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Elmer Lach

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Elmer James Lach (January 22, 1918 – April 4, 2015) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 14 seasons for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL). [1]

72 relations: Allan Cup, Art Ross Trophy, Assist (ice hockey), Associated Press, Émile Bouchard, Babe Pratt, Beaconsfield, Quebec, Boston Bruins, Centre (ice hockey), Chicago Blackhawks, Conn Smythe, Dick Irvin, Doug Bentley, ESPN, Goal (ice hockey), Golf, Hart Memorial Trophy, Henri Richard, Herb Cain, Hockey Hall of Fame, Ice hockey, Jean Béliveau, Kirkland, Quebec, Leukemia, Maurice Richard, Max Bentley, Montreal Canadiens, Montreal Gazette, Montreal Junior Canadiens, National Hockey League, NBC Sports, Nokomis, Saskatchewan, Paul Haynes (ice hockey), Penalty (ice hockey), Playoffs, Point (ice hockey), Pointe-Claire, Punch line (ice hockey), Regina, Saskatchewan, Roy Conacher, Royal Montreal Hockey Club, Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League, Season (sports), Society for International Hockey Research, Stanley Cup, Ted Reeve, The Hockey News, The Saturday Evening Post, Toe Blake, Toronto Maple Leafs, ..., Vancouver, 100 Greatest NHL Players, 1940 Allan Cup, 1940–41 NHL season, 1941–42 NHL season, 1942–43 NHL season, 1943–44 NHL season, 1944 Stanley Cup Finals, 1944–45 NHL season, 1945–46 NHL season, 1946 Stanley Cup Finals, 1946–47 NHL season, 1947–48 NHL season, 1948–49 NHL season, 1949–50 NHL season, 1950–51 NHL season, 1951–52 NHL season, 1952–53 NHL season, 1953 Stanley Cup Finals, 1953–54 NHL season, 1954 Stanley Cup Finals, 50 goals in 50 games. Expand index (22 more) »

Allan Cup

The Allan Cup is the trophy awarded annually to the national senior amateur men’s ice hockey champions of Canada.

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Art Ross Trophy

The Art Ross Trophy is awarded to the National Hockey League (NHL) player who leads the league in points at the end of the regular season.

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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.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Émile Bouchard

Joseph Émile Alcide "Butch" Bouchard, CM, CQ (September 4, 1919 – April 14, 2012) was a Canadian ice hockey player who played defence with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League from 1941 to 1956.

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Babe Pratt

Walter Peter "Babe" Pratt (January 7, 1916 – December 16, 1988) was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman/left winger who played for the New York Rangers, Toronto Maple Leafs and the Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League.

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Beaconsfield, Quebec

Beaconsfield is a suburb on the Island of Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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Boston Bruins

The Boston Bruins are a professional ice hockey team based in Boston.

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Centre (ice hockey)

The centre (or center in the United States) in ice hockey is a forward position of a player whose primary zone of play is the middle of the ice, away from the side boards.

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Chicago Blackhawks

The Chicago Blackhawks (spelled Black Hawks until 1986, and known colloquially as the Hawks) are a professional ice hockey team based in Chicago, Illinois.

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Conn Smythe

Constantine Falkland Cary Smythe, MC (February 1, 1895 – November 18, 1980) was a Canadian businessman, soldier and sportsman in ice hockey and horse racing.

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Dick Irvin

James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin Jr. (or II) (July 19, 1892 – May 16, 1957) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach.

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Doug Bentley

Douglas Wagner "Doug" Bentley (September 3, 1916 – November 24, 1972) was a Canadian ice hockey left winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Chicago Black Hawks and New York Rangers as part of a senior and professional career that spanned nearly three decades.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Goal (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, a goal is scored when the puck entirely crosses the goal line between the two goal posts and below the goal crossbar.

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Golf

Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible.

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Hart Memorial Trophy

The Hart Memorial Trophy, originally known as the Hart Trophy, is awarded annually to the "player judged most valuable to his team" in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Henri Richard

Joseph Henri Richard (born February 29, 1936) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player who played centre with the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey League (NHL) from 1955 to 1975.

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Herb Cain

Herbert James Cain (December 24, 1912 in Newmarket, Ontario – February 23, 1982 in Newmarket, Ontario) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 13 seasons in the National Hockey League for the Montreal Maroons, Montreal Canadiens, and Boston Bruins.

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Hockey Hall of Fame

The Hockey Hall of Fame (Temple de la renommée du hockey) is an ice hockey museum located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Ice hockey

Ice hockey is a contact team sport played on ice, usually in a rink, in which two teams of skaters use their sticks to shoot a vulcanized rubber puck into their opponent's net to score points.

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Jean Béliveau

Joseph Jean Arthur Béliveau, (August 31, 1931 – December 2, 2014) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played parts of 20 seasons with the National Hockey League's (NHL) Montreal Canadiens from 1950 to 1971.

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Kirkland, Quebec

Kirkland is an on-island suburb on the Island of Montreal in southwestern Quebec, Canada.

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Leukemia

Leukemia, also spelled leukaemia, is a group of cancers that usually begin in the bone marrow and result in high numbers of abnormal white blood cells.

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Maurice Richard

Joseph Henri Maurice "Rocket" Richard (August 4, 1921 – May 27, 2000) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player who played 18 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Montreal Canadiens.

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Max Bentley

Maxwell Herbert Lloyd "Max" Bentley (March 1, 1920 – January 19, 1984) was a Canadian ice hockey forward who played for the Chicago Blackhawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Rangers in the National Hockey League (NHL) as part of a professional and senior career that spanned 20 years.

