- Jim Hendy
Jim Hendy (
May 6 1905 –January 14 1961 ) was anice hockey writer, historian, andstatistician born inBarbados ,British West Indies . A member of theHockey Hall of Fame in the "Builder" categorycite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMembersByName.jsp?type=Builder |title=Legends of Hockey: Builders by Induction Year |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=2007-03-20] , he is credited with developing the statistical methods for tracking professional player and team performance. His methods have been in use since the 1930's.cite web |url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net:8080/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/LegendsMember.jsp?mem=b196801&type=Builder&page=bio&list=ByName#photo |title=Legends of Hockey: Jim Hendy |publisher=Hockey Hall of Fame |accessdate=2007-03-20]Writing and statistical work
Hendy spent time in
Vancouver ,British Columbia before moving toNew York City and working a number of odd jobs. He took a position submitting statistics and other information toWestern Union for various sporting events atMadison Square Garden . His accuracy and general sports knowledge earned him a reputation as a quality writer with newspapers in the city. This reputation let him to a number of other writing posts for publications such as theSaturday Evening Post andMcCall's .In 1933, Hendy began publishing a statistical work entitled "The Hockey Guide" which he produced yearly until 1951. Due to the increase in demands on his time by his career, he transferred responsibility for his statistics to the
National Hockey League (NHL). In the following years, Hendy took numerous jobs in hockey including president of the United States Hockey League,publicist for the NHLNew York Rangers , and general manager of theAmerican Hockey League Cleveland Barons.Reputation and honors
Hendy earned several honors with the Cleveland Barons as they won the AHL
Calder Cup three times during his tenure, including being named "Executive of the Year" twice byThe Hockey News . He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1968 and is listed as a major contributor to modern web sites such as the Internet Hockey Database. [cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/credits.html |title=Credits |publisher=Internet Hockey Database |accessdate=2007-03-20]References
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