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Phil Watson

{{short description|Canadian ice hockey player and coach}}

{{about|the ice hockey player|the football (soccer) player|Phil Watson (footballer)}}

{{Infobox ice hockey player

| image = Phil Watson.png

| image_size = 230px

| position = Right Wing

| shoots = Right

| height_ft = 5

| height_in = 11

| weight_lb = 165

| played_for = Montreal Canadiens
New York Rangers

| birth_date = {{birth date|1914|4|24|mf=y}}

| birth_place = Montreal, Quebec, Canada

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|2|1|1914|4|24}}

| death_place = Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

| career_start = 1935

| career_end = 1948

}}

Joseph Philippe Henri Watson (April 24, 1914 — February 1, 1991) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player and coach in the National Hockey League. He played for the Montreal Canadiens and New York Rangers between 1936 and 1948, and coached the Rangers from 1955 to 1960 and the Boston Bruins from 1961 to 1963. He was born in Montreal, Quebec.

Coaching career

Soon after retiring as a player, Watson became a coach. He was head coach of:

Awards and achievements

Personal life

He married a model named Helen Anderson on March 29, 1939 in New York.{{cite web|url=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv=1&dbid=61406&h=1427699&tid=&pid=&queryId=e3a12296-230f-411c-a583-55426c98e3a4&usePUB=true&_phsrc=JKy511&_phstart=successSource&_gl=1*ltah20*_gcl_au*ODM5NDg0MDIzLjE3MjgyOTI4NTI.*_ga*MTQxMjgwODU0Ny4xNzI4MjkyODU5*_ga_4QT8FMEX30*ZmU3ZjRlYjgtNWUwMC00NDIwLWJhOWEtMzkxYTRkZmI4NzZmLjI4LjEuMTczMDYxNTEyNS40MS4wLjA.*_ga_LMK6K2LSJH*ZmU3ZjRlYjgtNWUwMC00NDIwLWJhOWEtMzkxYTRkZmI4NzZmLjI4LjEuMTczMDYxNTEyNS4wLjAuMA..|title=Ancestry|website=www.ancestry.com}} The couple had a daughter named Jan, who'd later appear in several films.

Legacy

In the 2009 book 100 Ranger Greats, the authors ranked Watson at No. 76 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=60}}

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

1932–33

| Montreal St. Francis Xavier

| MCJHL

| 11

1051516

| 2

0000
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1933–34

| Montreal St. Francis Xavier

| MCJHL

| 16

761314

| —

————
1934–35

| Montreal Jr. Royals

| QJHL

| 19

771424

| 7

1234
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1935–36

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 24

02224

| —

————
1935–36

| Philadelphia Ramblers

| Can-Am

| 22

951432

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1936–37

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

11172822

| 9

0229
1937–38

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

7253252

| 3

0220
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1938–39

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

15223742

| 7

1127
1939–40

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

7283542

| 12

36916
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1940–41

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 40

11253649

| 3

0229
1941–42

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

15375258

| 6

1458
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1942–43

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 46

14284244

| —

————
1943–44

| Montreal Canadiens

| NHL

| 44

17324961

| 9

35816
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1944–45

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 45

1181924

| —

————
1945–46

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 49

12142643

| —

————
bgcolor="#f0f0f0"

| 1946–47

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 48

6121817

| —

————
1947–48

| New York Rangers

| NHL

| 54

18153354

| 5

2352
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! colspan="3" | NHL totals

! 590 !! 144 !! 265 !! 409 !! 532

! 54 !! 10 !! 25 !! 35 !! 67

Coaching record

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rowspan="2"|Teamrowspan="2"|Yearcolspan="6"|Regular seasoncolspan="1"|Post season
GWLTPtsDivision rankResult
NYR||1955–56

|70||32||28||10||74||3rd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals

NYR||1956–57

|70||26||30||14||66||4th in NHL||Lost in semi-finals

NYR||1957–58

|70||32||25||13||77||2nd in NHL||Lost in semi-finals

NYR||1958–59

|70||26||32||12||64||5th in NHL||DNQ

NYR||1959–60

|15||3||9||3||9||6th in NHL||Fired

BOS||1961–62

|70||15||47||8||38||6th in NHL||DNQ

BOS||1962–63

|14||1||8||5||7||6th in NHL||Fired

PHI (WHA) ||1972–73

|71||37||34||0||74||3rd in East Division||Lost in first round

VAN (WHA) ||1973–74

|12||3||9||0||6||5th in West Division||Fired

colspan="2"|NHL Total ||379||135||179||65||335
colspan="2"| WHA Total ||83||40||43||0||80

References

{{reflist}}

External links

  • {{icehockeystats|legends=14651}}
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927195942/http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_23.shtml Picture of Phil Watson's Name on the 1940 Stanley Cup Plaque]
  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20070927200003/http://www.hhof.com/html/exSCJ05_16.shtml Picture of Phil Watson's Name on the 1944 Stanley Cup Plaque]

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{{succession box | before = Muzz Patrick | title = Head coach of the New York Rangers | years = 1955–59 | after = Muzz Patrick}}

{{succession box | before = Milt Schmidt | title = Head coach of the Boston Bruins | years = 1961–62 | after = Milt Schmidt}}

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