Dunc Munro
Duncan Brown " Dunc " Munro ( born January 19, 1901 in Moray, Scotland; † 4 January 1958) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender) and coach, from 1924 to 1932 for the Montreal Maroons and Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League played.
Career
Dunc Munro stood at the Memorial Cup 1919 squad of the winning team of the University of Toronto. From 1920 he played for the Toronto Granites and took in the years 1922 and 1923, twice the Allan Cup. Thanks to these successes the Granites also the team that represented Canada at the Olympic Winter Games in 1924 in Chamonix. Thus Munro captain of the team that won the gold medal at the Olympics.
Of course they had put on the players of the Granites in the NHL one eye. Munro signed a well-paid contract with the Montreal Maroons newly founded and played in the first season of the team in 1924/25 with Reg Noble and not related to him Gerald Munro in defense. His reputation as a clever businessman, he was righteous already in his first treaty with the Maroons. He had his rights for the laying of the stadium specifications represent and hereby earned some money to do so.
In the season 1925/26 he won with the Maroons their first Stanley Cup. In the 1927/28 season the Maroons brought with Hooley Smith a player who had brought with him the Olympic gold medal. Also this year, the Maroons reached the finals series, but against the New York Rangers they lost in a spectacular series. A heart attack in 1930 stopped his playing career. After his recovery, he was the coach behind the band of Maroons. Of the players who wore their jersey in the first season of the Maroons, he was the one who was the longest in the squad. The players of the Maroons were rumored that they would be more interested in stock market prices, as for ice hockey. Munro was usually taken as a proxy. The times of the Great Depression hit him hard here also.
For the season 1931/32 he moved to local rivals the Montreal Canadiens. This was a serious blow to the fans of the Maroons. After a year with the Canadiens, he ended his active career.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Memorial Cup: 1919
- Allan Cup: 1922 and 1923
- Olympic champion: 1924
- Stanley Cup: 1926