NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Billy Coutu

Wilfrid "Billy" Arthur Coutu (b. March 1, 1892 North Bay, Ontario d. February 28, 1978 Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) was a professional Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played 10 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers and the Boston Bruins. Billy Coutu hockey sports card (1924 Champs Cigarettes, which is defunct). ... March 1 is the 60th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (61st in leap years). ... 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... North Bay (, time zone EST) is a city in Northeastern Ontario, Canada (2001 population 52,771). ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Official languages English Flower White Trillium Tree Eastern White Pine Bird Common Loon Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Lieutenant-Governor James K. Bartleman Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Parliamentary representation - House seats - Senate seats 106 24 Area Total... February 28 is the 59th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday. ... Nickname: The Soo Motto: Naturally Gifted Coordinates: Country Canada Province Ontario District Algoma District Incorporated 1887 (town), 1912 (city) City Mayor John Rowswell Governing body The Corporation of the City of Sault Sainte Marie MPs Tony Martin MPPs David Orazietti Area - City 715 kmÂ² (276 sq mi) Elevation 192 m... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... NHL redirects here. ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The Hamilton Tigers were a National Hockey League (NHL) team that was originally based in Quebec City, Quebec and called the Quebec Bulldogs (1888-1920). ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Defence (defense in the U.S.A.) in hockey is a player position with a primary responsibility to prevent the opposing team from scoring goals. ...

Playing career

Coutu was the first player banned from the NHL for life. A former captain of the Montreal Canadiens (1925-26), Coutu also played for the Boston Bruins and Hamilton Tigers and coached the Providence Reds. His name appears on the 1923-24 Stanley Cup ring. Luc Robitaille, 2005: the A is also placed on the players left. ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The 1925-26 NHL season was the 9th regular season of the National Hockey League. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Hamilton Tigers were a National Hockey League (NHL) team that was originally based in Quebec City, Quebec and called the Quebec Bulldogs (1888-1920). ... The Reds logo used from 1972 until 1977. ... The 1923-24 NHL season was the 7th regular season of the National Hockey League. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...

Billy Coutu started his NHL career with the Montreal Canadiens, in the first year of the NHL. During the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1919, Coutu and four other teammates, Joe Hall, manager George Kennedy, Jack McDonald, and Edouard "Newsy" Lalonde contracted influenza and were hospitalized. Teammate Joe Hall died during Game 5, and the 1919 Stanley Cup series was cancelled. The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The 1917-18 NHL season was the 1st regular season of the NHL. Each team played 22 games, except for the Montreal Wanderers whose season was cut short due to their arena burning down. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... The 1918-19 NHL season was the second season of the National Hockey League. ... Joe Hall (May 3, 1882 - April 5, 1919), nicknamed Bad Joe Hall, was a professional ice hockey defenceman. ... Jack McDonald - was a Professional Hockey player who played 5 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Wanderers, Montreal Canadiens, Quebec Bulldogs and Toronto St. ... Newsy Lalonde (June 26, 1887 in Cornwall, Ontario - November 27, 1970) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Americans in the National Hockey League. ... Influenza, commonly known as the flu, is an infectious disease of birds and mammals caused by an RNA virus of the family Orthomyxoviridae (the influenza viruses). ... Joe Hall (May 3, 1882 - April 5, 1919), nicknamed Bad Joe Hall, was a professional ice hockey defenceman. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ...

After playing the 1920-21 NHL season with the Hamilton Tigers, Coutu was traded back to Montreal prior to the start of the 1921-22 NHL season, along with Sprague Cleghorn, in exchange for Harry Mummery, Amos Arbour, and Cully Wilson, in the NHL's first multiple-player trade. The 1920-21 NHL season was the 4th regular season of the NHL. Each team played 24 games. ... The Hamilton Tigers were a National Hockey League (NHL) team that was originally based in Quebec City, Quebec and called the Quebec Bulldogs (1888-1920). ... The 1921-22 NHL season was the 5th regular season of the National Hockey League. ... Sprague Horace Peg Cleghorn, (March 11, 1890, Montreal, PQ, - July 12, 1956, Montreal, PQ), was a professional ice hockey player for teams in the NHL and CAHL. He played on Stanley Cup-winning teams in 1920, 1921 and 1924. ... Harry Mummery - was a Professional Hockey forward who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Arenas, Quebec Bulldogs, Montreal Canadiens and Hamilton Tigers. ... Amos Arbour - (Born - January 26, 1895 in Waubaushene, Ontario) was a Professional Hockey Left Winger who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Canadiens, Hamilton Tigers and Toronto St. ... Carol Cully Wilson - (Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba) was a Professional Hockey player. ...

