Eddie "The Edmonton Express" Shore (born November 25, 1902 in Fort Qu'Appelle, Saskatchewan, Canada - died March 16, 1985) was a professional ice hockey player in the National Hockey League (NHL). November 25 is the 329th (in leap years the 330th) day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1902 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Fort QuAppelle is a town located in the QuAppelle Valley in southern Saskatchewan, Canada. ... March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in Leap years). ... This article is about the year. ... Ice hockey, known simply as hockey in areas where it is more common than field hockey, is a team sport played on ice. ... The modernized NHL shield logo, debuting in 2005. ...

In 1924, he began his hockey career with the Regina Capitals in the Western Hockey League. Originally a forward, he converted to defense while playing for the Edmonton Eskimos (hockey). The Regina Capitals were a professional ice hockey team originally based in the city of Regina, Saskatchewan in the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL), founded in 1921. ... The Western Hockey League is one of the three hockey Major Junior A Tier I leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. ... A plants defence The words defense (AmE) or defence (CwE) can refer to any of the following: For defense of a doctoral dissertation see thesis committee For the military term see defense (military) Civil defense measures and emergency preparedness In politics, defense may be a euphemism for war For... The Edmonton Eskimos were a Canadian ice hockey team that played in the Western Canada Hockey League from 1921 to 1928. ...

When the WHL folded in 1927, Shore was sold to the Boston Bruins of the NHL. As a rookie, he scored 12 goals and 8 assists for a total of 20 points. This was during an era when defense players scored few goals. The Boston Bruins are a National Hockey League (NHL) team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ...

Named to the NHL All-Star team for eight of the team's first nine years, Shore was the only NHL defenseman to win the Hart Trophy as the league's most valuable player four times. While playing for the Bruins, he won two Stanley Cups. The Hart Memorial Trophy is presented annually to the most valuable ice hockey player in the National Hockey League during the regular season. ... The Stanley Cup is inscribed with the names of all the players on the teams that have won it. ...

A bruiser known for NHL violence, Shore set an NHL record for 165 penalty minutes in his second season. He frequently ran over players and skated in a trademark crouch so that it was hard for rivals such as Billy Coutu to knock him down. In the 1925/26 season, defensemen Coutu and Sprague Cleghorn of the Montreal Canadiens were traded to the Boston Bruins. During their first practice with the Bruins, Eddie Shore strutted back and forth in front of Coutu and Cleghorn, presumably to show his authority as lead defenseman. Coutu body-slammed Eddie Shore, headbutting Shore's skull and severing the ear. Shore visited several doctors who wanted to amputate the ear, but, at the end of that day, 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. Coutu is quoted as saying he always gave Shore a "limp hand" after that. Violence has long been a controversial part of ice hockey and the National Hockey League. ... A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behaviour. ... Wilfrid Billy Arthur Coutu (March 1, 1892 North Bay, Ontario - February 28, 1978 Sault Ste. ... 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. ...

When he retired, Shore bought and operated the American Hockey League's Springfield Indians for thirty-five years. Today, the trophy given annually to the AHL's best defenceman is named in his honour. This logo is being used to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the AHLs founding. ... The Springfield Indians was a founding franchise of the American Hockey League, existing (with two interruptions) from 1926 to 1994. ...

Eddie Shore was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1947. The Hockey Hall of Fame is in Toronto, Ontario, Canada; it is devoted to ice hockey rather than the field variety of the game. ... 1947 was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ...

Career statistics

• GP 553
• G 105
• A 179
• Pts 284
• Ttl 1037

External links

• Hockey Hall of Fame Biography and Career Statistics