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Montreal Canadiens

The Montreal CanadiensEven in English, the French spelling, Canadiens, is always used.

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Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette, formerly titled The Gazette, is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, after three other daily English newspapers shut down at various times during the second half of the 20th century.

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Montreal Junior Canadiens

The Montreal Junior Canadiens were a junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Junior Hockey League from 1933 to 1961, and the Ontario Hockey Association from 1961 to 1972.

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National Hockey League

The National Hockey League (NHL; Ligue nationale de hockey—LNH) is a professional ice hockey league in North America, currently comprising 31 teams: 24 in the United States and 7 in Canada.

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NBC Sports

NBC Sports is the programming division of the American broadcast network NBC, owned by the NBCUniversal Television Group division of NBCUniversal, that is responsible for sports broadcasts on the network, and its dedicated national sports cable channels.

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Nokomis, Saskatchewan

Nokomis is a small town in Saskatchewan, Canada.

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Paul Haynes (ice hockey)

William Paul Joseph Haynes (March 1, 1910 in Montreal, Quebec – May 12, 1989) was a Canadian ice hockey forward.

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Penalty (ice hockey)

A penalty in ice hockey is a punishment for an infringement of the rules.

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Playoffs

The playoffs, play-offs, postseason and/or finals of a sports league are a competition played after the regular season by the top competitors to determine the league champion or a similar accolade.

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Point (ice hockey)

In ice hockey, point has three contemporary meanings.

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Pointe-Claire

Pointe-Claire is an on-island suburb of Montreal in Quebec, Canada.

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Punch line (ice hockey)

The Punch line was a famous ice hockey line for the Montreal Canadiens in the 1940s.

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Regina, Saskatchewan

Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan.

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Roy Conacher

Roy Gordon Conacher (October 5, 1916 – December 29, 1984) was a Canadian professional ice hockey left winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL) for the Boston Bruins, Detroit Red Wings and Chicago Black Hawks.

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Royal Montreal Hockey Club

The Royal Montreal Hockey Club, of Montreal, Quebec, Canada, better known as the Montreal Royals is a defunct ice hockey club.

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Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League

The Saskatchewan Senior Hockey League (SSHL) was a senior amateur ice hockey league that operated in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan on-and-off from 1938-1971.

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Season (sports)

In an organized sports league, a typical season is the portion of one year in which regulated games of the sport are in session: for example, in Major League Baseball the season lasts approximately from April to October.

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Society for International Hockey Research

The Society for International Hockey Research (SIHR) is a network of writers, statisticians, collectors, broadcasters, academics and ice hockey buffs.

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Stanley Cup

The Stanley Cup (La Coupe Stanley) is the championship trophy awarded annually to the National Hockey League (NHL) playoff winner.

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Ted Reeve

Edward Henry "Ted" Reeve (January 6, 1902 – August 27, 1983) was a multi-sport Canadian athlete and sports journalist.

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The Hockey News

The Hockey News, commonly abbreviated to THN, is a Canadian ice hockey magazine.

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The Saturday Evening Post

The Saturday Evening Post is an American magazine published six times a year.

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Toe Blake

Joseph Hector "Toe" Blake, (August 21, 1912 – May 17, 1995) was a Canadian ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League (NHL).

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Toronto Maple Leafs

The Toronto Maple Leafs (officially the Toronto Maple Leaf Hockey Club) are a professional ice hockey team based in Toronto, Ontario.

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Vancouver

Vancouver is a coastal seaport city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia.

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100 Greatest NHL Players

In 2017, the NHL commemorated its 100th anniversary with a list of the 100 Greatest NHL Players.

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1940 Allan Cup

The 1940 Allan Cup was the Canadian national senior ice hockey championship for the 1939-40 Senior season.

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1940–41 NHL season

The 1940–41 NHL season was the 24th season of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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1941–42 NHL season

The 1941–42 NHL season was the 25th season of the National Hockey League.

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1942–43 NHL season

The 1942–43 NHL season was the 26th season of the National Hockey League (NHL).

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1943–44 NHL season

The 1943–44 NHL season was the 27th season of the National Hockey League.

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1944 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1944 Stanley Cup Final was a best-of-seven series between the Chicago Black Hawks and the Montreal Canadiens.

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1944–45 NHL season

The 1944–45 NHL season was the 28th season of the National Hockey League.

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1945–46 NHL season

The 1945–46 NHL season was the 29th season of the National Hockey League.

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1946 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1946 Stanley Cup Finals was a best-of-seven series between the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens.

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1946–47 NHL season

The 1946–47 NHL season was the 30th season of the National Hockey League.

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1947–48 NHL season

The 1947–48 NHL season was the 31st season of the National Hockey League.

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1948–49 NHL season

The 1948–49 NHL season was the 32nd season of the National Hockey League.

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1949–50 NHL season

The 1949–50 NHL season was the 33rd season of the National Hockey League.

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1950–51 NHL season

The 1950–51 NHL season was the 34th season of the National Hockey League.

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1951–52 NHL season

The 1951–52 NHL season was the 35th season of the National Hockey League.

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1952–53 NHL season

The 1952–53 NHL season was the 36th season of the National Hockey League.

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1953 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1953 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Boston Bruins and the Montreal Canadiens.

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1953–54 NHL season

The 1953–54 NHL season was the 37th season of the National Hockey League.

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1954 Stanley Cup Finals

The 1954 Stanley Cup Finals was contested by the Detroit Red Wings and the defending champion Montreal Canadiens, in their fourth-straight Finals.

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50 goals in 50 games

The phrase "50 goals in 50 games" refers to the act of scoring 50 goals within the first 50 games of a National Hockey League (NHL) season.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_Lach

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