George Hay (ice hockey)

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George Hay
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1958
Born (1898-01-10)January 10, 1898
Listowel, ON, CAN
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Stratford, ON, CAN
Height 5 ft 6 in (168 cm)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb)
Position Left Wing
Shot Left
Played for Regina Capitals
Portland Rosebuds
Chicago Black Hawks
Detroit Red Wings
Playing career 1921–1933

William George "The Western Wizard" Hay (January 10, 1898 – July 13, 1975) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Regina Capitals and Portland Rosebuds of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL) and the Chicago Black Hawks and Detroit Red Wings in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a top star on the Canadian prairies, named a WCHL All-Star four times in five seasons. He transferred to the NHL in 1926 when the Rosebuds were sold to the rival league and went on to score the first goal in the history of the Chicago Black Hawks. He retired in 1933 after several seasons with the Red Wings. Hay was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

Early life

Hay was born in Listowel, Ontario but moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba at an early age. He and childhood friend Dick Irvin were teammates on the Winnipeg Monarchs when they played junior, but Hay left hockey for three years to serve with the Canadian Forestry Corps during World War I.[1]

Playing career

Returning from the war, Hay settled in Regina, Saskatchewan and played two seasons with the Regina Victorias of the Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League between 1919 and 1921.[2] He then joined the Regina Capitals and began his professional career in the WCHL. In four years in Regina, he was named a league First-Team All-Star three times.[2] Hay remained with the team after it relocated to become the Portland Rosebuds in 1925,[1] and was named an All-Star for the fourth time in 1925–26.[2] When the league collapsed in 1926, the Rosebuds were sold in their entirety to the NHL and became the Chicago Black Hawks.[3]

Hay joined the team in Chicago for the 1926–27 NHL season, and on November 17, 1926 scored the first goal in the history of the Black Hawks.[1] He completed the season in Chicago but was traded, along with Percy Traub, to the Detroit Cougars in exchange for $15,000 after its conclusion.[4] Hay played his finest NHL season in 1927–28, leading the team in goals and points,[5] and was named to an unofficial all-star team by the league's managers.[2] He played seven seasons in the Detroit organization, and retired one game into the 1933–34 season to take over as the coach of their minor league team, the Detroit Olympics, whom he spent three years with before leaving the game.[1]

He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958,[2] and has been honoured by the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.[5] He was considered one of the best stickhandlers in the game during his time in the NHL.[1][5]

Off the ice

Following his hockey career, Hay worked in insurance until the outbreak of World War II. He served as a flight-lieutenant and instructor with the Royal Canadian Air Force until the conclusion of the war, after which he returned to his insurance business. He retired in 1965 and lived quietly until his death in Stratford, Ontario ten years later.[1]

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1919–20 Regina Victorias SSHL 12 8 3 11 5 2 1 0 1 0
1920–21 Regina Victorias SSHL 16 9 4 13 7 4 5 2 7 2
1921–22 Regina Capitals WCHL 25 21 11 32 9 6 0 1 1 4
1922–23 Regina Capitals WCHL 30 28 8 36 12 2 1 0 1 0
1923–24 Regina Capitals WCHL 25 20 11 31 8 2 1 1 2 0
1924–25 Regina Capitals WCHL 20 16 6 22 6 — — — — —
1925–26 Portland Rosebuds WHL 30 19 12 31 4 — — — — —
1926–27 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 35 14 8 22 12 2 1 2 3 2
1927–28 Detroit Cougars NHL 42 22 13 35 20 — — — — —
1928–29 Detroit Cougars NHL 39 11 8 19 14 2 1 0 1 0
1929–30 Detroit Cougars NHL 44 18 15 33 8 — — — — —
1930–31 Detroit Falcons NHL 44 8 10 18 24 — — — — —
1931–32 Detroit Olympics IHL 48 10 9 19 26 6 0 0 0 2
1932–33 Detroit Red Wings NHL 34 1 6 7 6 — — — — —
1933–34 Detroit Red Wings NHL 1 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
1933–34 Detroit Olympics IHL 4 0 0 0 0 — — — — —
WCHL totals 130 104 48 152 39 10 2 2 4 4
NHL totals 239 74 60 134 84 8 2 3 5 2

References

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External links

Preceded by
Detroit Cougars captains
Reg Noble
 Detroit Falcons captain
1930–31		 Succeeded by
Carson Cooper
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