Ken Randall's Hockey Career
1906 - 1932
Kenneth Fenwick Randall
1906 - 1907 Lindsay Midgets - Ontario Hockey Association - Junior
Lindsay played in the junior league and was eliminated from the final four OHA by the Stratford Indians.
1907 - 1908 Lindsay Midgets - Ontario Hockey Association - Intermediate
Lindsay played in the intermediate league and was eliminated by Midland from the final four OHA group that year. Midland then beat out Collingwood in the finals.
1908 - 1909 Lindsay Midgets - Ontario Hockey Association - Intermidiate
Ontario Provincial Champions
Ken played centre and right wing. Lindsay did not lose a game during the regular season or the playoffs. In March 1909 they defeated Stratford 7-2 in Lindsay and 5-3 in Stratford to win the Ontario Provincial Championship.
1909 - 1910 Brantford Redmen - Ontario Professional Hockey League
Signed as a free agent January 5, 1910.
Position: Center/Rover
Selected for the OPHL Second All Star Team.
1910 - 1911 Port Hope Professionals - Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League
Position: Centre
Ken led the Port Hope Professionals in scoring with 19 goals in 6 games.
Selected for the EOPHL First All Star Team
1911 - 1912 Saskatoon Hoo Hoos - Saskatoon Professional Hockey League
No information at this time
1911 - 1912 Saskatoon Real Estates - Saskatoon Professional Hockey League
No information at this time
1911 - 1912 Montreal Wanderers - National Hockey Association
Ken played one game against the Canadiens this season.
Vancouver's Denman Arena opened in 1912 with artificial ice, one of the first.
1912 - 1913 The Torontos - National Hockey Association
Position: Right Wing
Bruce Ridpath the coach and Frank Carroll the assistant coach of The Torontos gave Ken a try out during the regular season. Ken played 2 games and was sent to the Sydney Millionaires.
1912 - 1913 Sydney Millionaires - Maritime Professional Hockey Association
Signed as a free agent after release by Torontos (NHA) December 29, 1912.
Position: Forward
Maritime Professional Hockey Association Champions and Stanley Cup Playoffs
Sydney played Quebec for the Stanley Cup. Unfortunately they were out of their depth and were soundly beaten by Joe Malone and the Quebec Bulldogs. Malone scored 9 goals in one of the games. Ken played as a forward for the Sydney team and was identified as the only star player on the team. As a result was given another tryout with the Toronto Blueshirts the following season.
The Maritime Professional Hockey Association existed between 1911 and 1914. In the first season there were four teams, they played each other six times (three home, three away). In the second season there were five teams, they played each other four times (two home, two away). In the final season there were four teams, they played each other eight times (four home, four away).
The Sydney Millionaires played in the Maritime Professional Hockey Association 1912-14 and the Eastern Professional Hockey League 1914-15.They also played in the Cape Breton Hockey League 1949-50.
1913 - 1914 Sydney Millionaires - Maritime Professional Hockey Association
Maritime Professional Hockey Association Champions
The Sydney team won MPHA championship but did not play for the Stanley Cup in 1914. There was the intention of doing so but the league ended with a tie for the lead. New Glasgow and Sydney held a two game, total goal series to name the MPHA champion. Given the deadline set by the Stanley Cup trustees, the series ended too late for a challenge.
From the Hockey Research Association web page provided by Joseph Nieforth.
“On January 28th 1914 the Halifax Crescents travelled to Sydney for a match against the Millionaires. Two weeks earlier the teams had met in a close fought contest. The game on the 28th would be just as tight with the game ending tied after three periods. The teams then went to overtime to settle the deadlock.
Ken Randall managed to break through the Halifax defence and seemed certain to net the game winner. Andy Kyle, the Halifax point, managed to get close enough to Randall that he threw his stick ahead of Ken and knocked the puck safely away. As a result the referee, J.H. Brown, blew the whistle to penalise Kyle for throwing his stick. As Kyle was heading for the box Randall started to follow the defenceman. According to witnesses Ken said something along the line that Kyle was a coward for his stick throwing. It was at this point that Kyle decided he had heard enough and swung his stick into Randall's back. The force was enough to send Randall to the ice.
It was at that point that the home crowd started to surge forward to demand justice for their star player. The police moved onto the ice at the insistence of Mayor Gunn of Sydney to remove Andy Kyle for the purpose of arresting him.
Shortly after play resumed the Millionaires scored the winning goal. Andy Kyle was taken to the town jail. He was released on bail and later fined $15 for his actions.
While the law had taken care of Andy Kyle, the league chose to look into the actions of Ken Randall. J.C. Lithgow, acting president of the MPHA, decided that Randall had instigated the assault and fined
him $ 5.00. Lithgow would later write to the newspapers explaining the disciplinary actions and the position of the league on Kyle's arrest.
What the incident brought up was where league discipline ends and public law begins. As we can see by the arrest of Marty McSorley recently, that debate remains with us”.
1914 - 1915 Sydney Millionaires - Eastern Professional Hockey League
Ken led the East Coast Professional Hockey League and Sydney with 11 goals in 8 games. He played as a forward.
The Maritime Professional Hockey League had broken up after the 1913-14 season over various disputes and the start of the first war. A three-team league operated for part of the 1914-15 season as the Eastern Professional Hockey League. The teams in the league were the Glace Bay Miners, New Glasgow Black Foxes and Sydney Millionaires. The Black Foxes folded on January 7, 1915 and the league disbanded February 7, 1915, no champion was declared.
1915 - 1916 Toronto Blueshirts - National Hockey Association
“With Eddie Livingston the new owner in Toronto, there was now room for a hard hitting tough player like Ken Randall.”
The Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto, John Morrison and Doug McLatchy, 1997
1916 - 1917 Toronto Blueshirts - National Hockey Association
Position: Defence
Feb. 4, 1917 Ken Randall of Toronto is suspended for one game by NHA for fighting with Quebec fans Feb. 3rd.
"The 1916-17 season also produced a number of on-ice
contretemps."
