Wilf Cude

Wilf Cude
Born	July 4, 1910(1910-07-04) Barry, Wales, GBR
Died	May 5, 1968(1968-05-05) (aged 57)
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	146 lb (66 kg; 10 st 6 lb)
Position	Goaltender
Caught	Left
Played for	Philadelphia Quakers Boston Bruins Chicago Black Hawks Detroit Red Wings Montreal Canadiens
Playing career	1930–1941

Wilfred Reginald Cude (July 4, 1910 – May 5, 1968) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Quakers, Boston Bruins, Chicago Black Hawks, Detroit Red Wings, and Montreal Canadiens.

Playing career

Born in Wales, Cude was raised and learned to play hockey in Winnipeg, Manitoba. He would go on to play in the NHL from 1929–30 to 1940–41. He was signed in February 1930 by the Pittsburgh Pirates and moved with that team to Philadelphia. He was the Philadelphia Quakers' goaltender during its only disastrous 1930–31 season. In 1931–32, with the Quakers having suspended operations, Cude had the distinction of being the NHL's spare goaltender, playing for whatever team needed backup. This was a distinguished spot in the 1930s when no more than 10 teams competed in any given year.^[1]

In 1933, the defunct Quakers traded Cude to the Montreal Canadiens who already had George Hainsworth as their star goaltender. Before the 1933–34 season, Hainsworth was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs for similarly distinguished Lorne Chabot. Cude played one game for the Canadiens before he was loaned to the Detroit Red Wings, where he posted an outstanding campaign. He wound up leading the Red Wings to their first Stanley Cup Finals appearance, though they lost to Charlie Gardiner and the Chicago Black Hawks, falling three games to one in the best-of-five series. Cude also surrendered the first overtime goal clinching a Stanley Cup when he was scored on by Mush March at the 10:05 mark of the second overtime in Game 4. He posted a league-leading 1.52 goals against average for the year.

The Canadiens were so impressed by Cude's work with the Red Wings that they traded Chabot and made Cude their number one goaltender through the 1937–38 season. He split duties with Claude Bourque in 1938–39 and ceded the starter job to Bourque in 1939–40, and to Bert Gardiner in 1940–41.

The Canadiens did not win a Stanley Cup during Cude's tenure as their starting goaltender. These were among the team's worst years, on the ice as well as in the state of their finances. The worst of these years, 1935–36, a year during which the Montreal Maroons were defending Stanley Cup champions, the Canadiens won 11, lost 26 and tied 11, though Cude posted six shutouts in those 11 victories.

Awards and achievements

• NHL Second All-Star Team (1936 & 1937)
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

References

1. ^ [1] Cude at Legends of Hockey. Retrieved Oct. 26, 2007.

External links

• Wilf Cude's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Wilf Cude at Hockey-Reference.com
• Wilf Cude's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Wilf Cude's NHL player profile
• Wilf Cude 's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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Name	Cude, Wilf
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Date of birth	July 4, 1910
Place of birth	Barry, Wales
Date of death	May 5, 1968
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