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

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! Season

! Team

! League

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

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

1929–30

| Montreal Victorias

| MCJHL

| 10

3034

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1930–31

| Montreal AAA

| MCJHL

| 10

70710

| 2

1012
1930–31

| Montreal AAA

| MCHL

| —

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1930–31

| Montreal AAA

| Mem-Cup

| —

| 4

4374
1931–32

| Montreal AAA

| MCHJL

| 10

891710

| 2

2026
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1931–32

| Montreal AC

| MCHL

| —

| 1

0000
1931–32

| Montreal AAA

| Mem-Cup

| —

| 6

55102
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1932–33

| Montreal Royals

| MCHL

| 8

0000

| 6

02211
1932–33

| Montreal Royals

| Al-Cup

| —

| 6

02211
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1933–34

| Charlottetown Abbies

| MSHL

| 39

14112567

| 3

1012
1934–35

| St. Louis Eagles

| NHL

| 25

3101314

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1934–35

| Charlottetown Abbies

| MSHL

| 20

16112727

| —

1935–36

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 46

681430

| 7

1122
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1936–37

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 47

54912

| 8

2020
1937–38

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 9

0112

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1937–38

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| IAHL

| 39

7202726

| 2

0220
1938–39

| Detroit Red Wings

| NHL

| 32

49134

| 4

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1938–39

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| IAHL

| 6

2680

| —

1939–40

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| IAHL

| 54

20204022

| 9

2579
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1940–41

| Pittsburgh Hornets

| AHL

| 25

416208

| —

1940–41

| New York Americans

| NHL

| 11

3582

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1940–41

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 19

614206

| 3

2130
1941–42

| Brooklyn Americans

| NHL

| 7

0114

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1941–42

| Springfield Indians

| AHL

| 46

33447711

| 5

1674
1942–43

| Moncton RCAF Flyers

| NBDHL

| 4

9615

| 4

481212
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1943–44

| Moncton RCAF Flyers

| NBDHL

| 4

4370

| —

1943–44

| Charlottetown All-Stars

| PEI-Sr

| 4

3692

| —

bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1943–44

| Saint John Garrison

| Exhib

| 4

67130

| 2

2130
1943–44

| Saint John Beavers

| Al-Cup

| —

| 3

6390
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1944–45

| Charlottetown #2

| PEI-Sr

| 8

715227

| 2

3140
1944–45

| New Glasgow Bombers

| NSAPC

| 2

3360

| 5

114150
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1944–45

| New Glasgow Bombers

| Al-Cup

| —

| 3

55100
1946–47

| New Glasgow Bombers

| NSAPC

| 16

141428

| 3

2130
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1946–47

| New Glasgow Bombers

| Al-Cup

| —

| 2

0000
1947–48

| University of New Brunswick

| YCHL

| 1

0330

| 4

46102
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1948–49

| University of New Brunswick

| YCHL

| 3

2130

| 5

65110
1949–50

| University of New Brunswick

| SNBHL

| 5

75124

| 1

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1951–52

| University of New Brunswick

| Exhib

| 1

0330

| —

bgcolor="#e0e0e0"

! 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

References

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