"Then a game between Toronto and Quebec was terminated with two minutes to play when a violent
brawl broke out, and officials, even with the help of police, were unable to restore order. Quebec fans tossed chairs and bottles at the Toronto players and attacked them as they ran for their waiting train after the game. Ken Randall of Toronto was suspended for a game or two for instigating a punchout with a fan during the fracas."
The Official National Hockey League 75th Anniversary Commemorative Book (1991)
(from an article on page 11 entitled "The Making of the NHL" by Brian McFarlane)
"This season had seen Toronto in the forefront of a huge off-ice face off between the Toronto Blueshirts owner, Eddie Livingstone and the N.H.A. (National Hockey Association). The dispute culminated in Toronto being dropped from the game schedule in the second half of the 1916-1917 season and it's players being divided between the other clubs in the N.H.A. The effected players were Reg Noble who went to the Montreal Canadiens and Corb Dennenay who went to Ottawa.
Quebec waived their rights to players in favour of the Wanderers, who in addition to Harry Cameron also obtained Ken Randall and AIf Skinner. All players were returned to Toronto in time for the 1917 - 1918 season."
The Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto, John Morrison and Doug McLatchy, 1997
1916 - 1917 Montreal Wanderers - National Hockey Association
Assigned to the Montreal Wanders (NHA) by the NHA in the dispersal of the Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) players February 11, 1917.
Position: Left Wing Sweater # 14
Ken Randall, Harry Cameron and AIf Skinner played the second half of the season for the Wanderers. All players were returned to the Toronto Arenas (formally the Toronto Blueshirts} in time for the 1917 - 1918 season.
1917 - 1918 Torontos/Toronto Arenas - National Hockey League
Signed as a free agent from Montreal Wanderers December 9, 1917.
Voted Team Captain
Position: Defence. Sweater # 3
Played 21 Games, Annual Salary $550.00
The Toronto Arenas and the Montreal Canadiens tied for league championship. In the playoffs the Arenas defeated the Canadiens to win the first NHL Championship. Toronto went on to defeat the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to become the first NHL Stanley Cup Champions. In penalty minutes he ranked 2nd with 96 behind Joe Hall's league leading 100. Ken's salary for the year was $550.00 the total payroll for the team was $6250.00.
The Toronto Arenas (The Arena Hockey Club of Toronto) so called because they were the only hockey club officially sanctioned to play in the Toronto (Mutual Street) Arena.
The O'Brien Trophy
The O'Brien was originally the NHA's championship trophy. The NHL took it on in 1917-18 and it was awarded to the first-place team until the Wales Trophy was donated. The O'Brien was retired until 1927-28, when it was earmarked for the Canadian team with the best regular-season record. After the NHL dropped the two-division alignment, the O'Brien was awarded to the NHL's second-place finisher, until the trophy was retired, for the second time, in 1950. The New York Rangers were the first U.S.-based team to win the O'Brien Trophy, in 1939
1918 - 1919 Toronto Arenas - National Hockey League
Position: Defence Sweater # 3
Hat trick: February 11, 1919 vs. Montreal Canadiens
Ken was in the starting line-up as a defenceman, paired with Harry Cameron on Jan 5, 1918 at Toronto versus the Montreal Wanderers. The games were significant because the Wanderers rink had burned down 3 days earlier forcing the team to withdraw from the NHL. The Wanderers decided not to come to Toronto to play this scheduled game and so Toronto lined up for the opening face-off, took the puck down the ice and scored on the empty net. The players then left the ice, winning 1-0 by default. It is believed that the Arenas didn't want to lose the gate receipts and took a legal precaution by playing the game. I believe it is the only time in NHL history that such a "game" has been played.
“Randall was frequently in trouble with NHL brass. One incident, in February 1918, occurred after he finished serving a one-week suspension for quarreling with officials. Just before the start of a Toronto-Ottawa match on February 23, Arena's boss Charlie Querrie was told that Randall's suspension had been lightened to a $15 fine and that he would be permitted to play, provided he settled back fines totaling $35. Of course, Randall forked over the dough, $32 in bills and the remaining three bucks in pennies. The officials turned their noses up at the copper. Randall then filled a bag with the pennies and threw it out to center ice. An Ottawa player smashed open the bag with his stick. Players from both teams had to gather up every one of the pennies, which were scattered from net to net, and Randall was forced to produce the three dollars in bills. The final score of the game was Arena's 9 - Senators 3”.
From "The Globe & Mail" regarding game two of the NHL finals played March 13/18, 1919 in Montreal against the Canadiens:
"The Arenas refused to quit and that tells the whole story. For the entire first period the Canadiens hammered and battered these game youngsters. They put Ken Randall out of the game for keeps, cut Jack Adams's head to ribbons, battered Rusty Crawford from head to foot, sent Harry Mummery hobbling off halfway through the period with one leg limp from a sweeping slash, broke the teeth
of goalkeeper Harry Holmes, knocked out Harry Meeking and Alf Skinner, and bumped every other opposing player on the ice - but the Arenas didn't quit."
The Toronto Arenas placed third in the league. Ken missed the last game of the season (March 6, 1919) to play in Glace Bay.
The Montreal Canadiens won the NHL Championship and played the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association for the Stanley Cup. The Stanley Cup Playoffs were made up of five games all played at Seattle. The Canadiens had won one game and Seattle had won two. The fourth game was played to a tie. After 20 minutes of overtime the game was declared "no contest" by NHL President Frank Calder and not included in official records. The series was then halted by an outbreak of influenza among the players, resulting in the death of the Canadiens star Joe Hall. The Stanley Cup was not awarded for the 1918 - 1919 season.
The Toronto Arenas were reorganized as the Toronto St. Patricks in 1919 - 1920. Conn Smythe purchased the Toronto St. Patricks in 1926 -27, he changed the team's name to the Toronto Maple Leafs.
1918 - 1919 Sydney Millionaires - Maritime Independent Hockey League
During the 1918-1919 season the Arena's gave Ken permission to play for a professional team in Cape Breton if he so wished. Ken had been offered $700 to play a number games for the Sydney Millionaires. Sydney and Glace Bay had an eight game professional series during that winter, with Ken and Harry Meeking another Toronto team-mate, moving east to play. It appears Ken was given permission to play in the maritime league due to the disputes he was having in the NHL over fines. In addition there were some internal team problems within the Arenas and with the league.
