Reg Noble

Edward Reginald " Reg" Noble (born 23 June 1895 in Collingwood, Ontario, † January 29, 1962 ) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who from 1917 to 1933 for the Toronto Arenas and Toronto St. Patricks, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Maroons and Detroit Cougars, Detroit Falcons and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League played.

Career

Noble started his professional career in 1916 in the National Hockey Association with the Toronto Blue Shirts. After a dispute between team owners and the league officials that led to the exclusion of the Blueshirts, he moved to the Montreal Canadiens. He scored four goals in six appearances for the Canadiens, but his change came late to the team to the Stanley Cup Finals to be allowed to travel. So he missed the trip to Seattle, where the Seattle Metropolitans won against Montreal was the first American team to the Stanley Cup.

After the end of the season, the NHA was dissolved and the remaining teams formed the National Hockey League. Also in Toronto was founded with the Toronto Arenas, a new team, which he joined. With 30 goals in 20 games, he finished third in the NHL scorers list of the season 1917/18. With his two goals in the playoffs helped the arenas, the first NHL team to win the Stanley Cup. For the season 1919/20, the team was renamed the Toronto St. Patricks. Noble was again very successful with 24 goals in 24 games. Along with Babe Dye and Corb Denneny he was one of the best storm ranks of his time. Noble was a crowd favorite in the Mutual Street Arena. One of his specialties was to his opponents pick up the puck. One of his fans had a siren in the stadium which roared every time he succeeded. The fans celebrated these scenes almost as euphoric as gates. In the season 1921/22, the St. Pats were able to prevail against the Ottawa Senators and the NHL represented in the Stanley Cup Finals. In the series against Ottawa last NHL game took place on natural. In the Stanley Cup finals, the St. Pats won against the Vancouver Maroons. Temporarily he also served as player-coach in Toronto.

For $ 8000, he joined shortly after the start of the 1924/25 season to the Montreal Maroons. Here he took on a more defensive role in the team than before. In the second year with the team of the richer English-speaking Montreal he was his third Stanley Cup win. Another year he stayed there and moved to the 1927/28 season for $ 7,500 at the Detroit Cougars. Until the season 1932/33, he defended for Detroit. The team, which had temporarily been called Falcons, now playing under the new name Detroit Red Wings. Five games he played for the Red Wings, before bringing back the Montreal Maroons him for John Gallagher. There he finished his last NHL season in which he had no point scorer. He was the last active player who had played in the inaugural season of the NHL.

In 1933 he joined the Cleveland Indians in the International - American Hockey League, where he ended his active career. For another two years he returned as a referee back in the NHL.

In 1962 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup: 1918, 1922 and 1926