Ebbie Goodfellow

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Ebbie Goodfellow
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1963
Goodfellow, circa 1931
Born (1907-04-09)April 9, 1907
Ottawa, Ontario
, Canada
Died September 10, 1985(1985-09-10) (aged 78)
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position Centre/Defence
Shot Left
Played for Detroit Red Wings
Detroit Falcons
Playing career 1929–1943

Ebenezer "Poker Face"

Chicago Black Hawks
of the NHL.

Hockey career

Goodfellow's jersey, now in the collection of the City of Ottawa Archives.

While still a junior, Goodfellow signed a contract with the professional

1940
and three All-Star Teams.

Goodfellow displayed even more versatility during the 1942–43 season. He missed most of the season due to injury, but when coach Jack Adams was suspended during the 1943 playoffs, Goodfellow agreed to serve as coach during the suspension. Detroit went on to win the Stanley Cup in 1943, and Goodfellow's name was engraved on the Cup for a third and final time. He was one of the last NHL players to have his name engraved on the Stanley Cup as both player and coach as league rules changed and playing coaches were eliminated. Goodfellow retired to the private sector the following season after knee problems began to slow him down.

At the start of the 1947-48 season he was persuaded out of retirement by the

1951–52
. After little success with the Black Hawks, Goodfellow finally retired from the NHL for good.

Goodfellow was a founding member of the Detroit Red Wings Alumni Association, a charitable organization formed in 1959 and still in operation today. Goodfellow was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963 and served for twenty-one years on the Hockey Hall of Fame selection committee. He was an avid golfer and one time caddy master at Oakland Hills Country Club in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan. He died of cancer on September 10, 1985, in Sarasota, Florida, and is buried at White Chapel Cemetery in Troy, Michigan.

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
 Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1926–27 Ottawa Montagnards OCHL 4 3 1 4 — — — — — —
1927–28 Ottawa Montagnards OCHL 15 7 2 9 — 4 3 1 4 —
1927–28 Ottawa Montagnards Al-Cup — — — — — 2 1 0 1 —
1928–29 Detroit Olympics CPHL 42 26 8 34 45 — — — — —
1929–30 Detroit Cougars NHL 44 17 17 34 54 — — — — —
1930–31 Detroit Falcons NHL 44 25 23 48 32 — — — — —
1931–32 Detroit Falcons NHL 48 14 16 30 56 2 0 0 0 0
1932–33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 40 12 8 20 47 4 1 0 1 11
1933–34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 13 13 26 45 9 4 3 7 12
1934–35 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 12 24 36 44 — — — — —
1935–36 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 5 8 13 69 7 1 0 1 4
1936–37 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 9 16 25 43 9 2 2 4 12
1937–38 Detroit Red Wings NHL 29 0 7 7 — — — — —
1938–39 Detroit Red Wings NHL 48 8 8 16 36 6 0 0 0 8
1939–40 Detroit Red Wings NHL 43 11 17 28 31 5 0 2 2 9
1940–41 Detroit Red Wings NHL 47 5 17 22 35 3 0 1 1 9
1941–42 Detroit Red Wings NHL 8 2 2 4 2 — — — — —
1942–43 Detroit Red Wings NHL 11 1 4 5 4 — — — — —
NHL totals 554 134 190 324 511 45 8 8 16 65

Awards

Coaching record

Team Year
Regular season
Post season
G W L T Pts Division rank Result
CHI 1950–51 70 13 47 10 36 6th in
NHL
 DNQ
CHI 1951–52 70 17 44 9 43 6th in NHL DNQ
Total 140 30 91 19 79

References

  1. ^ Martinez, Matt (September 28, 2011). "The Best Players Who Sucked at Coaching". Bleacher Report.
  2. ^ a b c d e "Ebbie Goodfellow - Notes - NHL.com - Players". NHL. Retrieved February 28, 2012.

External links

Preceded by Winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy
1940 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Detroit Red Wings captain
1934–35 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Doug Young
 Detroit Red Wings captain
1938–41 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks
1950–52 		Succeeded by
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