1919 - 1920 Toronto St. Patricks - National Hockey League
Position: Right Wing Sweater # 3
The Toronto St. Pats placed third in the league. The Ottawa Senators defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the NHL Championship. Ottawa went on to defeat the Seattle Metropolitans of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to become Stanley Cup Champions.
1920 - 1921 Toronto St. Patricks - National Hockey League
Position: Right Wing Sweater # 3
National Hockey League Champions
Ken missed the first 3 games of this season due to a contract dispute. The St. Pats won the league but lost the NHL playoffs the Ottawa Senators. Ottawa then defeated the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association to win the Stanley Cup.
1921 - 1922 Toronto St. Patricks - National Hockey League
Position: Right Wing Sweater # 3
National Hockey League Playoff Champions and Stanley Cup Champions
The Ottawa Senators won the league but the Toronto St. Patricks defeated the Senators to win the NHL playoffs, The St. Pats then defeated the Vancouver Millionaires of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in a best of 5 series all games at Toronto, to become the Stanley Cup Champions.
1922 - 1923 Toronto St. Patricks - National Hockey League
Position: Right Wing Sweater # 8
The Toronto St. Pats placed third in the league. The Ottawa Senators won the league and defeated the Montreal Canadiens to win the NHL playoffs. They went on to beat the Vancouver Maroons of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association and the Edmonton Eskimos of the Western Canada Hockey League to become Stanley Cup Champions.
In March 1923 Foster Hewitt broadcasts radio's first hockey game.
1923 - 1924 Hamilton Tigers - National Hockey League
Position: Defence Sweater # 2 Voted Team Captain
On December 14, 1923 Ken was traded to Hamilton with the NHL rights to Corb Dennenay and cash for Amos Arbour, George Carey and Bert Corbeau. Ken went on to be the playing-manager for the Hamilton Tigers but since managing wasn't his forte he was soon replaced by Percy Lesueur.
The Hamilton Tigers placed fourth in the league. The Ottawa Senators won the league but lost the NHL playoff's to the Montreal Canadiens. The Canadiens went on to beat the Vancouver Maroons of the Pacific Coast Hockey Association in the semi-finals and the Calgary Tigers from the Western Canada Hockey League in the finals to win the Stanley Cup.
1924 - 1925 Hamilton Tigers - National Hockey League
Position: Defence & Right Wing Sweater: # 2
The Hamilton Tigers (formerly the Quebec Bulldogs) won the league. They were given a bye into the NHL playoffs. The players refused to play in the NHL playoffs unless they were paid an additional $200.00 each for the extra six games of the season. The owner(s) would not pay the additional salary. The Canadiens who defeated the St Pats in the NHL playoffs were selected by Frank Calder to play the Victoria Cougars of the Western Canada Hockey League. Victoria defeated Montreal and won the Stanley Cup. The Victoria Cougars were the last non NHL team to win the Stanley Cup.
The Hamilton Tigers were sold in 1925 renamed The New York Americans and moved to Madison Square Garden's.
1925 - 1926 New York Americans - National Hockey League
The Hamilton Tigers franchise and players were transferred to New York Americans after the NHL club purchased the franchise in September 26, 1925.
Position: Defence & Right Wing Sweater: # 2
The New York Americans defeated the Pittsburgh Pirates 3-1at MSG on December 26, 1925. The teams combined for 141 shots, still the league record
The Ottawa Senators won the league and were defeated by the Montreal Maroons who won the NHL Championship. The Montreal Maroons defeated the Victoria Cougars from the Western Canada Hockey League to win the Stanley Cup.
Tex Rickard built Madison Square Garden. Prohibition bootlegger Big Bill Dwyer built the ice and bought the Hamilton Tigers for $75,000 bringing them to New York. Rickard allowed the team an oral "no compete" clause that he voided when the Americans were very successful. The next year he started the New York Rangers and the rivalry began.
Rickard, a big-time fight promoter, ran the Madison Square Gardens and was not keen on hockey at all. According to legend, Dwyer needed something to launder his bootleg money. Perhaps he wanted some recognition other than the bootleg world. Henceforth, he took the opportunity to buy the Hamilton Tigers Hockey Club whose players were in revolt over playoff pay and were suspended by the league president at the time. Again according to legend, To Rickard, hockey was probably just another event that helped to fill the MSG dates in between boxing matches, six-day bicycle races, circus, etc. Yet he also quickly realized that hockey in a stable league, unlike these other single events, could potentially provide the MSG with a steady income. He then closed the old MSG down. With some financing by six wealthy investors who supposedly put up $5 million of the $5.65 million that Richard needed, he built a new MSG uptown on 8th Avenue between 49th and 50th streets.
The storey goes that as hockey became popular at MSG, Rickard thought he could make more money by identifying the hockey player's. He had numbers sewn to the back of the New York player's sweaters and sold programs at the games.
The Americans played in the NHL from 1925 to 1942 then became the Brooklyn Americans. The Brooklyn Americans were disbanded following the 1942 - 1943 season
1926 - 1927 New York Americans - National Hockey League
Position: Defence & Right Wing Sweater: # 2
The New York Americans were fourth in the Canadian Division of the National Hockey League ahead of the Toronto Maple Leafs who were in last place. The Ottawa Senators won the Canadian Division defeating the American Division winners Boston Bruins, for the NHL Championship and the Stanley Cup. 1926 - 1927. This marked the beginning of the period when the Stanley Cup was awarded to the NHL champions.
1926 - 1927 Niagara Falls Cataracts - Canadian Professional Hockey League
It is not clear from the available records. Ken was either claimed on waivers or loaned to Niagara Falls by the New York Americans for cash November 22, 1926
Position: Defence
1926 - 1927 Hamilton Tigers - Canadian Professional Hockey League
It is not clear from the available records. Ken was either traded by the Niagara Falls Cataracts for Francis Cain or loaned to the Hamilton Tigers by the New York Americans for cash on January 26, 1927
Position: Defence
The Hamilton Tigers finished the league in third place behind the Stratford Nationals and the London Panthers. They lost to the London Panthers in the playoffs.
