Eddie Ouellette
Encyclopedia
Adelard Edward Ouellette (born March 9, 1911, date of death unknown) was a professional ice hockey
left winger
who played one year in the National Hockey League
with the Chicago Black Hawks
.
of the Pacific Coast Hockey League
. He remained there for five years, and retired in 1942 after playing a single season with the Lachine Flyers of the Quebec Provincial Hockey League.
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 one year 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...
with the 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...
.
Playing career
Born in Ottawa, Ontario, Ouellette played juniors in Windsor and Walkerton before joining the Toronto Millionaires of the IHL. He remained in the IHL for six seasons, playing with the Pittsburgh Yellowjackets, Windsor Bulldogs, and London Tecumsehs before being signed by the Black Hawks for the 1935–36 NHL season. He played 43 games that year, serving mostly as a checker. Following his lone NHL season Ouellette joined the Portland BuckaroosPortland Buckaroos
The Portland Buckaroos was the name of several professional ice hockey teams based in Portland, Oregon.-PCHL/NWHL era :The first incarnation of Portland Buckaroos played their home games at the Portland Ice Arena. The Buckaroos initially played in the four-team Pacific Coast Hockey League from...
of the Pacific Coast Hockey League
Pacific Coast Hockey League
The Pacific Coast Hockey League was an ice hockey minor league with teams in the western United States and western Canada that existed in several incarnations: from 1928 to 1931, from 1936 to 1941, and from 1944 to 1952.-PCHL 1928-1931:...
. He remained there for five years, and retired in 1942 after playing a single season with the Lachine Flyers of the Quebec Provincial Hockey League.