Mac Colville
Encyclopedia
Matthew Lamont "Mac" Colville (January 8, 1916 – May 27, 2003) was a professional ice hockey
right winger
. A native of Edmonton
, Alberta
, he was brother of Hall of Fame
hockey player Neil Colville
.
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...
right 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...
. A native of Edmonton
Edmonton
Edmonton is the capital of the Canadian province of Alberta and is the province's second-largest city. Edmonton is located on the North Saskatchewan River and is the centre of the Edmonton Capital Region, which is surrounded by the central region of the province.The city and its census...
, Alberta
Alberta
Alberta is a province of Canada. It had an estimated population of 3.7 million in 2010 making it the most populous of Canada's three prairie provinces...
, he was brother of Hall of Fame
Hockey Hall of Fame
The Hockey Hall of Fame is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dedicated to the history of ice hockey, it is both a museum and a hall of fame. It holds exhibits about players, teams, National Hockey League records, memorabilia and NHL trophies, including the Stanley Cup...
hockey player Neil Colville
Neil Colville
Neil McNeil Colville was a professional ice hockey player. Born in Edmonton, Alberta, he played for the New York Rangers in the National Hockey League with his brother Mac, winning the Stanley Cup in 1940.* Position: centre...
.
Career statistics
| Season | Club | League | REGULAR SEASON | PLAYOFFS | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GP | G | A | TP | PIM | +/- | GP | G | A | TP | PIM | |||
| 1930–31 | Edmonton Poolers | EJrHL | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 1931–32 | Edmonton Y's Men | AAHA | |||||||||||
| 1932–33 | Edmonton Poolers | EJrHL | 11 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 1933–34 | Edmonton Athletic Club | EJrHL | 9 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | |
| 1933–34 | Edmonton Athletic Club | M-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... |
13 | 8 | 7 | 15 | 10 | ||||||
| 1934–35 | New York Crescents | EAHL | 21 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 26 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | |
| 1935–36 | 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... |
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... |
18 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||||
| 1935–36 | Philadelphia Ramblers Philadelphia Ramblers The Philadelphia Ramblers were a minor professional ice hockey team based in the Philadelphia Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Ramblers played for six seasons during the infancy of the American Hockey League from 1935 to 1941.-History:... |
Can-Am 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.... |
16 | 3 | 15 | 18 | 26 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1936–37 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 7 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | |
| 1937–38 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 14 | 14 | 28 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | |
| 1938–39 | New York Rangers | NHL | 48 | 7 | 21 | 28 | 24 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | |
| 1939–40 | New York Rangers | NHL | 47 | 7 | 14 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | |
| 1940–41 | New York Rangers | NHL | 47 | 14 | 17 | 31 | 18 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| 1941–42 | New York Rangers | NHL | 46 | 14 | 16 | 30 | 26 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 | |
| 1942–43 | Ottawa Commandos | QSHL Quebec Senior Hockey League The Quebec Senior Hockey League was an ice hockey league that operated between 1941 and 1959 in Québec, Canada. From 1941, it operated on an amateur basis, before becoming the semi-professional Quebec Hockey League in 1953... |
19 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 19 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 10 | |
| 1942–43 | Ottawa Army | OCHL | 9 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 4 | ||||||
| 1942–43 | Ottawa Commandos | Al-Cup Allan Cup The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada. It has been competed for since 1909. The current champion is the Clarenville Caribous hockey club of Newfoundland and Labrador.-History:... |
12 | 11 | 9 | 20 | 15 | ||||||
| 1943–44 | Red Deer Wheelers | ASHL | 16 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 14 | |
| 1944–45 | did not play | ||||||||||||
| 1945–46 | New York Rangers | NHL | 39 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 8 | ||||||
| 1946–47 | New York Rangers | NHL | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | ||||||
| 1946–47 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL 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... |
45 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 28 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |
| 1947–48 | Vancouver Canucks Vancouver Canucks The Vancouver Canucks are a professional ice hockey team based in Vancouver, :British Columbia, Canada. They are members of the Northwest Division of the Western Conference of the National Hockey League . The Canucks play their home games at Rogers Arena, formerly known as General Motors Place,... |
PCHL 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:... |
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| 1948–49 | did not play | ||||||||||||
| 1949–50 | New Haven Ramblers | AHL | |||||||||||
| 1950–51 | Edmonton Flyers Edmonton Flyers The Edmonton Flyers are a defunct ice hockey team that was based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. The team existed from 1940 until 1963, playing in various senior and minor professional leagues during that time... |
WCMHL Western Hockey League (minor pro) The Western Hockey League was a minor pro ice hockey league that operated from 1952 to 1974. Managed for most of its history by Hockey Hall of Fame member Al Leader, it was created out of the merger of the Pacific Coast Hockey League and the Western Canada Senior Hockey League... |
48 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 71 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | |
| NHL Totals | 353 | 71 | 104 | 175 | 130 | 40 | 9 | 10 | 19 | 14 | |||
Honors and awards
- EAHL First All-Star Team, 1935
- Won the Stanley CupStanley CupThe 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...
in 1940 with the New York Rangers
Legacy
- Ranked No. 55 on the all-time list of New York Rangers in the book 100 Ranger Greats (John Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & SonsJohn Wiley & Sons, Inc., also referred to as Wiley, is a global publishing company that specializes in academic publishing and markets its products to professionals and consumers, students and instructors in higher education, and researchers and practitioners in scientific, technical, medical, and...
, 2009).