1927 - 1928 Providence Reds - Canadian American Hockey League
Loaned to Providence by the New York Americans for cash December 7, 1927
Position: Defence
Providence finished the 1927-28 season with a record of 13-19-8 that season, for a 5th place finish out of a 6-team league.
1928 - 1929 New Haven Eagles - Canadian American Hockey League
Coach
New Haven finished the 1928-29 season with a record of 15-15-10 that season in third place behind the Boston Tigers and the Providence Reds. They lost to Providence in the playoffs.
The Eagles were part of the CAHL from 1926 to 1936, and subsequently the AHL from 1936 to 1943. They did not finish the 1943 season in New Haven. The Eagles' most notable distinction was finishing on top of the CAHL for the 1926-27 season.
1929 - 1930 Kitchener Dutchmen - Canadian Professional Hockey League
Coach
1930 - 1931 Oshawa Patricians -- Ontario Professional Hockey League
Position: Defence
Ken was named Manager of the Oshawa Patricians December 22, 1930.
The Ontario Professional Hockey League (OPHL) was formed on December 9, 1930. The teams are Niagara Falls Cataracts, Stratford Nationals, Oshawa Patricians, Kitchener Flying Dutchman, Guelph Maple Leafs and the Galt Terriers.
1931 - 1932 Amherst Ramblers -- Nova Scotia-Annapolis-Pictou Country Hockey League
Coach
Ken coached the Amherst Ramblers of the NSAPC to a division title and the R. R. Hickman Trophy for winning the Central Section Championship. He was let go on February 29,1932 in what appears to be an argument over money. The Ramblers did end up paying Ken his $500 bonus for winning the division even though it was to be awarded for winning the championship. The Ramblers went on through the first round but lost in the second round of playoffs.
Ken Randall gave up coaching following his jobs in Oshawa and Amherst. He became a referee in the Toronto area and was selected as a referee, for the 1932-33 Ontario Hockey Association Big Six junior group, in a meeting at Maple Leaf Gardens. On the side he handled Mercantile-Major Commercial League games. Randall continued with the Mercantile loop for several seasons before taking over the leads of the Royal York club, of the Toronto Hockey League. The position only lasted a month since he was a replacement coach.
Ken Randall's hockey career would come full circle in September 1936 when he became the coach for Lindsay, of the OHA. After close to thirty years in hockey, he was back where he had begun.
During his career Ken Randall witnessed four name changes for the Toronto professional hockey team and played in 11 different professional leagues. Ken played on 7 championship teams during his 25 seasons 1909, 1913, 1914, 1918, 1921, 1922 and 1925. The Stanley Cup was a big part of Ken's career; he competed in the Stanley Cup playoffs in 1913, 1918, and 1922 and won the famous cup in 1918 and 1922. In 1925 the Hamilton Tigers won the National Hockey League Championship but they decided to strike for additional money fro games played. The owner(s) refused to pay the money and the Tigers lost their chance to play for the Stanley Cup.
1908-9 Lindsay Midgets - Ontario Provincial Champions
1910-11 Brantford Indians - Ontario Professional Hockey League Second All Star Team
1911-12 Port Hope Professionals - Eastern Ontario Professional Hockey League First All Star Team
1912-13 Sydney Millionaires - Maritime Professional Hockey Association Champions
1913-14 Sydney Millionaires - Maritime Professional Hockey Association Champions
1917-18 Toronto Arena's - The first NHL Playoff Champions
- The first NHL Stanley Cup Champions
1920-21 Toronto St. Pat's - NHL Champions
1921-22 Toronto St. Pat's - NHL Playoff Champions
1924-25 Hamilton Tigers - NHL Champions
1930-31 Oshawa Patricans - Ontario Professional Hockey League
| Career Statistics | ||||||||||||
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | P | PIM | GP | G | A | PT | PIM |
| 1906-7 | Lindsay Midgets | O.H.A. Jr. | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||
| 1907-8 | Lindsay Midgets | O.H.A. | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1908-9 | Lindsay Midgets | O.H.A. | Statistics Not Available | |||||||||
| Amateur League Totals | 10 | 12 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 9 | ||||
| 1909-10 | Brantford Redmen | O.P.H.L. | 10 | 10 | 0 | 10 | ||||||
| 1910-11 | Port Hope Professionals | E.O.P.H.L. | 6 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 4 | ||
| 1911-12 | Montreal Wanderers | N.H.A. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Saskatoon Hoo Hoos | S.P.H.L | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| Saskatoon Real Estates | S.P.H.L | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||
| 1912-13 | Toronto Blueshirts | N.H.A. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
| Sydney Millionaires | M.P.H.A. | 12 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1913-14 | Sydney Millionaires | M.P.H.A. | 24 | 28 | 0 | 28 | 68 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 1914-15 | Sydney Millionaires | E.P.H.L | 8 | 11 | 0 | 11 | 17 | |||||
| 1915-16 | Toronto Blueshirts | N.H.A. | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 111 | |||||
| 1916-17 | Toronto Blueshirts | N.H.A. | 13 | 8 | 2 | 10 | 64 | |||||
| Montreal Wanderers | N.H.A. | 5 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 40 | ||||||
| Professional League Totals | 108 | 105 | 9 | 114 | 318 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 8 | ||
| 1917-18 | Toronto Arenas | N.H.L. | 21 | 12 | 2 | 14 | 96 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Stanley Cup | N.H.L. | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||||||
| 1918-19 | Toronto Arenas | N.H.L. | 14 | 8 | 6 | 14 | 27 | |||||
| Sydney Millionaires | M.I.H.L. | 8 | ||||||||||
| 1919-20 | Toronto St. Patricks | N.H.L. | 22 | 10 | 8 | 18 | 42 | |||||
| 1920-21 | Toronto St. Patricks | N.H.L. | 22 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 74 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 |
| 1921-22 | Toronto St. Patricks | N.H.L. | 24 | 10 | 6 | 16 | 32 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 23 |
Stanley Cup |
N.H.L. | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| 1922-23 | Toronto St. Patricks | N.H.L. | 24 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 58 | |||||
| 1923-24 | Hamilton Tigers | N.H.L. | 24 | 7 | 6 | 13 | 58 | |||||
| 1924-25 | Hamilton Tigers | N.H.L. | 30 | 8 | 10 | 18 | 52 | |||||
| 1925-26 | New York Americans | N.H.L. | 34 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 94 | |||||
| 1926-27 | New York Americans | N.H.L. | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||
National Hockey League Totals |
235 | 70 | 50 | 120 | 552 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 46 | ||
| 1926-27 | Niagara Falls Cataracts | C.P.H.L. | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 25 | |||||
| Hamilton Tigers | C.P.H.L | 13 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | |
| 1927-28 | Providence Reds | C.A.H.L. | 19 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | |||||
| 1928-29 | New Haven Eagles | C.A.H.L. | DID NOT PLAY - COACHING | |||||||||
| 1929-30 | Kitchener Dutchmen | C.P.H.L. | DID NOT PLAY - COACHING | |||||||||
| 1930-31 | Oshawa Patricans | O.P.H.L. | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 1931-32 | Amherst Ramblers | N.S.A.P.C. | DID NOT PLAY - COACHING | |||||||||
Professional League Totals |
49 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 52 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | ||
Career Totals |
402 | 194 | 61 | 255 | 922 | 31 | 22 | 1 | 23 | 65 | ||
Excerpts from Hockey Publications
The following is an excerpt from, The Trail to the Stanley Cup Volume 1 1893 - 1926 Inc., Charles C. Coleman, Kendall/Hunt Publishing Co. 1966, Dubuque Iowa.
