Garnet Bailey

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For the Toronto Maple Leafs star, see Ace Bailey.

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Garnet Bailey
Born (1948-06-13)June 13, 1948
Lloydminster, SK, CAN
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New York, NY, USA
Height 5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight 180 lb (82 kg; 12 st 12 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for NHL
Boston Bruins
Detroit Red Wings
St. Louis Blues
Washington Capitals
WHA
Edmonton Oilers
NHL Draft 13th overall, 1966
Boston Bruins
Playing career 1968–1979

Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey (June 13, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and scout who was a member of Stanley Cup and Memorial Cup winning teams. He died at the age of 53 when United Airlines Flight 175 crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City during the September 11 attacks.

Early life

Garnet Edward "Ace" Bailey was born June 13, 1948 in Lloydminster, Saskatchewan. He was not related to Irvine "Ace" Bailey, who played for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1926 to 1933.

Career

Bailey played junior hockey with the Edmonton Oil Kings from 1964 to 1967, during which time the Oil Kings won the Memorial Cup in 1966. He joined the Boston Bruins in 1968 and was a member of their Stanley Cup championship teams in 1970 and 1972. He later played for the Detroit Red Wings, St. Louis Blues and the Washington Capitals. In 1978-79, Bailey returned to Edmonton to play with the Edmonton Oilers of the World Hockey Association, where he took rookie Wayne Gretzky under his wing. He was head coach of the Wichita Wind, the Oilers' Central Hockey League affiliate, in the 1980–81 season. Bailey then worked as a scout with the Oilers from 1981 to 1994, during which time the team won five Stanley Cups (1984, 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1990); his name was engraved on three of them (1985, 1987 and 1990).[citation needed]

In an NHL career spanning 10 seasons and 568 games, Bailey scored 107 goals and 171 assists with 633 penalty minutes. His most productive season offensively was 1975, when he scored 19 goals and 58 points for the Blues and the Capitals. In his sole WHA season, he scored 5 goals and 4 assists with 22 penalty minutes in 38 games.[citation needed]

At the time of his death, he was the Kings' director of pro scouting.[1]

Death and legacy

Bailey's name is located on Panel S-3 of the National September 11 Memorial's South Pool, along with those of other passengers of Flight 175.

Bailey died when the plane in which he was traveling, United Airlines Flight 175, crashed into the World Trade Center in New York City during the September 11 attacks. Bailey and amateur scout Mark Bavis were traveling from Boston to Los Angeles for the Kings' organizational meetings when the flight was hijacked.[1]

Bailey and Bavis are mentioned in the Boston-based Dropkick Murphys song "Your Spirit's Alive." Denis Leary wore a Bailey memorial T-shirt as the character Tommy Gavin in the season 1 episode "Immortal" and the fourth season episode "Pussified" in the TV series Rescue Me. In his memory, the Los Angeles Kings named their new mascot "Bailey".[2][3][4]

Bailey's family founded the Ace Bailey Children's Foundation in his memory. The foundation raises funds to benefit hospitalized children, infants and their families.[5][6]

At the National September 11 Memorial, Bailey and Bavis are memorialized at the South Pool, on Panel S-3.[7] On October 14, 2012 the Stanley Cup was brought to the Memorial by the Kings, and placed on panels featuring Bailey and Bavis' names, so that the families of Bailey and Bavis could "[have] their day with the Stanley Cup". Kings general manager Dean Lombardi was also in attendance.[1]

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1966-67 Edmonton Oil Kings CMJHL 56 47 46 93 177 - - - - -
1967-68 Oklahoma City Blazers CPHL 34 8 13 21 67 7 0 5 5 36
1968-69 Hershey Bears AHL 60 24 32 56 104 9 4 10 14 10
1968-69 Boston Bruins NHL 8 3 3 6 10 1 0 0 0 2
1969-70 Boston Bruins NHL 58 11 11 22 82 — — — — —
1970-71 Oklahoma City Blazers CHL 11 3 8 11 28 - - - - -
1970-71 Boston Bruins NHL 36 0 6 6 44 1 0 0 0 10
1971-72 Boston Bruins NHL 73 9 13 22 64 13 2 4 6 16
1972-73 Boston Bruins NHL 57 8 13 21 89 — — — — —
1972-73 Detroit Red Wings NHL 13 2 11 13 16 — — — — —
1973-74 Detroit Red Wings NHL 45 9 14 23 33 — — — — —
1973-74 St. Louis Blues NHL 22 7 3 10 20 — — — — —
1974-75 St. Louis Blues NHL 49 15 26 41 113 — — — — —
1974-75 Washington Capitals NHL 22 4 13 17 8 - - - - -
1975-76 Washington Capitals NHL 67 13 19 32 75 — — — — —
1976-77 Washington Capitals NHL 78 19 27 46 51 — — — — —
1977-78 Washington Capitals NHL 40 7 12 19 28 — — — — —
1978-79 Edmonton Oilers WHA 38 5 4 9 22 2 0 0 0 4
1979-80 Houston Apollos CHL 7 1 0 1 0 - - - - -
1980-81 Wichita Wind CHL 1 0 0 0 2 - - - - -
NHL totals 568 107 171 278 633 15 2 4 6 28

Transactions

  • Drafted by the Boston Bruins in the 3rd round, (13th overall) from the Edmonton Oil Kings in the 1966 NHL Amateur Draft, April 25, 1966.
  • Traded by the Boston Bruins with future considerations (Murray Wing), to the Detroit Red Wings for Gary Doak, March 1, 1973.
  • Traded by the Detroit Red Wings with Ted Harris and Bill Collins to the St. Louis Blues for Chris Evans, Bryan Watson and Jean Hamel, February 14, 1974.
  • Traded by the St. Louis Blues with Stan Gilbertson to the Washington Capitals for Denis Dupere, February 10, 1975.

References

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