Roy Conacher

Roy Gordon Conacher ( born October 5, 1916 in Toronto, Ontario; † 29 December 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey player ( left wing ), who from 1938 to 1952 for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Blackhawks of the National Hockey League played.

Career

During his youth, he played at the West Toronto Nationals and won under coach Hap Day 1936 Memorial Cup. After his brothers Charlie and Lionel were already stars in the NHL, you looked forward to Roy.

In the season 1938/39, he began his NHL career with the Boston Bruins, who introduced him to the side of Bill Cowley. With 26 goals in his first year, he was top scorer in the NHL. This was achieved again until the Finn Teemu Selanne over 50 years later. In the finals, he scored the decisive goal, through which the Bruins won the Stanley Cup.

A year later ended a foot injury after 31 games the season for him. In the following two years he was among the top ten scorers in the NHL. In summer 1942, he moved with the Canadian Army in the Second World War. When he returned late in the 1945/46 season to the Bruins, Art Ross believed the general manager of the Bruins not believe that he could return to its former strength, and gave him away to the Detroit Red Wings.

In Detroit, he played a very decent season and helped Billy Taylor a record with seven assists in a game set up by scoring four of the seven goals. In Detroit he could with Jack Adams unable to agree on the salary for the following season and the Wings gave him away to the New York Rangers. However, Roy refused to go to New York and announced his resignation. Two weeks later he agreed a move to the Chicago Blackhawks.

In Chicago took over the course of the season, his brother Charlie as coach and put him on a par with Bill Mosienko and Doug Bentley. In this storm series, he managed to win as best scorer the Art Ross Trophy in the season 1948/49. For several years he was the best scorer of the Blackhawks. After twelve games in the season 1951/52, he finished his career.

The NHL honored him in 1998 with the inclusion in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Together with his brothers Charlie and Lionel, he is the only pair of three brothers in the Hall of Fame.

NHL stats

Sporting successes

  • Memorial Cup: 1936
  • Stanley Cup: 1939

Personal Awards

  • NHL First All -Star Team: 1949
  • Art Ross Trophy: 1949
  • Top Scorers: 1939 was later awarded the Maurice Richard Trophy for this
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