Joe Jerwa
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Joseph Charles Jerwa was a professional ice hockey
defenseman
who played 8 seasons in the National Hockey League
for the New York Rangers
, Boston Bruins
and New York Americans
.
Polish-born Jerwa moved to North America in 1913. He had spells with the Canmore Moners and the Vancouver Lions joining the New York Rangers. Jerwa was soon traded to the Boston Bruins for Dutch Gainor
and spent most of his time in the Canadian-American Hockey League
with the Boston Cubs and played just 12 games for the Bruins. He was traded once more to the New York Americans
for Nels Stewart
where Jerwa made the Stanley Cup playoffs three times and enjoyed the most ice time of his NHL career. After spending the next three years with the American Hockey League
's Cleveland Barons, Jerwa retired from hockey in 1942.
His brother, Frank Jerwa
, was also a hockey player and the two were teammates with the Vancouver Lions, Boston Bruins and Boston Cubs.
Jerwa died on April 11, 1983, aged 76.
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...
defenseman
Defenceman (ice hockey)
Defence in ice hockey is a player position whose primary responsibility is to prevent the opposing team from scoring...
who played 8 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 New York Rangers
New York Rangers
The New York Rangers are a professional ice hockey team based in the borough of Manhattan in New York, New York, USA. They are members of the Atlantic Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . Playing their home games at Madison Square Garden, the Rangers are one of the...
, Boston Bruins
Boston 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 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...
.
Polish-born Jerwa moved to North America in 1913. He had spells with the Canmore Moners and the Vancouver Lions joining the New York Rangers. Jerwa was soon traded to the Boston Bruins for Dutch Gainor
Dutch Gainor
Norman "Norm, Dutch" Gainor was a Canadian ice hockey forward, most notable for playing on the Dynamite Line with Cooney Weiland and Dit Clapper, the first "named" forward line in NHL history....
and spent most of his time in the Canadian-American Hockey League
Canadian-American Hockey League
The Canadian-American Hockey League, popularly known as the Can-Am League, was a professional ice hockey league that operated from 1926 to 1936. It was a direct ancestor of the American Hockey League....
with the Boston Cubs and played just 12 games for the Bruins. He was traded once more to the 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...
for Nels Stewart
Nels Stewart
Robert Nelson "Old Poison" Stewart was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Maroons, New York Americans and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League...
where Jerwa made the Stanley Cup playoffs three times and enjoyed the most ice time of his NHL career. After spending the next three years with the American Hockey League
American Hockey League
The American Hockey League is a 30-team professional ice hockey league based in the United States and Canada that serves as the primary developmental circuit for the National Hockey League...
's Cleveland Barons, Jerwa retired from hockey in 1942.
His brother, Frank Jerwa
Frank Jerwa
Frank Ludwig Jerwa was a professional ice hockey player. - Playing career :Jerwa played for teams in the NHL, ASHL, S-SJHL, PCHL, Can-Am, NWHL, and the IAHL hockey leagues...
, was also a hockey player and the two were teammates with the Vancouver Lions, Boston Bruins and Boston Cubs.
Jerwa died on April 11, 1983, aged 76.