Randall, Ken Right wing & Defence
Born: December 14, 1888
Among the more rugged and aggressive players who liked to combine a fair amount of jousting with their play with resultant penalties, Ken Randall stands forth as a good example.
Ken started as a centre with Brantford of the O.P.H.L. and three years later had an unsuccessful tryout with the newly organized Toronto Blueshirts.
He joined Sydney in the Maritime League and played with them against Quebec in the 1913 Stanley Cup series. He did not appear again until he joined Toronto in 1916, remaining with them for eight years. With the Arenas, later St. Patricks, he played defence most of the way with Harry Cameron, Harry Mummery, Goldie Prodgers and Red Stuart. In 1917 when Toronto did not finish the schedule, he played a few games for the Wanderers as a forward. He was on a Cup winner in 1918 when he also played right wing on a line with Corbett Dennenay and Reg Noble. During these years he was frequently in trouble for fighting and on three occasions was fined and suspended by the league president.
He was on a Cup winner again in 1922, playing defence with Cameron and also right wing on a line with Noble and Babe Dye. He was an even more chunky player than Pitre and it was remarkable the way he could hustle as a forward.
He was traded to Hamilton in 1924 where he was to be playing manager. However, Ken was not the type to be a manager and he was soon replaced by Percy Lesueur. He and Charlie Langlois became the regular defence for Hamilton and he had two of his best years with the Tigers. He was on another championship team in 1925 but when he and the boys decided to strike for extra series money, they lost their chance for the Stanley Cup.
The Hamilton franchise was transferred to New York the following year and here he finished up as a defence man.
A good slam bang player who gave his best at hockey and as a fighter, Ken Randall was on four championship teams and two Cup winners.
The following are excerpts from, Ultimate Hockey, Glen Weir, Jeff Chapman, and Travis Weir, Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto 1999.
Ken Randall - Right Wing/Defence
5'10" 180 lb.
b. Kingston, Ontario
d. DECEASED
“Among the most rough and uncut characters to grace the pages of hockey history was Ken Randall. He played in three different leagues in his first three seasons before trying out unsuccessfully with the NHA Toronto Blueshirts, who sent him to Sydney, Nova Scotia, to play in the Maritime League in the 1912-13 season. He returned to the NHA with Toronto in 1915 and moved on to the Wanderers in 1917. The tomato-faced Irishman signed on with Toronto in time for the 1917-18 season, in which he scored 12 goals in 19 games. In the spring of 1918, the Arenas took the Stanley Cup. Randall collected a whopping 33 minutes in penalties in seven games.
Randall was frequently in trouble with NHL brass. One incident, in February 1918, occurred after he finished serving a one-week suspension for quarreling with officials. Just before the start of a Toronto-Ottawa match on February 23, Arena's boss Charlie Querrie was told that Randall's suspension had been lightened to a $15 fine and that he would be permitted to play, provided he settled back fines totaling $35. Of course, Randall forked over the dough, $32 in bills and the remaining three bucks in pennies. The officials turned their noses up at the copper. Randall then filled a bag with the pennies and threw it out to center ice. An Ottawa player smashed open the bag with his stick. Players from both teams had to gather up every one of the pennies, which were scattered from net to net, and Randall was forced to produce the three dollars in bills. The final score of the game was Toronto Arena's 9 - Ottawa Senators 3.
In 1922, Randall was on another Cup-winner, splitting his time between the blue Iine and right wing on a line with Reg Noble and Babe Dye. Randall was a chunky, barrel-chested pug, prone to weight fluctuations. But for a big man, he could hustle. He handled the puck well and had a good shot. His best offensive season in the NHL came in 1918-19, when he scored nine goals and 15 points in 15 games for the Arenas.
Randall was shuffled off to Hamilton in late 1923, where he was slated to be the Tigers' player-coach. Early on, though, he showed himself to be unsuited to the coaching life and was soon replaced by Percy LeSueur. Randall was on another title-winner in 1924-25 but a failed player strike killed his shot at Lord Stanley's Cup.
Randall was a colorful slam-bang hockeyist, the kind of bulldog every coach wants in the dressing room. Although he has not been enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame he was nonetheless one of the top hockey players in the new NHL.”
Peak Years - 1918 to 22
Comparable Recent Player - Kevin Stevens
In a Word - HOOLIGAN
An excerpt from Ultimate Hockey The Tens - Composite of Hockey from January 1, 1910 - December 31, 1919.
Best Utility Player - Ken Randall was a fine all-purpose player for the Toronto Blueshirts and Arenas, shining despite his fistic inclinations.
