Punch Broadbent
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Harold Lawton "Punch" Broadbent (July 13, 1892 - March 5, 1971) was an ice hockey
player for the Ottawa Senators
, Montreal Maroons
and the New York Americans
, and generally regarded as one of the first true power forwards in National Hockey League
(NHL) history.
, Ontario
. Broadbent married Leda Fitzimmons and had one daughter, Sally Ann Broadbent.
(NHA) before World War I
, being paired on a line with Jack Darragh
. He was seventh in the league in scoring his rookie year of 1913, and while hobbled with injuries the next, was fourth in scoring the following year. He scored a hat trick
in the Stanley Cup
finals against the Vancouver Millionaires
in 1915 before going to the war for three and one-half years.
After resuming his career and teaming with forwards Frank Nighbor
and Cy Denneny
, he starred for the Senators (which in the interim had joined the NHL) for six more seasons, playing for three Stanley Cup champions. Though he was a holdout for most of the 1921 season, Broadbent came back to win the league scoring title in 1922. He also set a record that season by scoring goals in sixteen consecutive games. The streak began during a 10-0 rout of the Montreal Canadiens
on Christmas Eve and lasted through to a 6-6 tie with Canadiens on February 15. As of 2011, it remains the NHL record.
In 1925, along with veteran teammate Clint Benedict
, Broadbent was sold by Ottawa to the expansion Montreal Maroons
. Broadbent was the Maroons' leading scorer that first season, including a five-goal game against the Hamilton Tigers. In his second season with the Maroons, the team won its first Stanley Cup championship against the Victoria Cougars
. He was traded back to the Senators in 1928 with cash for Hooley Smith
. He played for the New York Americans
in 1929 and retired after that season.
Broadbent finished his career with 172 goals and 58 assists in 360 professional games. After his playing career, he coached for several years in the Ottawa City Hockey League, winning the championship in 1933 with the Ottawa Rideaus. He was elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame
in 1962.
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 for the Ottawa Senators
Ottawa Senators (original)
The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934...
, 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 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...
, and generally regarded as one of the first true power forwards in 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...
(NHL) history.
Personal life
Born in OttawaOttawa
Ottawa is the capital of Canada, the second largest city in the Province of Ontario, and the fourth largest city in the country. The city is located on the south bank of the Ottawa River in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario...
, Ontario
Ontario
Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa....
. Broadbent married Leda Fitzimmons and had one daughter, Sally Ann Broadbent.
Playing career
The right winger started his professional career with the Ottawa Senators, then of the National Hockey AssociationNational Hockey Association
The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League...
(NHA) before World War I
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
, being paired on a line with Jack Darragh
Jack Darragh
John Proctor "Jack" Darragh was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators in the National Hockey League and its predecessor the National Hockey Association.-Playing career:Darragh played his entire professional career with the Ottawa Senators...
. He was seventh in the league in scoring his rookie year of 1913, and while hobbled with injuries the next, was fourth in scoring the following year. He scored a hat trick
Hat Trick
Hat trick, hat-trick or hattrick may refer to:* hat-trick — in various sports, achieving three goals, wickets, etc. in a single match* Hattrick — online football management game** Hattrick Limited — producers of this game...
in 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...
finals against the Vancouver Millionaires
Vancouver Millionaires
The Vancouver Millionaires were a professional ice hockey team that competed in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Western Canada Hockey League between 1911 and 1926...
in 1915 before going to the war for three and one-half years.
After resuming his career and teaming with forwards Frank Nighbor
Frank Nighbor
Julius Francis "Pembroke Peach" Nighbor was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators of the National Hockey League and National Hockey Association and Toronto Maple Leafs of the NHL, Toronto Blueshirts of the NHA and Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific...
and Cy Denneny
Cy Denneny
Cyril Joseph Denneny was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Ottawa Senators and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League and the Toronto Blueshirts of the National Hockey Association. His brother Corbett Denneny also played in the NHL.-Early life:Cy Denneny was born...
, he starred for the Senators (which in the interim had joined the NHL) for six more seasons, playing for three Stanley Cup champions. Though he was a holdout for most of the 1921 season, Broadbent came back to win the league scoring title in 1922. He also set a record that season by scoring goals in sixteen consecutive games. The streak began during a 10-0 rout of the Montreal Canadiens
Montreal Canadiens
The Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
on Christmas Eve and lasted through to a 6-6 tie with Canadiens on February 15. As of 2011, it remains the NHL record.
In 1925, along with veteran teammate Clint Benedict
Clint Benedict
Clinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...
, Broadbent was sold by Ottawa to the expansion 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...
. Broadbent was the Maroons' leading scorer that first season, including a five-goal game against the Hamilton Tigers. In his second season with the Maroons, the team won its first Stanley Cup championship against the Victoria Cougars
Victoria Cougars
The Victoria Cougars were a major league professional ice hockey team that played in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association from 1922 to 1924, and in the Western Hockey League from 1924 to 1926...
. He was traded back to the Senators in 1928 with cash for 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...
. He played for the New York Americans
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...
in 1929 and retired after that season.
Broadbent finished his career with 172 goals and 58 assists in 360 professional games. After his playing career, he coached for several years in the Ottawa City Hockey League, winning the championship in 1933 with the Ottawa Rideaus. He was elected to the Hockey 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...
in 1962.
