March 8, 1937(1937-03-08) (aged 34) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Height
5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight
165 lb (75 kg; 11 st 11 lb)
Position
Centre
Shot
Left
Played for
Montreal Canadiens Chicago Black Hawks New York Rangers
Playing career
1923–1937
Howard William Morenz (September 21, 1902 – March 8, 1937) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. Beginning in 1923, he played centre for three National Hockey League (NHL) teams: the Montreal Canadiens (in two stints), the Chicago Black Hawks, and the New York Rangers. Before joining the NHL, Morenz excelled in the junior Ontario Hockey Association, where his team played for the Memorial Cup, the championship for junior ice hockey in Canada. In the NHL, he was one of the most dominant players in the league and set several league scoring records. A strong skater, Morenz was referred to as the "Stratford Streak" and "Mitchell Meteor" in reference to his speed on the ice.
Considered one of the first stars of the NHL, Morenz played 14 seasons in the league. He was a member of a Stanley Cup–winning team three times, all with the Canadiens. During his NHL career he placed in the top 10 leading scorers ten times. For seven straight seasons, Morenz led the Canadiens in both goals scored and points. He was named the winner of the Hart Trophy as the most valuable player of the league three times, and he led the league once in goals scored and twice in points scored. After the introduction of All-Star teams in 1931, he was named to the NHL first All-Star team twice and the NHL second All-Star team once.
Morenz died from complications of a broken leg, an injury he suffered in a game. After his death, the Canadiens retired his jersey number, the first time the team had done so for any player. When the Hockey Hall of Fame opened in 1945, Morenz was one of the original nine inductees. In 1950, the Canadian Press named him the best ice hockey player of the first half of the 20th century, and in 2017 the NHL included him on their list of the 100 greatest players in league history.
Frederick Morenz and Rosena (Rose) Pauli, HowieMorenz had three sisters, Freda, Erma and Gertrude, and two brothers, Wilfred and Ezra. Morenz learned his...
nine initial player inductees, including two Canadiens: HowieMorenz and Georges Vezina. Morenz was considered hockey's first superstar, and in 1950 was...
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HowieMorenz is an outdoor sculpture of the Canadian professional ice hockey player of the same name, installed outside Montreal's Bell Centre, in Quebec...
they won their first NHL Stanley Cup during the 1923–24 season, led by HowieMorenz. The team moved from the Mount Royal Arena to the Montreal Forum for...
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his playing career. In 1937, the HowieMorenz Memorial Game was held to raise money for the family of HowieMorenz of the Canadiens, who died from complications...
their usual form and George Hainsworth picked up a shutout. In game two, HowieMorenz scored what proved to be the winning goal at 17:50 of the second period...
artificial ice. Rookie forward HowieMorenz scored a hat trick in game one and a further goal in game two to lead the Canadiens. Morenz also was leveled by Calgary...
continue his playing career. In 1937 the HowieMorenz Memorial Game was held to raise money for the family of HowieMorenz of the Montreal Canadiens who died...
history, after his father Dan, grandfather Bernie and great-grandfather HowieMorenz. He was traded to the Montreal Canadiens in 2012 and while playing with...
June 19 – Guy Lombardo, bandleader and violinist (d.1977) June 21 – HowieMorenz, ice hockey player (d.1937) July 15 – Donald Creighton, historian (d...
the second period and HowieMorenz scored an insurance goal in the third period. It ended a nine-game goalless streak for Morenz. The 1931 Stanley Cup...
Geoffrion's widow Marlene is the daughter of fellow Hockey Hall of Famer HowieMorenz and the granddaughter of the sister of the wife of Billy Coutu, the only...
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leagues throughout his career and played with the NHL All-Stars in the HowieMorenz Memorial Game in 1937. He won two Stanley Cup championships with the...
Jackson knocked over his idol HowieMorenz with a bodycheck. Assessing the youngster's potential following the hit, Morenz offered, "you'll do." Jackson...
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