Doug Harvey (ice hockey)

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Doug Harvey
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1973
Born	(1924-12-19)December 19, 1924 Montreal, QC, CAN
Died	December 26, 1989(1989-12-26) (aged 65) Montreal, QC, CAN
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Weight	190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb)
Position	Defence
Shot	Left
Played for	Montreal Canadiens New York Rangers St. Louis Blues Detroit Red Wings Baltimore Clippers Buffalo Bisons Pittsburgh Hornets Quebec Aces
Playing career	1945–1969

Douglas Norman Harvey (December 19, 1924 – December 26, 1989) was a hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL), considered by many to be one of the greatest defencemen to ever play the game.

Minor leagues

Harvey played minor league hockey in Oxford Park, Notre Dame de Grace in his native Montreal, Quebec, Canada, then began his professional career with the Montreal Royals of the Quebec Senior Hockey League where he played from 1945 to 1947, helping them win the Allan Cup. He then played one season with the Buffalo Bisons of the American Hockey League. He made the jump to the Montreal Canadiens of the NHL in the 1947–48 NHL season and remained with the team until 1961.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Op8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJ8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6552%2C2804404==NHL star== Under coach Dick Irvin, Harvey was named to the All-Star team 11 consecutive times, beginning in the 1951–52 NHL season. He won his first of seven James Norris Memorial Trophies in 1955, as the league's best defenceman. In an era when the defenceman's role did not include scoring points, Harvey used his skating speed and passing ability to become a factor in making the Canadiens a high-scoring team.

He earned six Stanley Cups, all with Montreal. In 1954, however, he scored a Cup-losing own-goal when he tipped the puck with his glove, after a deflected shot by Tony Leswick of the Detroit Red Wings and past goalie Gerry McNeil. McNeil was so crushed by the goal, he retired to coach junior hockey the next season, but returned to the Habs in 1956.

Harvey became an outspoken critic of the hockey establishment who "owned" players for life. In Harvey’s day, players were paid a pittance compared to the millions being earned by the team owners. A superstar such as Harvey, who today would be paid millions, was earning less than $30,000 a season ($274,634 in 2008 dollars) at the peak of his career while playing every game in front of sell-out crowds. Harvey was one of the first to help organize the players association which so infuriated the Canadiens’ owners that in 1961 they traded him to the then lowly New York Rangers. One of the individuals secretly blacklisted by the league owners, Harvey responded by winning still another Norris Trophy as a Ranger. He remained with New York until 1963 then played for several teams before finishing his NHL career in 1969 with the St. Louis Blues. He was actually listed as Coach of the New York Rangers in his first season in New York. In Addition, he was also listed as Coach for the Kanas City Blues, which was the farm team affiliate for the NHL St Louis Blues 1967 - 68.

FIRST NHL PRO's to play the Russian National Team.

"Russian's Rally, 3-2 win at the Forum." "Doug Harvey played nearly 50 minutes" according to the writer for the Montreal Gazette, Bob Scott. With Gump Worsely in Goal. 6 Pro's were added from the Quebec Aces to the Montreal Jr Canadians . The coach of the Jr Canadians was none other than Scotty Bowman. The article also mentions that Red Berenson played in the lineup as well.

Source with direct link to article from the Montreal Gazette Newspaper. 1) Montreal Gazette; Dec 12, 1964  ; Page 33, Writer Bob Scott Link to the direct article : Copy/Paste the link below: (Montreal Gazette Online Archives) (6) http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=Op8tAAAAIBAJ&sjid=XJ8FAAAAIBAJ&pg=6552%2C2804404

Post-NHL career

Well into his forties, and with limited education and no other skills besides hockey, Harvey eked out a living playing in the minor-pro leagues and with an assistant coaching tenure in the World Hockey Association. Although he was unanimously voted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973, because of his involvement with the players' association, his sweater number wasn't retired by the Montreal Canadiens until 1985.

For years, Harvey battled alcoholism while suffering from bipolar disorder. In 1985 he was offered a job with the Montreal Canadiens as a scout. For 3 years, Harvey lived in the private railway car of Olive and John Diefenbaker, which was purchased years earlier by Joe Gorman, T. P. Gorman's son, and placed at the Connaught Park Racetrack entrance. Harvey's last Stanley Cup victory came in 1986, when the Montreal Canadiens were once again the winners of Lord Stanley's Cup. He died a few years later due to cirrhosis of the liver and was interred in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery in Montreal.

In 1998, he was ranked number 6 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

The government of Canada honoured Doug Harvey in 2000 with his image placed on a Canadian postage stamp.

In 2002, a book on his life was published. Titled Doug: The Doug Harvey Story, it was written by William Brown with a foreword by his former teammate, Jean Béliveau. His jersey number (#2) was retired on October 26, 1985.

Career statistics

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1945–46	Montreal Royals	QSHL		34	2	6	8	90		11	1	6	7	37
1946–47	Montreal Royals	QSHL		40	2	26	28	171		11	2	4	6	62
1947–48	Buffalo Bisons	AHL		24	1	7	8	38		—	—	—	—	—
1947–48	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		35	4	4	8	32		—	—	—	—	—
1948–49	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		55	3	13	16	87		7	0	1	1	10
1949–50	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		70	4	20	24	76		5	0	2	2	10
1950–51	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		70	5	24	29	93		11	0	5	5	12
1951–52	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		68	6	23	29	82		11	0	3	3	8
1952–53	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		69	4	30	34	67		12	0	5	5	8
1953–54	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		68	8	29	37	110		10	0	2	2	12
1954–55	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		70	6	43	49	58		12	0	8	8	6
1955–56	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		62	5	39	44	60		10	2	5	7	10
1956–57	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		70	6	44	50	92		10	0	7	7	10
1957–58	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		68	9	32	41	131		10	2	9	11	16
1958–59	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		61	4	16	20	61		11	1	11	12	22
1959–60	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		66	6	21	27	45		8	3	0	3	6
1960–61	Montreal Canadiens	NHL		58	6	33	39	48		6	0	1	1	8
1961–62	New York Rangers	NHL		69	6	24	30	42		6	0	1	1	2
1962–63	New York Rangers	NHL		68	4	35	39	92		—	—	—	—	—
1963–64	Quebec Aces	AHL		52	6	36	42	30		9	0	4	4	10
1963–64	New York Rangers	NHL		14	0	2	2	10		—	—	—	—	—
1964–65	Quebec Aces	AHL		64	1	36	37	72		4	1	1	2	9
1965–66	Baltimore Clippers	AHL		67	7	32	39	80		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Baltimore Clippers	AHL		24	2	10	12	10		—	—	—	—	—
1966–67	Pittsburgh Hornets	AHL		28	0	8	8	22		9	0	0	0	2
1966–67	Detroit Red Wings	NHL		2	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1967–68	St. Louis Blues	NHL		—	—	—	—	—		8	0	4	4	12
1968–69	St. Louis Blues	NHL		70	2	20	22	30		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				1113	88	452	540	1216		137	8	64	72	152

See also

• List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame

External links

• Doug Harvey biography at Legends of Hockey
• Doug Harvey career statistics at The Internet Hockey Database
• Stole This from a Hockey Card: A Philosophy of Hockey, Doug Harvey, Identity and Booze