Elwin Romnes
Elwyn Nelson "Doc" Romnes ( born January 1, 1909 in White Bear Lake, Minnesota, † July 21, 1984 in Colorado Springs, Colorado ) was an American professional ice hockey player ( center ), who from 1930 to 1940 for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs and New York Americans played in the National Hockey League.
Career
During his junior time Romnes played with the St. Paul Saints in the American Hockey Association.
When he managed to fight their way to the season 1930/31 in the squad of the Chicago Blackhawks, there were only two in the United States -born NHL players. The Blackhawks had just some very disappointing seasons behind him, but by the commitment of several new players, including Romes counted, they returned to the top of the league. At the end of his first season, he reached the finals series with the Hawks to the Stanley Cup in season 1933/34, the second attempt was also successful. Romnes was always a very fair player, in any of his seasons, he had more than eight penalty minutes. For this game, he was awarded the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy in 1936. However, in the season 1937/38, he had an altercation with Toronto's Red Horner. This added him to a five-fold broken nose. Ironically, he was in the following season with Horner on the same team. In exchange for Bill Thoms, the Blackhawks had submitted to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
Only a year he stayed in Toronto before he was discharged in a large barter to the New York Americans. To get Sweeney Schriner to Toronto, you were still beside Romnes from Busher Jackson and three other players. After only one year in New York, he ended his active career.
He later coached the Kansas City Pla Mor, with whom he won the title of the USHL, and the team from the University of Minnesota. With the founding of the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973, he was among the first inducted members.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1934 and 1938
Personal Awards
- Lady Byng Memorial Trophy: 1936