Stan Brown (ice hockey)

Source: Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Stan Brown
Born (1898-05-09)May 9, 1898
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Died July 7, 1987(1987-07-07) (aged 89)
North Bay, Ontario, Canada
Height 5 ft 10 in (178 cm)
Weight 150 lb (68 kg; 10 st 10 lb)
Position Defence
Shot Left
Played for
Detroit Cougars
Playing career 1925–1934

Dr. Joseph Alfred Stanislaus Brown (May 9, 1898 — July 7, 1987) was a Canadian ice hockey

Doctor of Dental Medicine degree from the University of Toronto
.

Playing career

Minor league hockey

Brown played hockey as a teen with the

Varsity Blues men's ice hockey team. Brown played on the team for two years, helping the team to win the Allan Cup in 1921 by scoring eight points in the five game playoff.[1] After graduating, Brown decided to follow his hockey career and left dentistry for a later day. He joined the Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds
for the 1922–23 season and put up seven points in his first eight games. He continued to impress and in this second season with the Greyhounds, Brown helped lead the team to their first and his second Allan Cup.

The Greyhounds moved to Detroit for the 1926–27 season in an effort stem the loss of money from the club and Brown moved with them. The Detroit Greyhounds played only six games that season before they and the Northern Ontario Hockey Association Senior-A League folded.

NHL

Brown didn't have to wait long before lacing up his skates again. The

Detroit Cougars for Harry Meeking and Archie Briden as part of Jack Adams' major restructuring plan for Detroit. Brown played only 24 games of the 1927–28 season in Detroit before again being traded. On February 13, 1928, the Cougars received Pete Palangio and cash from the Montreal Canadiens
for Brown.

Brown was quickly assigned to Montreal's farm team the

penalty minutes
. Brown played four more seasons in Windsor before retiring after the 1934–35 season.

Coaching career

The first game of the year for the Bulldogs during the 1934–35 season would turn out to be Brown's last, as He had been asked to try his hand at coaching the team that he had been a part of for the past seven years. As the head coach, Brown finished with a 14–23–7 record. Brown decided that coaching wasn't his passion and decided to retire from ice hockey.

Regular season and playoffs

Regular season
Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1914–15 North Bay Arena Stars NBHL
1915–16 Berlin Union Jacks OHA Jr
1916–17 Toronto St. Pats OHA Sr 8 3 0 3
1917–18 Toronto St. Michael's Majors OHA Jr
1918–19 Toronto Dentals OHA Sr 7 10 6 16 2 0 0 0 0
1919–20 Toronto Dentals OHA Sr 6 1 0 1
1920–21 University of Toronto OHA Sr 9 5 3 8 2 3 3 6
1920–21 University of Toronto Al-Cup 5 4 4 8
1921–22 University of Toronto OHA Sr 10 7 4 11
1922–23 Sault Ste Marie Greyhounds NOHA 8 2 5 7 6 2 0 0 0 4
1922–23 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds Al-Cup 5 4 3 7 4
1923–24 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds NOHA 8 4 5 9 6 7 1 1 2 8
1924–25 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds NOHA
1925–26 Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds CHL 19 3 5 8 8
1926–27 Detroit Greyhounds AHA 6 0 0 0 2
1926–27 New York Rangers NHL 24 6 2 8 14 2 0 0 0 0
1927–28 Detroit Cougars NHL 24 2 0 2 4
1927–28 Windsor Hornets Can-Pro 10 3 1 4 2
1928–29 Windsor Hornets Can-Pro 40 9 4 13 14 8 0 2 2 8
1929–30 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 41 13 10 23 22
1930–31 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 44 15 6 21 28 6 0 1 1 2
1931–32 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 47 6 15 21 26 6 1 0 1 2
1932–33 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 44 6 5 11 26 6 0 2 2 4
1933–34 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 32 0 1 1 0
1934–35 Windsor Bulldogs IHL 1 0 0 0 0
IHL totals 209 40 37 77 102
NHL totals 48 8 2 10 18 2 0 0 0 0

Awards

  • Named to OHA-Jr. First All-Star Team :1916
  • Named to OHA-Sr. First All-Star Team :1919
  • Named to OHA-Sr. Second All-Star Team :1921
  • Allan Cup Champion: (University of Toronto - 1921) & (Sault Ste. Marie Greyhounds - 1923)

References

  1. ^ Thomas Arthur Reed, "The Blue and White: A Record of Fifty Years of Athletic Endeavour at the University of Toronto." chapter xvi, pp. 187–210. Toronto: The University of Toronto Press, 1944 [1]

External links