Mac Colville

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Mac Colville, Neil Colville Alex Shibicky 1938.jpg

| image_size = 230px

| caption = Mac Colville, Neil Colville and Alex Shibicky in 1938. All three are ranked in the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats.

| position = Right wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 8

| weight_lb = 175

| played_for = New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1916|1|8|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|2003|5|27|1916|1|8|mf=y}}

| death_place = Calgary, Alberta, Canada

| career_start = 1935

| career_end = 1951

}}

Matthew Lamont "Mac" Colville (January 8, 1916 – May 27, 2003) was a professional ice hockey right winger. He played for the New York Rangers between 1935 and 1947, winning the Stanley Cup in 1940.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/02/obituaries/02COLV.html|title=Mac Colville, 87, a Mainstay for the Rangers|newspaper=The New York Times|date=2 June 2003|last1=Goldstein|first1=Richard}}

A native of Edmonton, Alberta, he was brother of Hall of Fame hockey player Neil Colville.

Legacy

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Colville at No. 55 all-time of the 901 New York Rangers who had played during the team's first 82 seasons.{{cite book|url= https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6860998-100-ranger-greats#bookDetails |title=100 Ranger Greats: Superstars, Unsung Heroes and Colorful Characters |first1=Russ |last1=Cohen |first2=John |last2=Halligan |first3=Adam |last3=Raider |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |isbn= 978-0470736197 |date=2009 |access-date=February 3, 2020|page=102}}

Career statistics

=Regular season and playoffs=

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! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Regular season

! rowspan="100" bgcolor="#ffffff"|

! colspan="5"|Playoffs

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! Season

! Team

! League

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

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

1930–31

| Edmonton Poolers

| EJrHL

| 3

0000

| —

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| 1931–32

| Edmonton Y's Men

| AAHA

| —

| —

1932–33

| Edmonton Poolers

| EJrHL

| 11

| 3

0000
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| 1933–34

| Edmonton Athletic Club

| EJrHL

| 9

81912

| 2

1230
1933–34

| Edmonton Athletic Club

| M-Cup

| —

| 13

871510
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| 1934–35

| New York Crescents

| EAHL

| 21

5101526

| 8

4598
1935–36

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 18

1456

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1935–36

| Philadelphia Ramblers

| Can-Am

| 16

3151826

| 4

2240
1936–37

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 46

7121910

| 9

1232
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| 1937–38

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

14142818

| 3

0220
1938–39

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

7212824

| 7

1234
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1939–40

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 47

7142112

| 12

3256
1940–41

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 47

14173118

| 3

1122
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| 1941–42

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 46

14163026

| 6

3140
1942–43

| Ottawa Commandos

| QSHL

| 19

771419

| 11

25710
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| 1942–43

| Ottawa Army

| OCHL

| 9

6394

| —

1942–43

| Ottawa Commandos

| Al-Cup

| —

| 12

1192015
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1943–44

| Red Deer Wheelers

| ASHL

| 16

491317

| 5

03314
1945–46

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 39

76138

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1946–47

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 14

0008

| —

1946–47

| New Haven Ramblers

| AHL

| 45

191028

| 2

0002
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| 1947–48

| Vancouver Canucks

| PCHL

| —

| —

1949–50

| New Haven Ramblers

| AHL

| —

| —

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| 1950–51

| Edmonton Flyers

| WHL

| 48

7182571

| 8

1120
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 353 !! 71 !! 104 !! 175 !! 130

! 40 !! 9 !! 10 !! 19 !! 14

Honors and awards

  • EAHL First All-Star Team, 1935
  • Won the Stanley Cup in 1940 with the New York Rangers

References

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