Barney Stanley

Russell "Barney" Stanley (June 1, 1893 – May 16, 1971)[1] was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association (PCHA) and the Calgary Tigers, Regina Capitals and Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League (WCHL). He was the second head coach of the Chicago Black Hawks of the National Hockey League (NHL), appearing as a player in one game for the team. He won the Stanley Cup with the Millionaires in 1915 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1963.[2]

Barney Stanley
Hockey Hall of Fame, 1963
Stanley as a member of the Calgary Tigers
Born	June 1, 1893 Paisley, Ontario, Canada
Died	May 16, 1971 (aged 77) Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Height	6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg; 12 st 7 lb)
Position	Right Wing
Shot	Left
Played for	Vancouver Millionaires Calgary Tigers Regina Capitals Edmonton Eskimos Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career	1911–1929

Playing career

Stanley was born in Paisley, Ontario, the son of a dairy farmer. He moved west to Medicine Hat, Alberta at 17 to play hockey before settling in Edmonton.[3] He joined the Edmonton Maritimers in 1911–12, then spent the next three seasons as both a player and coach for the Edmonton Dominions and Albertas, all of the Alberta Senior Hockey League. Stanley turned professional in 1915, joining the Vancouver Millionaires of the PCHA.[4] Stanley scored seven goals in his first five regular season contests with Vancouver,[5] of which his first professional goal, in his first game, was assisted by Cyclone Taylor.[4] He won the Stanley Cup with the Millionaires in 1915 as they defeated the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League for the Canadian championship.[3][6] Stanley scored four goals in the third and deciding game of the series.[4]

Stanley was a Second Team All-Star with the Millionaires in 1918 and remained with the team until the end of the 1919–20 season.[4] He then fought to regain his amateur status so that he could take on the role of player-coach with the Edmonton Eskimos of Alberta's Big-4 League.[7] He left the Eskimos after one year to join the Calgary Tigers and in 1921 once again turned professional as the Tigers joined the newly formed Western Canada Hockey League.[4] He scored 26 goals in 24 games for the Tigers in 1921–22 and was named a league all-star on right wing. His rights were sold to the Regina Capitals following the season where served as player-coach and was again named all-star right wing.[8] After two seasons in Regina, he returned to the Eskimos for two more.[5] As player-coach for the Eskimos, Stanley led the team to the top record in the league in 1925–26.[9]

Following the collapse of the WCHL in 1926, Stanley purchased the Eskimos and brought them into the newly formed Prairie Hockey League.[10] Before the season began, however, he sold the team and joined the Winnipeg Maroons.[11] He purchased an ownership stake in the franchise, and signed on as a defenceman and coach for the American Hockey Association team.[12]

He was hired by the Chicago Black Hawks to be their manager and head coach for the 1927–28 NHL season.[9] Stanley managed the club for only 23 games as the team replaced him following a 4–17–2 start to the season, but not before appearing in one regular season contest as a player with the team.[4] Stanley returned to the AHA, playing his final season of hockey with the Minneapolis Millers before retiring in 1929.[4] He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962.[3]

Personal life

Stanley and his wife Muriel Frances (née Sparling) had four children: son Don and daughters Isobel, Dorothy and Frances. Following the death in 1951 of his first wife, Stanley married Margaret (Greta) Muir. He had three brothers and a sister.[13] His son was also a hockey player and was a member of Canada's 1950 world championship team while his nephew Allan Stanley is also a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame.[8]

Following his arrival in Edmonton, Stanley became involved in the dairy industry. He first joined the Edmonton City Dairy in 1913, and remained with the firm for 11 years while he remained an active hockey player.[14] He purchased a share in a dairy farm in 1924,[15] and joined the Northern Alberta Dairy Pool as an assistant manager in 1929 following the conclusion of his playing career. In 1944 he became the general manager of the pool.[14] He held the position until his retirement in 1961.[13]

Remaining active in hockey, Stanley coached the Edmonton Poolers junior team between 1929 and 1931.[8] He was a member of the hockey committee of the Edmonton Exhibition Association when the Flyers won the Allan Cup national senior championship in 1948.[13] Stanley also designed one of the sport's first hockey helmets, presented to the NHL's board of governors without interest after Chicago's Dick Irvin suffered a fractured skull during a game.[8] A proponent of youth involvement in sport, Stanley served two years as president of Edmonton's junior baseball league,[16] and was also president of the Edmonton and District Hockey Association into the 1940s.[17]

