Jim Hendy

James CV "Jim" Hendy ( born May 6, 1905, Barbados; † January 19, 1961 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey statistician and historian. Going to his efforts, the present statistical publications of the National Hockey League, as the NHL Guide and Record Book, back.

Career

Born in Barbados Hendy immigrated with his family at the age of six years from Vancouver. On the ice rinks that operate Lester Patrick and his brother Frank, he had his first contacts with ice hockey. Professionally, he lacked in his early years the orientation. Many times he tried to stand out from home and wanted to achieve its independence with professions such as cowboy, sailor or telegraph.

Despite low education, he made ​​the jump to New York, where he took various jobs. In the evening he attended sporting events and wrote for newspapers. Already at this time he brought a lot of statistics in his article.

In 1933 he published with the National Hockey Guide for the first time a statistics book about hockey. Until 1951 he was a year out an updated version of this book. The Guide of 1932/33, is now known by the editors of the NHL Guide and Record Book as the oldest edition of its guide. In 1936 he published a "Who 's Who in Hockey" in cooperation with the St. Lawrence Starch Company. After four editions of the Guide was taken into his National Hockey Guide with. As Hendy 1951 by other tasks in hockey could not find the time necessary for its statistical work, he handed over his documents to the NHL that the "Press and Radio Guide," published four years. Hendy was just that his work was continued, and so the two publications were merged. Even today, especially older statistics books, even if they have appeared only after the death of Hendy Hendy as a guide are called.

Among other tasks in public relations, including as a journalist for the New York Rangers, Hendy also took on other duties as Hockey official. He was President of the United States Hockey League and General Manager of the Cleveland Barons in the American Hockey League. In his time, won the Calder Cup the Barons three times. He encourage his player Johnny Bower to a change in the NHL.

Was primarily for his work as a statistician and historian and he is a role model for many. He was honored in 1968 with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1970, he was posthumously honored with the Lester Patrick Trophy.