Most Able Instigator - Ken Randall
Any discussion of the 1910s would be incomplete without a few words about Emmett Quinn and his feathery idea of justice. He was made NHA president prior to the 1910-1911 season, having previously been a referee in several leagues. He made secretary treasurer of the ECHA in 1909, then became joint secretary of the NHA in 1910. His first season as league president was marred by wars between owners and players, a player revolt and rumblings of a player strike and a rival league. In the midst of all this, he was notoriously inconsistent in doling out justice, beating some like dogs while letting off others with a finger-wag. Examples of his leniency border on scandalous:
December 22, 1913 Lalonde smashed Osie Cleghorn into the boards. Sprague Cleghorn skated over and bashed Lalonde over the head with his stick, causing 12 stitches' worth of damage. Cleghorn was fined $50 in a Toronto court for assault. Quinn suspended Cleghorn for four weeks but reinstated him after one game.
January 17, 1916 Gordie Roberts belted the goal judge in the face with his stick after a dispute over a goal. Quinn took no action despite the situation being brought to his attention by game officials Cooper Smeaton and Harvey Pulford.
February 16, 1916 Toronto's Ken Randall started a brawl with Ottawa. Quinn immediately fined and suspended Randall “indefinitely.” Randall missed no games.
Fight Night, Quebec Style
The Toronto Blueshirts arrived late and hungry in Quebec City on the afternoon of February 3, 1917. Because the stove in their trains dining car was broken down en route from Toronto, the boys had missed their customary steak dinner. Consequently, they were in ill humour.
Referee Cooper Smeaton certainly had his work cut out for him. Quebec's lineup featured the leagues bad boy, Joe Hall. In the first half, he delivered a savage cross check across the face of Toronto forward Corb Dennenay. So serious was the attack that the diminutive (5'8”, 160) centre was taken to the hospital. In the second half, a Hall elbow knocked Reg Noble cold.
With only a couple of minutes left in the game, and the Bulldogs ahead 7-3, a rhubarb broke out near the Blueshirts net. Apparently, Toronto's Ken Randall was belted across the chops by a fan. Then the rooters in that section of the rink started going wild. Randall was game though. Climbing over the boards, he dropped his gloves and began whaling away at a man named Benoit Lelievre. By this point, the spectators needed little prompting to take leave of their sensed: a handful poured out onto the ice to knuckle Toronto players, while many started throwing bottles and chairs. Smeaton called the game immediately, ushering the players off the ice.
With some difficulty, the Blueshirts made their way out of the arena, but they were waylaid on the railway platform by a group of furious Quebec supporters. Although the hockeyists generally “gave as good as they got,” several were soundly thrashed.
An excerpt from Ultimate Hockey The Twenties - Composite of Hockey from January 1, 1920 - December 31, 1929
Best Fighter - Harry “Punch” Broadbent was feared by many. Not even Sprague Cleghorn, Bill Cortu, or Eddie Shore dared mess with Broadbent. As a rookie, he thrashed tough guy Ken Randall so brutally that few bothered him again.
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Ken Randall
Ken was born in Kingston, Ont. around 1890 (Nobody knows the exact year). He played both as a Left Wing and Defenceman. Ken made his professional debut during the 1909-10 season when he played for the Brantford Indians in the OPHL (Ontario Professional Hockey League). He scored 10 goals in 10 games and played really well. The next season Ken led the Port Hope Professionals (EOPHL) with 19 goals in only 6 games. He played one game with the Montreal Wanderers (NHA) in 1911-12.
The following season Ken went in search of new pastures and found himself on the east coast, playing for the Maritime Hockey League (MPHL) and the Sydney Millionaires. According to the people who saw Sydney play, Ken was the only star player on the team. He went on to score 17 goals in 12 games that year and Sydney qualified for the Stanley Cup playoffs. They were soundly beaten by the Quebec Bulldogs and HOF'er Joe Malone who scored 9 goals in one of the games.
Ken's fine play prompted Toronto Blueshirts manager Jack Marshall to give him a tryout.
Ken played two games for the Blueshirts but blew his chance and went back to play for the Sydney Millionaires where he racked up 28 goals in 24 games He led all playoff scorers with 5 goals in 2 games. (1913-14). In 1914-15 Ken led the MPHL and Sydney with 11 goals in 8 games.
Prior to the start of the 1915-16 season Ken got another chance with the Toronto Blueshirts (NHA) and this time he didn't fail in his attempt to impress the Toronto management. He scored 12 pts (7+5) in 24 games and piled up 111 Pim's. During the 1916-17 season Ken played for both Toronto and Montreal (Wanderers), scoring 12 goals in 18 games as well as having 81 Pim's.
Ken was one of the tough guys of the early era. He was a no-nonsense player who was involved whenever there was trouble on ice or a fight. He received many fines and suspensions during his Toronto days in the NHL. His on ice "escapades" included being a runner-up in the penalty minute department during NHL's inaugural season (1917-18) when he had 96 Pim's (behind Joe Hall's 100). That same season he was the most penalized player during the playoffs with 33 Pim's in 7 games.
He was fined $5 on Feb.4.1918 vs. Ottawa for using bad language.
On Feb.23.1918 vs. Ottawa Ken was temporarily suspended by league president Frank Calder, but was allowed to play if he paid referee Lou Marsh $ 35 in unpaid fines that he owed. Well, Ken paid $32 in bills and $3 in pennies. Somebody knocked the coins from Marsh's hand onto the ice, delaying the game until all the coins could be collected.
The next season Ken got in trouble once again, and once more vs. Ottawa (Jan.14.1919). He was fined $15 for fighting with Cy Dennenay and an additional $10 for calling referee Steve Vair a "son of a bitch".
On Mar.5, 1921 Ken was fined $ 25 for a stick-swinging incident vs. Hamilton. On Jan.17.1923 Ken was fined $15 for attacking Hamilton's Left Winger Edmond Bouchard. These were just a couple of the fines that he received.
During his years with the Toronto Arenas / St.Pats he won the Stanley Cup in 1918 and 1922. On December 14,1923 Ken was traded to Hamilton along with some cash for Amos Arbour, George Carey and Bert Corbeau. Ken went on to be the playing-manager for the Hamilton Tigers but since managing wasn't his forte he was soon replaced by Percy Lesueur.
