Herb Cain

Herbert Joseph " Herb" Cain ( born December 24, 1913 in Newmarket, Ontario, † February 23, 1982 ) was a Canadian ice hockey player ( left wing ), who from 1933 to 1946 for the Montreal Maroons, Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League played.

Career

During his youth, he played for the St. John's Separate School, where he scored all 56 goals his team in one season.

In his obligation by the Montreal Maroons, there were disputes with the Montreal Canadiens, who believed that they own the rights to him. For the Maroons, he played with Bob Gracie and Gus markers in the Green Line. In the 1934/35 season, the Maroons brought the Stanley Cup. For the season 1938/39, he was sold to the Canadiens, but remained there only one season.

From 1939 he played for the Boston Bruins. In a series with Bill Cowley, he helped the Bruins to the Stanley Cup victory in the season 1940/41. In the 1943/44 season, the Bruins seek their salvation in the offensive. With 82 points he put up a hitherto never reached record in the NHL, but all the success in the attack did not help, because you missed the playoffs due to the weak defensive. In 1946, he finished his career in the NHL and even played a few years with the Hershey Bears in the American Hockey League and led the team to the Calder Cup.

Cain was the last active player who played for the Montreal Maroons formerly. He is also the only former top scorer who is not in the Hockey Hall of Fame.

In 1955 he was diagnosed with Hodgkin's disease and lost almost half of its weight. He agreed to a proposal that doctors used drugs that were previously successfully tested only on animals, and the treatment was successful. In his native town of Newmarket he lived until he died in 1982. There is also a street named after him.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

• Stanley Cup: 1935 and 1941
• Calder Cup: 1947

Personal Awards

• NHL Second All-Star Team: 1944
• NHL leading scorer: 1944 (later became the Art Ross Trophy awarded for this )