Elwin Romnes

{{Short description|American ice hockey player and coach}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image =

| image_size =

| position = Center

| shoots = Left

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 156

| played_for = Chicago Black Hawks
Toronto Maple Leafs
New York Americans

| birth_date = {{birth date|1907|1|1}}

| birth_place = White Bear Lake, Minnesota, U.S.

| death_date = {{death date and age|1984|7|21|1907|1|1}}

| death_place = Colorado Springs, Colorado, U.S.

| career_start = 1927

| career_end = 1940

{{Infobox college coach|embed=yes

| coach_years1 = 1941–1945

| coach_team1 = Michigan Tech

| coach_years2 = 1947–1952

| coach_team2 = Minnesota

| overall_record = 56–74–3

}}}}

Elwin Nelson "Doc" Romnes (January 1, 1907 – July 21, 1984) was an American ice hockey player and coach. He played professionally in the National Hockey League (NHL) with the Chicago Black Hawks, Toronto Maple Leafs, and New York Americans from 1930 to 1940. He won the Lady Byng Trophy in 1935–36 for sportsmanship and gentlemanly play, and with Chicago won the Stanley Cup twice, in 1934 and 1938.

Following his player career, Romnes was head coach of the Michigan Tech Huskies from 1941 to 1945 (including two years when the program was suspended during World War II), and the Minnesota Golden Gophers from 1947 until 1952. He was inducted into the United States Hockey Hall of Fame in 1973.{{cite web|url=https://www.ushockeyhall.com/page/show/3003337-elwin-doc-romnes|title=Elwin "Doc" Romes|publisher=UShockeyhall.com|accessdate=March 5, 2022}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! colspan="5"|Regular season

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! colspan="5"|Playoffs

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

! GP !! G !! A !! Pts !! PIM

1927–28

| St. Paul Saints

| AHA

| 40

23516

| —

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| 1928–29

| St. Paul Saints

| AHA

| 39

731022

| 8

2026
1929–30

| St. Paul Saints

| AHA

| 36

1541926

| —

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| 1930–31

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 30

57128

| 9

1122
1930–31

| London Tecumsehs

| IHL

| 13

551014

| —

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| 1931–32

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 18

1016

| 2

0000
1931–32

| Pittsburgh Yellow Jackets

| IHL

| 31

112136

| —

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| 1932–33

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 47

1012222

| —

1933–34

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 47

821296

| 8

2790
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| 1934–35

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 35

1014248

| 2

0000
1935–36

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 48

1325386

| 2

1230
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| 1936–37

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 28

414182

| —

1937–38

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 44

1022324

| 12

2462
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| 1938–39

| Chicago Black Hawks

| NHL

| 12

0440

| —

1938–39

| Toronto Maple Leafs

| NHL

| 36

716230

| 10

1450
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| 1939–40

| New York Americans

| NHL

| 15

0110

| —

1939–40

| Omaha Knights

| AHA

| 14

1219316

| 9

3470
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 360 !! 68 !! 136 !! 204 !! 42

! 45 !! 7 !! 18 !! 25 !! 4

Head coaching record

{{CBB Yearly Record Start | type = | conference = | postseason = | poll = }}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Michigan Tech Huskies men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#000000; {{box-shadow border|a|#FFCD00|2px}}

|startyear = 1941

|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)

|conference = Independent

|endyear = 1943

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1941–42

| name = Michigan Tech

| overall = 3–6–3

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1942–43

| name = Michigan Tech

| overall = 1–9–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Michigan Tech

| overall = 4–15–3

| confrecord =

}}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#862334; {{box-shadow border|a|#FBB93C|2px}}

|startyear = 1947

|conflong = NCAA Division I independent schools (ice hockey)

|conference = Independent

|endyear = 1951

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1947–48

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 9–12–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1948–49

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 11–11–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1949–50

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 5–11–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1950–51

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 14–12–0

| conference =

| confstanding =

| postseason =

| poll =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 39–46–0

| confrecord =

}}

{{CIH yearly record subhead

|name = Minnesota Golden Gophers men's ice hockey

|color = color:white; background:#862334; {{box-shadow border|a|#FBB93C|2px}}

|startyear = 1951

|conflong = Western Collegiate Hockey Association

|conference = MCHL

|endyear = 1952

|}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Entry

| championship =

| season = 1951–52

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 13–13–0

| conference = 5–7–0

| confstanding = 5th

| postseason =

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record Subtotal

| name = Minnesota

| overall = 13–13–0

| confrecord = 5–7–0

}}

{{CBB Yearly Record End

| overall = 56–74–3

| legend = no

}}

Awards and achievements

References

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