In 1925 Ken continued on his controversial path and went on strike, demanding extra pay. Soon thereafter the Hamilton franchise was purchased by the NY Americans and transferred to New York. (September 26) Ken played two seasons in the "Big Apple" before leaving the NHL for good in 1927. He played a couple of more seasons in the Canadian Professional and Canadian-American Hockey League as well as the Ontario Professional Hockey League.
Ken became a coach for various teams later on. He played a total of 217 NHL games, getting 104 pts (69+35). He also had 503 Pim's. He had 5 pts (4+1) in 15 playoff games (67 Pims's). His other major league stats included 74 goals in 91 games (278 Pim's).
The following is an excerpt from, The Toronto Blueshirts, Toronto, 1997 by John Morrison and Doug McLatchy,
"Although he was never a big goal scorer, Ken Randall was a no-nonsense defenceman for most of his eight years at Toronto. If there was trouble on the ice or if there was a fist fight going on, chance were that Ken was involved, a fact attested to by his many fines and suspensions, three of which were metered out by the League President himself."
The following is an excerpt from, 50 Years of Hockey 1917-67, Brian McFarlane, Pagurian Press, Toronto 1967.
"In February, 1918, Ken Randall of Toronto was advised that a week long suspension for quarrelling with officials had been reduced to a $15 dollar fine. If that amount plus back fines adding up to a total of $35 was paid at once, he would be permitted to play in the game against Ottawa. The puckish Randall tendered League officials $32 in bills and 300 pennies. The bills were accepted but the pennies were refused. Randall placed the package of coins on the ice and an Ottawa player banged it with his stick, scattering pennies all over the arena surface. The players had to pick them up while Randall was producing suitable folding money to make up his fine."
Note: This game was played in Toronto February 23, 1918. The Toronto Arena's defeated the Ottawa Senators 9 - 3.
Newspaper Articles & Quotes
The following is an excerpt from Charlie Querrie's “Sports In General" column in the Toronto Daily News, 19 March 1918. It was on the verge of the 1918 Stanley Cup games. Querrie was the Toronto Arenas manager and he had a daily column. This information is provided by Joseph Nieforth.
Ken Randall, the fiery defenceman, who is also valuable as a forward, took quite a while to reach the big league. He was born at Kingston, and moved to Lindsay as a child, where he learned the game with the famous Midgets of that town. Ken was originally a forward, but in the last few years has been playing defence, and is a little iron man in that position. Randall was tried out by Jawn Marshall in 1914, but the former leader of the Blue Shirts could not see him, and he finished the season with Sydney in the Maritime League. Eddie Livingstone signed him up three years ago, and he has been a regular ever since. Aggressiveness is Randall's middle name.
According to Querrie, the pennies that Randall paid his fine with in 1918 went to some kids at the game.
The following is an excerpt from the “Sport Comment" column in The Free Press, London, Ontario. Page 14, 27 November 1926. This information is provided by Joseph Nieforth.,
With the probable passing of Ken Randall to the minor leagues, major professional hockey will lose a decidedly colourful figure.
Frequently catalogued as being one of the 'bad men” of the league, Randall will carry with him an assortment of scars received in active service along the active front of hockey. Likewise he leaves behind him a few memento's that indicate he not only struck back at his aggressors, but that he occasionally followed the sapient advice of Mark Twain and got “his blow in first.”
Randall has had a long career in professional hockey, dating back to the ancient Maritime Province League, which operated in the Sydneys, Halifax and that district, 15 years ago. Even in this rough tough league, where it was no rare thing for the crowds to invade the ice, or pelt the players. Randall was rated a bad hombre. He broke into the National League with that reputation, and when, at the former Westmount Arena, he crashed Sprague Cleghorn into the boards and broke his doughty opponent's ankle, his reputation gained some solid basic support.
Randall could take it as well as hand it out, as he showed at the old Jubilee Rink one night, in a play-off between Canadiens and Torontos. The Toronto club had a one or two-goal lead over the Habitants, coming here for the final game, and it was the opinion of the Canadien strategists of that era that the Torontos could be made to quit under punishment. The opening drive was direct at Randall as per program. He was slashed across the forehead, opening an ugly gash, and sticks swung all around his face. But Randall did not quit as was expected. He returned to the ice, his head swathed in bandages, and his courageous display so bolstered the morale of his mates that the Blue Shirts retained the lead and took the title.
Randall finished a bad second in his last fistic encounter in the Big Time, and when bad men start finishing second the magnates start looking up trains for the minor leagues. Kenneth went to bat last spring in New York with Nelson Stewart of the Maroons. There was an exchange of punches on the ice and when both were shooed to the penalty cage, harsh words were forthcoming from Mr. Randall. Mr. Stewart eyed the rafter dreamily while Mr. Randall aired a set of opinions enriched by 14 or 15 years association with professional sports conversations, but a close observer might have noticed that the silent and preoccupied Mr. Stewart was quietly removing his padded gauntlets, which are not much use for hitting purposes. Once these were removed, Mr. Stewart unexpectedly removed his gaze from the rafters, and smote Mr. Randall heavily on the nose with his bare, hard fists. It was a painful scene but emphatically proved that the old order changeth. A new bad man had been born and Mr. Randall carefully holding his nose, fared sadly to the dressing room. Now it looks as if he might fare sadly forth to the minors, were he is sure to star for a time, as he is a good hockey player, even if no longer a bad Bad Man.
The following is an excerpt from, Players, Andrew Podnieks, Doubleday Canada 2003.
b. Kingston, Ontario December 14. 1888/89
d. Toronto, Ontario, June 17, 1947
If accounts of his career on ice are even half true, the Bob Proberts and Tie Domis of the modern world wouldn't have survived a shift against Randall, a no-nonsense defenceman who used his stick with surgical ability and neanderthal viciousness. He started playing in the old NHA and joined Toronto in 1917 when the NHL formed. He slammed Sprague Cleghorn into the boards, breaking his leg; he poked his blade in the mouth of then-rookie Hooley Smith to damaging dental effect; he knifed his blade across the forehead of a too-aggressive Buck Boucher; he took a high stick from Joe Hall, the baddest man of all, and responded with a more vicious whack of his own. In a land where survival of the fittest ruled hard and fast, Randall survived and was among the fittest. He played with Toronto for six seasons, winning Cups in 1918 and '22, and became the playing coach in Hamilton the year after. He later played for the Americans and closed his career in the minors before settling in Toronto. Most people believe Randall was born in Kingston, but he moved there at a young age because he couldn't get along with his step dad. One of his brothers was a prizefighter, and the other was Doug Gilmour's grandfather. From Kingston, Ken moved with his sister to Lindsay, where she managed a pharmacy, and that's where he played his first serious hockey. By trade, he was a plumber and steam fitter.
