- Syd Howe
Infobox Ice Hockey Player
position = Left Wing
shot = Left
height_ft = 5
height_in = 10
weight_lb = 170
played_for =Ottawa Senators
Philadelphia QuakersToronto Maple Leafs St. Louis Eagles Detroit Red Wings
league =NHL
nationality = CAN
birth_date = birth date|1911|9|18|mf=y
birth_place =Ottawa , ON, CAN
career_start = 1929
career_end = 1946
draft =
draft_year =
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image_size = 180px
halloffame = 1965Sydney Harris "Syd" Howe (born -
September 18 ,1911 inOttawa ,Ontario – died -May 20 ,1976 ) was aCanadian professionalice hockey left winger who played 17 seasons in theNational Hockey League for the Ottawa Senators, Philadelphia Quakers,Toronto Maple Leafs ,St. Louis Eagles andDetroit Red Wings .Playing career
Howe played in the
NHL from 1929–30 to 1945–46 primarily with theDetroit Red Wings where he would enjoy his greatest personal and team successes. One of the leading scorers of his era, Syd Howe was a part of threeStanley Cup championships with the Red Wings.Syd Howe often skated on Patterson's Creek and theRideau Canal while growing up in his hometown ofOttawa, Ontario . He played hockey with the Glebe Collegiate high school team and the Landsdowne Park Juveniles in 1926 before joining theOttawa Gunner Juniors in the newly-formed JuniorOttawa City Hockey League . He and his Gunners teammates became the first Ottawa club to reach theMemorial Cup finals when they took on theRegina Monarchs in 1928, losing the best-of-three final by two games to one. Howe was a top scorer during the playdowns, registering nine goals and 13 points in eight games.He joined the NHL with his hometown Ottawa Senators for the last 12 games of the
1929–30 NHL season and was loaned to the Philadelphia Quakers for the 1930–31 season, the Quakers' only year of existence. When Ottawa suspended operations for the 1931–32 season, Howe was picked up by theToronto Maple Leafs in thedispersal draft , but he appeared in just three NHL games, spending most of his time on the farm with theSyracuse Stars of the International Hockey League. He was back with the Senators the following year and moved with the club to St. Louis, as a member of theSt. Louis Eagles , in the1934–35 NHL season . The Eagles sold Howe in February 1935 to theDetroit Red Wings , where his career could finally get on track.Howe was on the ice in the
Montreal Forum at 2:25 a.m. onMarch 25 , 1936, whenMud Bruneteau scored in the sixth overtime period to give Detroit the win in game one of the best-of-five semi-final against the Maroons, the longest game in league history.Detroit went on to win the series and theStanley Cup that spring and followed up with another Cup victory in 1937.On
March 19 , 1940, Howe scored 25 seconds into overtime to give the Wings a 2–1 victory over theNew York Americans in game one of the quarter-finals. It was Howe's most cherished moment of his career and would stand as the fastest overtime goal scored in NHL history for the next 29 years. He also set the modern-day NHL record by scoring six goals in a game onFebruary 3 , 1944, versus theNew York Rangers , a record which has since been twice equaled but never bettered in over fifty years of play. He was named to the NHL Second Team All-Star squad as a left winger in 1945 and played in the 1939 benefit All-Star game forBabe Siebert .In his NHL career, he scored 237 goals and 291 assists for 528 points in 691 games. In the playoffs, he totaled 17 goals and 27 assists for 44 points in 70 games. He won the
Stanley Cup with Detroit in 1936, 1937 and 1943. In 1934–35, he was runner-up toCharlie Conacher for the scoring title with 47 points in 50 games despite playing much of the season with the last-placeSt. Louis Eagles . In 1943–44, he racked up 32 goals and 60 points in just 40 games, however, league-wide scoring was inflated due toWorld War II . In a February 3, 1944 game against theNew York Rangers , Howe scored six goals in a single game, a total that has been surpassed only once whenJoe Malone scored seven.Howe was an all-around player, shifting between left wing and centre as needed, killing penalties and dropping back to play defence in a pinch. Those who watched the team closely reported that Howe's ice time with Detroit would constitute an amazing total.
Upon playing his last NHL game in 1946, Howe was the last active player who played for the Philadelphia Quakers and the original era of the Ottawa Senators. He would return to Ottawa, and play again for the Ottawa Senators, now in the
Quebec Senior Hockey League .Although not related, right wing
Gordie Howe joined the Red Wings the following season (1946-47) and remained with the club until 1971 thus giving the Wings a star forward named Howe on its roster for 37 consecutive seasons (1934-71). Syd Howe was inducted into theHockey Hall of Fame in 1965, and died twelve years later onMay 20 ,1976 , of throat cancer at age 64.Awards & Achievements
*1936 -
Stanley Cup Champion
*1937 -Stanley Cup Champion
*1943 -Stanley Cup Champion
*1965 - Inducted into theHockey Hall of Fame ee also
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List of players with 5 or more goals in an NHL game References
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