Larry Aurie
Lawrence Henry Aurie ( born February 8, 1905 in Greater Sudbury, Ontario, † December 12, 1952 in Detroit, Michigan, United States) was a Canadian ice hockey player ( Right Wing ) and coach, from 1927 to 1938 for the Detroit Red Wings National Hockey League played.
- 3.1 Personal Awards
Career
The majority of his youth played Aurie at the Sudbury Wolves in the Canadian Junior Football League OHA, before his career began in 1926 at the London Panthers in the Canadian Professional Hockey League ( CPhl ) as a professional hockey player. In 1927 he was taken by the Detroit Cougars under contract, which changed their name only in Detroit Falcons and Detroit Red Wings later in the course of the next few years.
When the team 1932/33, appeared for the first time as Red Wings, led Aurie the team as a captain on the ice and 1933/34, he was appointed to the NHL All-Star Game, when he was the best scorer of the Red Wings.
He played mainly in a forward line with Marty Barry and Herbie Lewis, who together formed the best set of the team at that time. In the 1935/36 season, she led the team to the first Stanley Cup - winning team history. 1936/37, Aurie shot the most goals in the league and the team once again won the Stanley Cup, but missed the playoffs Aurie, because he had recently broken his leg. After the season, he was elected to the NHL First All-Star Team.
But the end of the world left behind damage and henceforth influenced the game of Aurie. In 1938, he finished his career actually, but joined shortly thereafter the Pittsburgh Hornets, the farm team of the Red Wings, from the unterklassigen AHL, where he remained as a player - coach until 1944.
On December 12, 1952 Larry Aurie died at the age of 47 years on the effects of a stroke he had suffered the day before.
His jersey number
Aurie 's jersey number 6 was officially closed after the season 1938/39, by team owner James E. Norris. And was only worn once from 1957 to 1959 by his cousin Cummy Burton after Aurie 's family gave their consent. In addition, the number 6 in the Official NHL Guide and Record Book has been listed since 1975 as locked in the first collection next to the number 9 Gordie Howe and the number 10 by Alex Delvecchio. However, the current team owner Mike Ilitch Aurie has not been honored with a banner that was hung from the hall ceiling at Joe Louis Arena, as was the case with Gordie Howe, Alex Delvecchio, Terry Sawchuk, Ted Lindsay, Sid Abel and Steve Yzerman. In addition, Ilitch was in 2000 that the number 6 is no longer listed in the NHL record books as locked. Why Ilitch Aurie this honor can not come, is so far a mystery. Aurie 's number is now considered unofficially locked and continues to be driven by any player the Red Wings.
NHL stats
Sporting successes
- Stanley Cup: 1936 and 1937
Personal Awards
- First All -Star Team: 1937
- NHL All-Star Game: 1934
- Best scorer: 1937 (along with Nels Stewart); later this the Maurice Richard Trophy was awarded