Note: Ken was born in Kingston and did not move to Watertown New York with part his family because he did not get along with his step dad. Instead he moved to Lindsay with his sister.
The following are four articles from the sports pages of daily newspapers in June 1947, following Ken's death.
“It was the in the early spring of 1918, the end of the first season of the National Hockey League's tottering start, and it was at the old Jubilee rink on St. Catherine St. East. Canadiens, winners of the first half of the three club League, were meeting the Toronto Arenas, second half winners, in the champion play-off and the right to meet the western champions, who turned out to be Vancouver, for the Stanley Cup.
The report around town was that the Toronto club might quit under pressure. They had won 7 - 3 in Toronto, but, before the highly partisan crowd that used to pack the old Jubilee, right to the edge of the ice, and faced by such rugged players as the late Joe Hall, and Newsey Lalonde, the great feudists of their day, now reconciled, it was suspected that the Toronto crew might back away.
The theory was all wrong. There were no saffron threads among the blue. Right off the bat, Canadiens found that out. Joe Hall, the "Bad Man" of his day, belted Ken Randall across the face, open a cut. Randall didn't quit. He snarled back: "Who the hell do you think you are?" and took a vicious cut at Hall.
Randall died in Toronto the other day. He was a gamester in hockey. He belonged to Kingston, but got a lot of his early professional experience in the Maritime League, that was pretty rugged. Then he played for Toronto Arenas, and, incidentally, while Arenas lost the game at Jubilee, that night, they retained enough edge to take title and went on to win the Stanley Cup. Possibly the gameness of Randall under fire that night, when he refused to back up from the pugnacious Hall, was the turning point for them.
Randall body-checked Sprague Cleghorn into the boards at the Westmount Arena one night, broke Cleghorn's ankle, and wrecked Wanderer hopes. Players didn't often take such liberties with "Peg", but Randall feared no one. He went to Hamilton from Toronto, was with Hamilton when the club was sold outright, to become the New York Americans."
"Ken Randall, who died yesterday, was one of the last of the old school hockeyists. He was rough and ready. He took on all comers and it didn't matter if it was Sprague Cleghorn, Newsy Lalonde, or anybody else, quick with a stick and fists, they found Randall a willing mixer.
In one game he broke Cleghorn's leg by slamming him into the boards. Few risked doing that sort of thing but to Randall it was a question of the survival of the fittest.
One night in Toronto when Buck Boucher tangled with him he replied with a wallop that opened up a six inch forehead gash. When they tangled again Boucher, no mean artisan, clashed repeatedly with Randall, but he never got home the equalizer because Ken was too rugged and could take it all night as well as hand it out, and he slashed his way out of retribution.
When Hooley Smith was just breaking in and Randall was with the Tigers, he tried to knife through the defence, and was almost unroofed for his pains. Hooley replied a few rushes later by letting Ken have half a blade to the molars. Thereafter they treated each other with mutual respect.
Randall played in the Maritimes, with Toronto, with St. Pats, with Hamilton and end up with the fabulous Americans. He was a good sturdy defender who could also rush when necessary. Off the ice he was good natured and quiet. There will be regret among many old timers at the passing of one who really put a lot of action into his hockey."
"Death this morning of Ken Randall takes another of the one time Toronto greats in hockey. Ken played for the old Toronto St. Patrick professional team of the National Hockey League when Charlie Querrie was in charge. He was a defenceman and a rugged one, and formed a partnership with the speedy Harry Cameron. He was a member of the Toronto St. Patrick's when they won the Stanley Cup in 1922 and four years before that he was a member of the Toronto Arenas when they won the famous trophy.
He had been sick for about five weeks. His wife, five daughters and three sons, survive. Death took place at his home at 37 Spruce Hill Road. He was 59 years of age".
Article #4 The following is a piece by Michael J. Rodden that appeared in his “SportsHighway" column for the Kingston Whig-Standard, June 1947 following Ken's death. This information is provided by Joseph Nieforth.
"Ken Randall's death in Toronto has brought into action sports scribes like "Baz" O'Meara of Montreal and Bill Westwick of Ottawa who recall stirring episodes in which the former Kingstonian figured so prominently. They tell us about his jousts against the hardiest men of his era - Sprague Cleghorn, "Buck" Boucher and Cy Dennenay - which he won or lost only to return to the fray some other day. Randall operated during an age when professional hockeyist were often merciless in waging feuds coupled with bitterness and many looked in his direction with
suspicion. But behind the scenes Ken Randall was a jolly, carefree athlete and a source of inspiration to his adoring eight children."
Rodden goes on later to say:
"Randall, bitterly assailed by sports writers, did not indicate in the slightest sign that he had
ever read such tirades. When referring to his bitterest battles he never questioned the courage or ability of his antagonists and would laugh heartily about his own misfortunes and moments of distress. Randall, an enigma of sport, was a mystery man in the "Big Parade" but he was a fine friend and bore no malice against no one. Few hockeyist ever skated a tougher lane than
Randall did. Never considered a super-star he lingered a long time in the rocky National and was a part of several very powerful machines. But now his race has been run and those who turned thumbs down on him must, in deep reflection, rue their hasty and snap judgement. Ken Randall, in death, has won the biggest fight of his career."
This biography would not be possible without the help of Ken's children Fen, Ross, Doris, Neltha, Alice, Fay Keith/Mike and June. A significant amount of the stories and statistics were provided by Joseph Nieforth and other members of The Hockey Research Association, specifically Stu McMurray, Joseph Nieforth, Joe Pelletier and Patrick Houda and “Total Hockey”.