After the 1925-26 NHL season, Coutu was traded to the Boston Bruins, in exchange for Amby Moran. During his first practice with the Bruins, Coutu body-slammed Eddie Shore, who had been strutting in front of Cleghorn and Coutu. Coutu's forehead hit Shore's skull, severing Shore's ear. Shore visited several doctors who wanted to amputate the ear, but finally found one who sewed it back on. After refusing anaesthetic, Shore used a mirror to watch the doctor sew on the ear. Shore claimed Coutu used his hockey stick to cut off the ear, and Coutu was fined $50. However, Shore later recanted and Coutu's money was refunded. The 1925-26 NHL season was the 9th regular season of the National Hockey League. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... Eddie The Edmonton Express Shore (born November 25, 1902 in Fort QuAppelle, Saskatchewan, Canada - died March 16, 1985) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). ... A hockey stick is the equipment used to handle a man in ice hockey, field hockey or roller hockey. ...

In Game 4 of the 1927 Stanley Cup, Coutu started a Stanley Cup brawl, apparently at the request of coach Art Ross. Coutu punched referee Jerry LaFlamme. As a result, Billy Coutu was the first player to be expelled from the NHL for life. On October 8, 1929, the suspension was lifted so that Coutu could play in the minor leagues. He never played in the NHL again, although in 1932-33, on the insistence of Leo Dandurand, he was reinstated to the NHL. The 1926-27 National Hockey League season was the tenth National Hockey league season. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... This is the current WikiProject: Ice Hockey Article Improvement Drive collaboration! The Stanley Cup The Stanley Cup is the championship trophy of the National Hockey League (NHL), the major professional ice hockey league in Canada and the United States. ... Arthur Howie Ross (January 13, 1886 - August 5, 1964) was a Canadian ice hockey executive and defenceman in the National Hockey League and its predecessor, the National Hockey Association. ... October 8 is the 281st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (282nd in leap years). ... 1929 (MCMXXIX) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Minor leagues in the sense intended in this article are professional sports leagues which are not regarded as the premier leagues in those sports. ... Leo Dandurand (born July 9, 1889 in Bourbonnais, Illinois - June 26, 1964), was a owner in the National Hockey League. ...

Ms. Aird Stuart, the sister of Coutu's wife, Gertrude Aird, was the mother of Mary Morenz and grandmother of Marlene Geoffrion, daughter of Howie Morenz and widow of Bernie Geoffrion. Howie Morenz played with Coutu on the Canadiens. Howard William Howie Morenz also nicknamed the Mitchell Meteor (June 21, 1902-March 8, 1937 in Mitchell, Ontario, Canada) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League. ... Finlay Landon Drake (November 11, 1931 â€“ March 11, 2006), nicknamed The Minute Man, was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach. ...

Career statistics

Source: Hockey Database The puck dents the top of the net for a goal as the goaltender fails to block the shot A goal in ice hockey provides a team with one point. ... In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to the two previous players of the scoring team who touched or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, meaning that they were assisting in the goal. ... Point in ice hockey has two meanings: When it is given to individual hockey players, it refers to either a goal or assist a player earns during a game. ... A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior, or the inappropriate behavior itself (whether called or not). ...

Team history

The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... This article is part of the Evolution of the NHL series. ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The Hamilton Tigers were a National Hockey League (NHL) team that was originally based in Quebec City, Quebec and called the Quebec Bulldogs (1888-1920). ... The Montreal Canadiens are the oldest established National Hockey League (NHL) franchise. ... The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Canadian-American Hockey League existed from 1926 until the 1936. ... The Minneapolis Millers were a professional minor league baseball team that played in Minneapolis, Minnesota until 1960. ... The Reds logo used from 1972 until 1977. ...

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Playing career

Career statistics

Team history

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