Pete Kelly (ice hockey)
{{Short description|Canadian ice hockey player}}
{{More footnotes|date=April 2020}}
{{Infobox ice hockey player
| name = Pete Kelly
| image =
| caption =
| image_size = 230px
| position = Right wing
| shoots = Right
| height_ft = 5
| height_in = 11
| weight_lb = 170
| played_for = St. Louis Eagles
Detroit Red Wings
New York Americans
Brooklyn Americans
| birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1913|5|22}}
| birth_place = St. Vital, Manitoba, Canada
| death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|2004|3|22|1913|5|22}}
| death_place = Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada
| career_start = 1934
| career_end = 1942
}}
Peter Cameron Kelly (May 22, 1913 – March 22, 2004) was a Canadian ice hockey right winger who played for several NHL teams.
Career
Kelly played seven seasons in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Eagles, Detroit Red Wings, New York Americans and Brooklyn Americans. He won the Stanley Cup twice in his career, with the Detroit Red Wings in 1936 and 1937. After leaving the NHL in 1942 he continue to play senior hockey for several years, finally retiring in 1952.
He was the last surviving former player of the St. Louis Eagles, a team that played just one season in the NHL (1934–35) after relocating from Ottawa.
Later life and death
In his post-hockey career, Kelly directed athletics at the University of New Brunswick.{{cite news |title=PETE KELLY WINS CHAMPIONSHIP ROUND AT FUNDY PARK TOURNEY |url=https://da.tj.news/viewer?opub=The_Daily_Gleaner&date=19530914&page=6&filename=0123_DG_A7372 |access-date=17 September 2023 |work=The Daily Gleaner |date=September 14, 1953}} He died in 2004 at the Dr. Everett Chalmers Hospital in Fredericton, at the age of 90.{{cite web |title=Peter KELLY - Obituary #162211 |url=https://www.mesaieux.com/Obituary/Peter-KELLY/162211 |website=YourFolks.com |access-date=16 January 2024 |language=en}}
Career statistics
=Regular season and playoffs=
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! colspan="3" bgcolor="#ffffff"| ! 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 | ||||||||
1929–30
| MCJHL | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1930–31 | MCJHL | 10 | 7 | 0 | 7 | 10
| 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1930–31
| Montreal AAA | MCHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1930–31 | Montreal AAA | Mem-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 4 |
1931–32
| Montreal AAA | MCHJL | 10 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 10
| 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
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| 1931–32 | Montreal AC | MCHL | — | — | — | — | —
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1931–32
| Montreal AAA | Mem-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 2 |
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| 1932–33 | MCHL | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
1932–33
| Montreal Royals | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 6 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 11 |
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| 1933–34 | Charlottetown Abbies | MSHL | 39 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 67
| 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
1934–35
| NHL | 25 | 3 | 10 | 13 | 14
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1934–35 | Charlottetown Abbies | MSHL | 20 | 16 | 11 | 27 | 27
| — | — | — | — | — |
1935–36
| NHL | 46 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 30
| 7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
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| 1936–37 | Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 47 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 12
| 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
1937–38
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 9 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1937–38 | IAHL | 39 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 26
| 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
1938–39
| Detroit Red Wings | NHL | 32 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 4
| 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1938–39 | Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 6 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
1939–40
| Pittsburgh Hornets | IAHL | 54 | 20 | 20 | 40 | 22
| 9 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 9 |
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| 1940–41 | Pittsburgh Hornets | AHL | 25 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 8
| — | — | — | — | — |
1940–41
| NHL | 11 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1940–41 | AHL | 19 | 6 | 14 | 20 | 6
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
1941–42
| NHL | 7 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1941–42 | Springfield Indians | AHL | 46 | 33 | 44 | 77 | 11
| 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 |
1942–43
| Moncton RCAF Flyers | NBDHL | 4 | 9 | 6 | 15 | —
| 4 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 12 |
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| 1943–44 | Moncton RCAF Flyers | NBDHL | 4 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
1943–44
| Charlottetown All-Stars | PEI-Sr | 4 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2
| — | — | — | — | — |
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| 1943–44 | Saint John Garrison | Exhib | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 0
| 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
1943–44
| Saint John Beavers | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 3 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 0 |
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| 1944–45 | Charlottetown #2 | PEI-Sr | 8 | 7 | 15 | 22 | 7
| 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
1944–45
| New Glasgow Bombers | NSAPC | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 0
| 5 | 11 | 4 | 15 | 0 |
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| 1944–45 | New Glasgow Bombers | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 0 |
1946–47
| New Glasgow Bombers | NSAPC | 16 | 14 | 14 | 28 | —
| 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
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| 1946–47 | New Glasgow Bombers | Al-Cup | — | — | — | — | —
| 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1947–48
| YCHL | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0
| 4 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 |
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| 1948–49 | University of New Brunswick | YCHL | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0
| 5 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 0 |
1949–50
| University of New Brunswick | SNBHL | 5 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4
| 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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| 1951–52 | University of New Brunswick | Exhib | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0
| — | — | — | — | — |
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! colspan="3"| IAHL/AHL totals ! 189 !! 72 !! 120 !! 192 !! 73 ! 19 !! 5 !! 14 !! 19 !! 13 | ||||||||
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! colspan="3"| NHL totals ! 177 !! 21 !! 38 !! 59 !! 68 ! 19 !! 3 !! 1 !! 4 !! 2 |
Awards and achievements
- Stanley Cup Championships (1936 & 1937)
- AHL Scoring Champion (1942)
- AHL First All-Star Team (1942)
- Honoured Member of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
- Two Section One Championships (2003 & 2004)
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{icehockeystats|legends=13176}}
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