Joe Hall
Joseph Henry "Bad Joe" Hall ( May 3, 1882 in Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, † April 5, 1919 in Seattle, Washington, United States) was a Canadian ice hockey player (defender), who in 1917 to 1919 for the Montreal Canadiens the National Hockey League played.
Career
When Joe was two years old, his family emigrated from England to Canada from Winnipeg and later moved to Brandon. There he learned to ice hockey and played in different teams.
With the Winnipeg Rowing Club in 1904 he stood for the first time in the Stanley Cup finals. In 1905 he became a professional at the Houghton- Portage Lakes in the International Pro Hockey League. At that time he was still playing as an attacker, and was elected with 33 goals in 20 games for one of the all - stars of the league. With 98 penalty minutes, however, he has hinted that he would later as a defender a very tough player, earning his nickname Bad Joe. As was denied his team to play the Stanley Cup, he moved disappointed to the Quebec Bulldogs.
A short time later he moved to the Kenora Thistles. The team, in which, among other things, Art Ross stood, won the Stanley Cup in 1907, but Hall was only a substitute and was not used.
It was followed by several years in which he played for several teams in the east and western Canada. From 1910 he stayed with the Quebec Bulldogs, the then played in the National Hockey Association. He twice won the Stanley Cup.
As for the season 1917/18 the National Hockey League was founded, kicked the Bulldogs, even though you were not part of the founding members of the gaming operations. The player was loaned to the other teams in the league and Joe played for the Montreal Canadiens from now on. After the team had failed just short of the Stanley Cup finals for the first year, you could qualify for the finals in the season 1918/19. Opponents were the Seattle Metropolitans. However, the final series was under a bad sign, as five players of the Montreal Canadiens ill with the Spanish flu. The series was canceled after five games on April 1st, five days later died of Montreal defender "Bad" Joe in Seattle Columbus Sanatorium at the consequences of the disease.
In 1961 he was honored with induction into the Hockey Hall of Fame.