Eddie Barry (ice hockey)
{{short description|American ice hockey player}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Eddie Barry
| image = Ed Barry 1940.png
| image_size = 230px
| caption = Barry pictured c. 1940 at Northeastern University
| position = Left Wing
| played_for = Boston Bruins
| shoots = Left
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 10
| weight_lb = 180
| birth_date = {{birth date|1919|10|12}}
| birth_place = Wellesley, Massachusetts, U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2016|2|12|1919|10|12}}
| death_place = Needham, Massachusetts, U.S.
| career_start = 1941
| career_end = 1950
}}
Edward Thomas Barry (October 12, 1919 – February 12, 2016) was an American professional ice hockey player. Barry also played for the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Hockey League and the Boston Bruins, and later became the coach at Boston State College. He was inducted into the Northeastern University athletics Hall of Fame in 1976,[http://www.gonu.com/hall/ebarry.html Northeastern University Hall of Fame Inductee Profile] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015183507/http://gonu.com/hall/ebarry.html |date=2007-10-15 }} and the University of Massachusetts Boston Hall of Fame in 2003.{{cite news|url=https://www.boston.com/sports/golf/articles/2003/10/05/legend_continues_as_barry_enters_second_hall_of_fame/|title=Legend continues as Barry enters second Hall of Fame|last=Pave|first=Martin|date=5 October 2003|work=Boston Globe|accessdate=29 December 2009}}{{cite web |url=http://www.beaconsathletics.com/hallfame/masb-hallfame.html |title=Hall of Fame |work=UMass Boston Athletics |accessdate=29 December 2009 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100725024722/http://www.beaconsathletics.com/hallfame/masb-hallfame.html |archivedate=25 July 2010 }}
Playing career
Born in 1919, Barry learned to play hockey in his hometown of Wellesley, Massachusetts. He played briefly for Northeastern University in Boston,{{cite book|last=Cusick|first=Fred|title=Fred Cusick: voice of the Bruins|publisher=Sports Publishing LLC|year=2006|chapter=Northeastern and Eddie Barry|isbn=1-58261-981-6|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zGOkrNrrOfwC&pg=PT45}} but left school during his freshman year in the winter of 1940 to skate for the Boston Olympics of the Eastern Hockey League from 1941 to 1943, captaining the team in 1941 and 1942.
Following a brief tour of duty in the Coast Guard during the World War II era, when he played for the United States Coast Guard Cutters, Barry returned to play for the Boston Bruins for 19 games during the 1946–47 season, making him the first American to play for the Bruins since the 1920s. He rejoined the Olympics for four more seasons before becoming head coach in 1950.{{cite web|url=http://www.legendsofhockey.net/LegendsOfHockey/jsp/SearchPlayer.jsp?player=11925|title=Ed Thomas Barry|work=Legends of Hockey|accessdate=29 December 2009}} During his two seasons as coach, Barry went 63-51-7.{{cite web |url=http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=13325|title=Eddie Barry Hockey Stats and Profile |website=hockeyDB.com |access-date=May 29, 2022}} Barry was the head coach at Boston State College (now part of UMass Boston) from 1962 to 1982{{cite web|url=http://www.collegehockeynews.com/reports/coachHistory.php?cid=2041|title=Ed Barry Historical Record|work=College Hockey News|accessdate=29 December 2009}} and guided them to two ECAC Division II Tournaments and two NAIA tournaments. At Boston State, Barry founded the Codfish Bowl, a lower division version of the Beanpot. In 1965, BSC went 20–0. He was also a referee for several national collegiate championship games.
As a golfer, Barry won 12 club championships at the Charles River Country Club, Newton, the New England Amateur Championship, and New England and Massachusetts Senior Amateur titles. He is honored by a bronze plaque in front of the clubhouse. After leaving the Bruins, Barry went into the insurance business and became a partner at Barry and Farrell Insurance Agency in Needham, Massachusetts, where his son and grandchildren now work. He died on February 12, 2016.{{Cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/bostonglobe/obituary.aspx?n=edward-t-barry-eddie&pid=177719768&fhid=15270|title = EDWARD T. "EDDIE" BARRY Obituary (1919 - 2016) Boston Globe|website = Legacy.com}} Later in the Fall of 2016, the hockey rink in the Clark Athletic Center at UMass/Boston was renamed Edward T. Barry Rinkhttps://beaconsathletics.com/sports/2020/5/28/inside-athletics-ice-rink.aspx
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Regular season ! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! colspan="5"|Playoffs | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! Season ! Team ! League ! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM | ||||||||
| 1939–40
| Uni | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1940–41 | EAHL | 25 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24
| 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 |
| 1941–42
| Boston Olympics | EAHL | 45 | 19 | 6 | 25 | 40
| 6 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 13 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1942–43 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 7 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1942–43
| United States Coast Guard Cutters | EAHL | 31 | 20 | 17 | 37 | 17
| 12 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 13 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1943–44 | United States Coast Guard Cutters | EAHL | 37 | 22 | 20 | 42 | 28
| 12 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 8 |
| 1945–46
| Boston Olympics | EAHL | 48 | 26 | 25 | 51 | 57
| 8 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 4 |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1946–47 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 32 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 61
| 11 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 1946–47
| NHL | 19 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1947–48 | Boston Olympics | QSHL | 40 | 18 | 10 | 28 | 47
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1947–48
| Boston Olympics | EAHL | 20 | 17 | 8 | 25 | 69
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1948–49 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | 23 | 15 | 13 | 28 | 43
| — | — | — | — | — |
| 1949–50
| Boston Olympics | EAHL | 13 | 10 | 2 | 12 | 23
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#f0f0f0"
| 1950–51 | Boston Olympics | EAHL | — | — | — | — | —
| — | — | — | — | — |
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | EAHL totals ! 258 !! 146 !! 101 !! 247 !! 341 ! 42 !! 26 !! 23 !! 49 !! 43 | ||||||||
| bgcolor="#e0e0e0"
! colspan="3" | NHL totals ! 19 !! 1 !! 3 !! 4 !! 2 ! — !! — !! — !! — !! — |
References
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External links
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Category:American men's ice hockey left wingers
Category:Boston Bruins players
Category:Boston Olympics players
Category:Ice hockey players from Massachusetts
Category:Northeastern Huskies men's ice hockey players
Category:Sportspeople from Wellesley, Massachusetts
Category:United States Coast Guard Cutters players
Category:United States Coast Guard enlisted
Category:United States Coast Guard personnel of World War II