Gus Mortson

James Angus Gerald " Gus" Mortson ( born January 24, 1925 in New Liskeard, Ontario ) is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player. He won four times in his career, the Stanley Cup eight times and took part in the NHL All-Star Game.

Career

Mortsons first station as a professional hockey player was in season 1945/46, the Tulsa Oilers of the United States Hockey League. He then moved to the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, for whom he played from 1946 to 1952. In his first season he won with the Maple Leafs Stanley Cup, which he won in 1948, 1949 and 1951 three more times to over the years. From 1952 to 1958 Mortson wore the jersey of the Chicago Blackhawks, whose captain he was from 1954 to 1957. 1958 the defender to the Detroit Red Wings was transferred. Already during the 1958/59 season he joined the franchise of the New York Rangers, he played until 1960 for the farm team of the Rangers Buffalo Bisons in the AHL. From 1962 to 1967, the shooter was left with several interruptions as player-manager of the Chatham Maroons and the Oakville Oaks from the amateur league OHA Sr. A, before he ended his active career.

Gus Mortson is considered one of the toughest players in the history of the NHL. He led the NHL in penalty statistics in the years 1946/47, 1950/51, 1953/54 and 1956/57, and collected in 798 games in 1380 penalty minutes. The Maple Leafs Mortson played with Jimmy Thomson - this Verteidigerduo, called The Gold Dust Twins, coined a form-fitting defense behavior, which is often not made ​​from unauthorized methods halt.

Achievements

• Winning the Stanley Cup with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951
• Participate in the NHL All-Star Game in 1947, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1956