Harold Cotton (ice hockey)
Encyclopedia
William Harold "Baldy" Cotton (November 5, 1902 - September 9, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey
player who played 12 seasons in the National Hockey League
for the Pittsburgh Pirates
, Toronto Maple Leafs
and New York Americans
.
. In 1925 he began playing for the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
of the United States Amateur Hockey Association while attending school. He would later sign with the NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates, playing with the club for parts of 4 seasons. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the middle of the 1928-29 season and would record a career high 38 points the following year in his first full season with Toronto. Cotton won his only Stanley Cup
playing for the Maple Leafs in 1931-32. In 1935 he was sold to the New York Americans and played for two more seasons until he retired in 1937.
and Minnesota North Stars
, retiring from hockey permanently in 1977.
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...
player who played 12 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 Pittsburgh Pirates
Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL)
The Pittsburgh Pirates were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League , based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1925–26 to 1929–30. The nickname comes from the baseball team also based in the city...
, Toronto Maple Leafs
Toronto Maple Leafs
The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League...
and New York Americans
New York Americans
The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals...
.
Playing career
Cotton's hockey career began in Pittsburgh after moving there to attend Duquesne UniversityDuquesne University
Duquesne University of the Holy Spirit is a private Catholic university in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Founded by members of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne first opened its doors as the Pittsburgh Catholic College of the Holy Ghost in October 1878 with an enrollment of...
. In 1925 he began playing for the Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets
The Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets was an amateur hockey team that existed between . They evolved from being an amateur to a semi-pro team and are one the earliest sports organizations in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Yellow Jackets played primarily in the United States Amateur Hockey Association...
of the United States Amateur Hockey Association while attending school. He would later sign with the NHL's Pittsburgh Pirates, playing with the club for parts of 4 seasons. He was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs in the middle of the 1928-29 season and would record a career high 38 points the following year in his first full season with Toronto. Cotton won his only 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...
playing for the Maple Leafs in 1931-32. In 1935 he was sold to the New York Americans and played for two more seasons until he retired in 1937.
Front office
After playing professional hockey, Cotton served as a scout for the Boston BruinsBoston Bruins
The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston, Massachusetts, USA. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The team has been in existence since 1924, and is the league's third-oldest team and its oldest in the...
and Minnesota North Stars
Minnesota North Stars
The Minnesota North Stars were a professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League for 26 seasons, from 1967 to 1993. The North Stars played their home games at the Met Center in Bloomington, and the team's colors for most of its history were green, yellow, gold and white...
, retiring from hockey permanently in 1977.
Awards and achievements
- 1931-32 - Stanley Cup Champion - Toronto Maple Leafs
- 1933-341933-34 NHL season-NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:...
- Played in Ace Bailey Benefit GameAce Bailey Benefit GameThe Ace Bailey Benefit Game was the first all-star game in National Hockey League history. It was played on February 14, 1934 at Maple Leaf Gardens in Toronto to raise money to support Ace Bailey, whose career was ended by a violent hit by Eddie Shore during a game earlier in the 1933–34 season...
Transactions
- Signed as a free agent by the Pittsburgh Pirates, September 26, 1925.
- Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates to the Toronto Maple Leafs for Gerry LowreyGerry LowreyGerald Charles Lowrey was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Quakers, Chicago Black Hawks and Ottawa Senators. He was born in Ottawa, Ontario.-External links:...
and $9,500, February 12, 1929. - Sold by the Toronto Maple Leafs to the NY Americans for cash, October 9, 1935.
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,... |
GPI | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1925-26 1925-26 NHL season The 1925–26 NHL season was the ninth season of the National Hockey League . The NHL dropped the Hamilton team and added two new teams in the U.S., the New York Americans and the Pittsburgh Pirates. The seven teams each played 36 games. The Ottawa Senators were the regular-season champion, but lost... |
Pittsburgh Pirates Pittsburgh Pirates (NHL) The Pittsburgh Pirates were an American professional ice hockey team in the National Hockey League , based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania from 1925–26 to 1929–30. The nickname comes from the baseball team also based in the city... |
NHL 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... |
33 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1926-27 1926-27 NHL season -Stanley Cup Final:Cy Denneny led the Senators with four of the team's seven total goals. He scored the game-winning goals in both victories.Boston Bruins vs. Ottawa SenatorsOttawa wins best-of-five series 2–0–2-NHL awards:... |
Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 35 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1927-28 1927-28 NHL season -Finals:The circus knocked the Rangers out of Madison Square Garden, and all games would be played in the Montreal Forum, even though Boston offered to host the Rangers. The Maroons won game one 2–0, with Nels Stewart and goaltender Clint Benedict the stars.... |
Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 42 | 9 | 3 | 12 | 40 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 1928-29 1928-29 NHL season -NHL awards:Frank Boucher won his second consecutive Lady Byng award and George Hainsworth won his third consecutive Vezina Trophy.-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:... |
Pittsburgh Pirates | NHL | 32 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 38 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1928-29 | Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs The Toronto Maple Leafs are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League... |
NHL | 11 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1929-30 1929-30 NHL season The 1929–30 NHL season was the thirteenth season of the National Hockey League. Ten teams played 44 games each. The Montreal Canadiens upset the heavily favoured Boston Bruins two games to none for the Stanley Cup.-Regular season:... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 41 | 21 | 17 | 38 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| 1930-31 1930-31 NHL season -NHL awards:Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Frank Boucher won the Lady Byng for the fourth consecutive year. Roy Worters won the Vezina Trophy for the one and only time in his career.-All-Star teams:... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 43 | 12 | 17 | 29 | 45 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1931-32 1931-32 NHL season -NHL awards:Howie Morenz won the Hart Trophy for the second time in his career. Joe Primeau won the Lady Byng, the one time he would win the trophy in his career... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 41 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | ||
| 1932-33 1932-33 NHL season -NHL awards:It was the first season that league president Frank Calder named the best rookie of the year. The first winner was Carl Voss of the Detroit Red Wings... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 48 | 10 | 11 | 21 | 29 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | ||
| 1933-34 1933-34 NHL season -NHL awards:-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 46 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 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... |
Toronto Maple Leafs | NHL | 47 | 11 | 14 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | ||
| 1935-36 1935-36 NHL season -NHL awards:Eddie Shore won his second consecutive Hart trophy. Frank Boucher's run of seven Lady Byng trophy awards came to an end as Doc Romnes won the award... |
New York Americans New York Americans The New York Americans were a professional ice hockey team based in New York, New York from 1925 to 1942. They were the third expansion team in the history of the National Hockey League and the second to play in the United States. The team never won the Stanley Cup, but reached the semifinals... |
NHL | 45 | 7 | 9 | 16 | 27 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1936-37 1936-37 NHL season -NHL awards:The "Rookie of the Year" award now had a trophy, the Calder Trophy, for the first time.-All-Star teams:-Scoring leaders:Note: GP = Games played, G = Goals, A = Assists, PTS = Points, PIM = Penalties in minutes-Debuts:... |
New York Americans | NHL | 29 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| NHL totals | 500 | 101 | 103 | 204 | 419 | 37 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 44 | ||||
External links
- Biography & stats - Legends of Hockey
- Final resting place - Harold Cotton At Find A Grave