Lawrence McFarlane "Lorne, Baldy" Northcott (September 7, 1908 in Calgary, Alberta – November 7, 1986) was a Canadian professional ice hockey

Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to as hockey, is a team sport played on ice, in which skaters use wooden or composite sticks to shoot a hard rubber puck into their opponent's net. The game is played between two teams of six players each. Five members of each team skate up and down the ice trying to take...

 left winger

Winger (ice hockey)

Winger, in the game of hockey, is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play on the ice is along the outer playing area. They typically work by flanking the centre forward. Originally the name was given to forward players who went up and down the sides of the rink...

 who played ten seasons in the National Hockey League

National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is an unincorporated not-for-profit association which operates a major professional ice hockey league of 30 franchised member clubs, of which 7 are currently located in Canada and 23 in the United States...

 for the Montreal Maroons

Montreal Maroons

The Montreal Maroons was a professional men's ice hockey team in the National Hockey League . They played in the NHL from 1924 to 1938, winning the Stanley Cup in 1926 and 1935...

 and Chicago Black Hawks

Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois. They are members of the Central Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . They have won four Stanley Cup championships since their founding in 1926, most recently coming in 2009-10...

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Montreal Maroons

Northcott achieved all-star status in 1932–33 playing on a line with Jimmy Ward and Hooley Smith

Hooley Smith

Reginald "Hooley" Smith was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Maroons, Boston Bruins and New York Americans. He won the Stanley Cup twice, with Ottawa and Montreal...

. In the 1934-35

1934-35 NHL season

-NHL awards:Eddie Shore won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the seventh and final time in his career, and his third consecutive time...

 Stanley Cup playoffs he scored the winning goal in two games, helping the Maroons win the Stanley Cup

Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup is an ice hockey club trophy, awarded annually to the National Hockey League playoffs champion after the conclusion of the Stanley Cup Finals. It has been referred to as The Cup, Lord Stanley's Cup, The Holy Grail, or facetiously as Lord Stanley's Mug...

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Chicago Blackhawks

After the Maroons folded Northcott was traded to the Chicago Blackhawks where he would play his last game in the National Hockey league, retiring at the end of the 1938-39

1938-39 NHL season

The 1938–39 NHL season was the 22nd season of the National Hockey League . Seven teams each played 48 games. The Boston Bruins were the Stanley Cup winners as they beat the Toronto Maple Leafs four games to one in the final series.-League business:...

 season.

Coaching career

Northcott coached the Winnipeg Rangers

Winnipeg Rangers

The Winnipeg Rangers were a Canadian junior hockey team in the Manitoba Junior Hockey League. The Rangers won 4 Turnbull Cup Championships as Manitoba Junior Champions, 1941, 1943, 1961, and 1966....

 of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League

Manitoba Junior Hockey League

The Manitoba Junior Hockey League is a Junior 'A' ice hockey league operating in the Canadian province of Manitoba. The MJHL is one of eleven Junior 'A' Hockey Leagues in Canada and is a member of the Canadian Junior Hockey League ....

 for one season in 1940-41, leading them to the Memorial Cup

Memorial Cup

The Memorial Cup is a junior ice hockey club championship trophy awarded annually to the Canadian Hockey League champion. It is awarded following a four-team, round robin tournament between a host team and the champions of the CHL's three member leagues: the Ontario Hockey League , Quebec Major...

 Championship.

Player

• 1932-33 - NHL First Team All-Star - Left wing
• 1934-35 - Stanley Cup Champion - Montreal Maroons
• 1937-38 - Played in Howie Morenz Memorial Game
• Honoured Member - Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
  Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
  The Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum was established in 1985 when the first honoured members were named and plaques were erected in their honour. The first group of inductees was large in order to recognize the accomplishments of Manitoba players, coaches, builders and teams at the...
  
  

Regular season and playoffs

				Regular season						Playoffs
Season Season (sports) In an organized sports league, a season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session. For example, in Major League Baseball, one season lasts approximately from April 1 through October 1; in Association football, it is generally from August until May In an...	Team	League		GP	G Goal (ice hockey) In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck completely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar. A goal awards one point to the team attacking the goal scored upon, regardless of which team the player who actually deflected the puck into the goal belongs to...	A Assist (ice hockey) In ice hockey, an assist is attributed to up to two players of the scoring team who shot, passed or deflected the puck towards the scoring teammate, or touched it in any other way which enabled the goal, meaning that they were "assisting" in the goal. There can be a maximum of two assists per goal...	Pts Point (ice hockey) Point in ice hockey has three official meanings:* A point is awarded to a player for each goal scored or assist earned. The total number of goals plus assists equals total points. In some European leagues, a goal counts as two points, and an assist counts as one...	PIM Penalty (ice hockey) A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for inappropriate behavior. Most penalties are enforced by detaining the offending player within a penalty box for a set number of minutes, during which, the player can not participate in play. The offending team usually may not replace the player on the ice,...		GP	G	A	Pts	PIM
1928-29	Montreal Maroons	NHL		6	0	0	0	0		-	-	-	-	-
1929-30	Montreal Maroons	NHL		41	10	1	11	6		4	0	0	0	0
1930-31	Montreal Maroons	NHL		22	7	3	10	15		2	0	1	1	0
1930-31	Windsor Bulldogs	IHL		21	12	6	18	18		-	-	-	-	-
1931-32	Montreal Maroons	NHL		47	19	6	25	33		4	1	2	3	4
1932-33	Montreal Maroons	NHL		48	22	21	43	30		2	0	0	0	4
1933-34	Montreal Maroons	NHL		47	20	13	33	27		4	2	0	2	0
1934-35	Montreal Maroons	NHL		47	9	14	23	44		7	4	1	5	0
1935-36	Montreal Maroons	NHL		48	15	21	36	41		3	0	0	0	0
1936-37	Montreal Maroons	NHL		48	15	14	29	18		5	1	1	2	2
1937-38	Montreal Maroons	NHL		47	11	12	23	50		-	-	-	-	-
1938-39	Chicago Blackhawks	NHL		46	5	7	12	9		-	-	-	-	-
NHL totals				447	133	112	245	273		31	8	5	13	14

Transactions

• Traded by the Montreal Maroons with Earl Robinson
  Earl Robinson
  Earl Hawley Robinson was a singer-songwriter and composer from Seattle, Washington. Robinson is probably as well remembered for his left-leaning political views as he is for his music, including the songs "Joe Hill", "Black and White", and the cantata "Ballad for Americans"...
  
   and Russ Blinco
  Russ Blinco
  Russ Blinco was a Canadian professional ice hockey centre who played 6 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons and Chicago Black Hawks. Blinco's name was inscribed on the Stanley Cup with the Montreal Maroons in 1935.-Playing career:Blinco began his hockey career with the...
  
   to the Chicago Blackhawks for $30,000, September 15, 1938.

External links

• Baldy Northcott's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame