the undisputed boss on the blue line, did his part to ensure that you could get five times in a row, the Stanley Cup to Montreal. In the Powerplay, he played a kind of quarterback and allowed the Habs with four attackers exploit the majority. Following the resignation of Maurice Richard in 1960, he was appointed captain of the Canadiens.
His contribution to the establishment of the players' union NHLPA, however, his reputation damaged at the officials.
For the 1961/62 season he moved to the New York Rangers, where he worked as player-coach. He won there his seventh and final Norris Trophy and led the Rangers after four years for the first time in the playoffs. The double burden as a coach and player was too high for him and so he focused from the season 1962/63 alone again on his role as a player. In 1964, he finished his career in the NHL.
He played for some time in the American Hockey League with the Quebec Aces, the Baltimore Clippers and the Pittsburgh Hornets. In the season 1966/67, he still went on then for two games in the jersey of the Detroit Red Wings. The expansion of the NHL, he still pursued in the Central Hockey League with the Kansas City Blues, but played in the playoffs for the new team of the St. Louis Blues and led them to the finals. There he met his old team, the Montreal Canadiens which left no chance the blues. One more season, he played in St. Louis, but 1969 was then finally closing.
With the Laval Saints, he took over as coach a junior team in the QMJHL. In 1973, he was assistant coach of the Houston Aeros in the World Hockey Association. Here he played a key role in the commitment of Gordie Howe.
Harvey is located in the cemetery of Notre- Dame-des- Neiges in Montreal buried. In 1973 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame, it was probably because of the connection to the NHLPA, however, until 1985 that they locked his number in Montreal.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Allan Cup: 1947
- Stanley Cup: 1953, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959 and 1960
Personal Awards
- First All -Star Team: 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962
- Second All-Star Team: 1959
- James Norris Memorial Trophy: 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1960, 1961 and 1962