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1914–15*	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA		5	7	1	8	0		3	5	1	6	0
1915–16	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA		14	6	6	12	9		—	—	—	—	—
1916–17	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA		23	28	18	46	9		—	—	—	—	—
1917–18	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA		18	11	6	17	9		7	3	0	3	9
1918–19	Vancouver Millionaires	PCHA		20	10	6	16	19		2	0	0	0	0
1919–20	Edmonton Eskimos	Big-4		12	10	12	22	20		2	0	1	1	5
1920–21	Calgary Tigers	Big-4		15	11	10	21	5		—	—	—	—	—
1921–22	Calgary Tigers	WCHL		24	26	5	31	17		2	0	0	0	0
1922–23	Regina Capitals	WCHL		29	14	7	21	10		2	1	0	1	2
1923–24	Regina Capitals	WCHL		30	15	11	26	27		2	1	0	1	0
1924–25	Edmonton Eskimos	WCHL		25	12	5	17	36		—	—	—	—	—
1925–26	Edmonton Eskimos	WHL		29	14	8	22	47		2	1	0	1	2
1926–27	Winnipeg Maroons	AHA		35	8	8	16	78		3	0	0	0	2
1927–28	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—
1928–29	Minneapolis Millers	AHA		40	8	5	13	34		4	1	0	1	2
PCHA totals				80	62	37	99	46		12	8	1	9	9
WCHL totals				137	81	36	117	137		8	3	0	3	4
NHL totals				1	0	0	0	0		—	—	—	—	—

Coaching record

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season	Team	League		GC	W	L	T	Finish		GC	W	L	T	Result
1927–28	Chicago Black Hawks	NHL		23	4	17	2	—		—	—	—	—	—
NHL totals				23	4	17	2	—		—	—	—	—	—

* Stanley Cup Champion.

See also

• List of players who played only one game in the NHL

References

• Hockey Hall of Fame (2003). Honoured Members: Hockey Hall of Fame. Bolton, Ontario: Fenn Publishing. ISBN 1-55168-239-7.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

1. TOTAL HOCKEY - THE OFFICIAL ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE NATIONAL HOCKEY LEAGUE, Second Edition, copyright 2000, pg 813. Also www.nhl.com player page http://blackhawks.nhl.com/club/player.htm?id=8449156
2. Hockey Hall of Fame 2003, p. 58.
3. Podnieks, Andrew (2003). Players: The ultimate A–Z guide of everyone who has ever played in the NHL. Toronto: Doubleday Canada. p. 817. ISBN 0-385-25999-9.
4. "Barney Stanley biography". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
5. "Barney Stanley playing statistics". Hockey Hall of Fame. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
6. "Vancouver Millionaires 1914–15 Stanley Cup champions". Hockey Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on April 9, 2006. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
7. "Calgary Tigers – a team of legends". Edmonton Oilers Heritage Foundation. Archived from the original on June 27, 2009. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
8. Duplacey, James; Zweig, Eric (2010). Official Guide to the Players of the Hockey Hall of Fame. Firefly Books. p. 483. ISBN 1-55407-662-5.
9. "Stanley as manager". The Gazette. Montreal. April 5, 1927. p. 17. Retrieved July 3, 2010.
10. Gibson, Dick (February 3, 1927). "Tips & Tales". Border Cities Star. p. 18. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
11. "White gets all Eskimo players with franchise". Calgary Daily Herald. November 6, 1926. p. 34. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
12. "'Peg Maroons well fortified". Saskatoon Phoenix. November 6, 1926. p. 9. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
13. Flemming, Don (May 17, 1971). "Stanley did leave a legend". Edmonton Journal. p. 52. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
14. "Dairy head, Barney Stanley retires soon". Edmonton Journal. November 30, 1960. p. 61. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
15. "Caps to start rink workouts here tomorrow". Regina Leader. November 11, 1924. p. 12. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
16. "Baseball men urging city to buy Roche's Renfrew lease". Edmonton Journal. February 6, 1941. p. 11. Retrieved November 22, 2011.
17. "Stanley heads capital hockey". Calgary Herald. November 2, 1940. p. 6. Retrieved November 22, 2011.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Hockey-Reference.com, or Legends of Hockey, or The Internet Hockey Database