Career statistics
| 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 | ||
| 1912–13 | Ottawa Senators Ottawa Senators (original) The Ottawa Senators were an amateur, and later, professional, ice hockey team based in Ottawa, Canada which existed from 1883 to 1954. The club was the first hockey club in Ontario, a founding member of the National Hockey League and played in the NHL from 1917 until 1934... |
NHA National Hockey Association The National Hockey Association was a professional ice hockey organization with teams in Ontario and Quebec, Canada. It is the direct predecessor organization to today's National Hockey League... |
18 | 20 | 2 | 22 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1913–14 1913–14 NHA season The 1913–14 NHA season was the fifth season of the National Hockey Association . At the end of the regular season, a tie for first place necessitated a playoff to determine the championship. The Toronto Hockey Club defeated the Montreal Canadiens 6–2 in a two-game, total-goals playoff... |
Ottawa Senators | NHA | 17 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1914–15 1914–15 NHA season The 1914–15 NHA season was the sixth season of the National Hockey Association and played from December 26, 1914 until March 3, 1915. Each team played 20 games. The Ottawa Senators won the NHA championship in a two game, total goal playoff against the Montreal Wanderers... |
Ottawa Senators | NHA | 20 | 24 | 3 | 27 | 115 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | ||
| 1915 | Ottawa Senators | St. Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | — | ||
| 1918–19 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 8 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 28 | ||
| 1919–20 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 20 | 19 | 4 | 23 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1920 1920 Stanley Cup Finals -See also:* 1919–20 NHL season* 1919–20 PCHA season* List of Stanley Cup champions... |
Ottawa Senators | St. Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1920–21 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | ||
| 1921 1921 Stanley Cup Finals -See also:* 1920–21 NHL season* 1920–21 PCHA season... |
Ottawa Senators | St. Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1921–22 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 24 | 32 | 14 | 46 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | ||
| 1922–23 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 24 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1923 1923 Stanley Cup Finals -References:* Podnieks, Andrew; Hockey Hall of Fame . Lord Stanley's Cup. Bolton, Ont.: Fenn Pub. pp 12, 50. ISBN 978-1-55168-261-7-See also:* 1922–23 NHL season* 1922–23 Ottawa Senators season* 1922–23 PCHA season* List of Stanley Cup champions... |
Ottawa Senators | St. Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 12 | ||
| 1923–24 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 22 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 44 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| 1924–25 | 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... |
NHL | 30 | 15 | 4 | 19 | 75 | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1925–26 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 36 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 112 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | ||
| 1926 | Montreal Maroons | St. Cup | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 20 | ||
| 1926–27 | Montreal Maroons | NHL | 42 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 88 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1927–28 | Ottawa Senators | NHL | 43 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 62 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1928–29 | 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 | 44 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | ||
| NHL totals | 302 | 122 | 45 | 167 | 553 | 45 | 13 | 8 | 21 | 98 | ||||
Awards and records
- Consecutive goal-scoring streak: 16 consecutive games
- NHL scoring leader: 1922
- Elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1962
Transactions
- January 21, 1919 - Signed as a free agent by Ottawa Senators.
- December 30, 1920 - Rights transferred to Hamilton TigersHamilton TigersThe Hamilton Tigers were a professional ice hockey team, and a member of the National Hockey League , based in Hamilton, Ontario, that played from 1920–1925. The Tigers were formed from the sale of the Quebec Bulldogs NHL franchise to Hamilton interests. After years of struggling, the franchise...
from Ottawa Senators by NHL with Sprague CleghornSprague CleghornHenry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn, , was a Canadian professional hockey player from Westmount who played for the Boston Bruins, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Wanderers, Ottawa Senators, Renfrew Creamery Kings and Toronto St. Patricks in the National Hockey Association and National Hockey League...
. Both Broadbent and Cleghorn refused to report. - January 4, 1921 - Rights traded to Montreal CanadiensMontreal CanadiensThe Montreal Canadiens are a professional ice hockey team based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are members of the Northeast Division of the Eastern Conference of the National Hockey League . The club is officially known as ...
by Hamilton Tigers for cash. Broadbent refused to report. - February 21, 1921 - Rights returned to Ottawa Senators by NHL.
- October 20, 1924 - Traded to Montreal MaroonsMontreal MaroonsThe 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...
by Ottawa Senators with Clint BenedictClint BenedictClinton Stevenson "Praying Bennie" Benedict was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Ottawa Senators and the Montreal Maroons. He played on four Stanley Cup-winning squads. He was the first goaltender in the National Hockey League to wear a face mask...
for cash. - October 7, 1927 - Traded to Ottawa Senators by Montreal Maroons with $22,500 for Hooley SmithHooley SmithReginald "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...
. - October 15, 1928 - Traded to New York AmericansNew York AmericansThe 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...
by Ottawa Senators for $10,000. - January 1, 1929 - Fined $25 by NHL for trying to start a fight in the penalty box during game with Montreal Canadiens.
- October 31, 1929 - Officially announced retirement.
See also
- List of members of the Hockey Hall of Fame
- List of players with 5 or more goals in an NHL game