Mush March

Mush March
Born (1908-10-18)October 18, 1908
Silton, Saskatchewan, Canada
Died January 9, 2002(2002-01-09) (aged 93)
Paxton, Illinois, United States
Height 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Weight 154 lb (70 kg; 11 st 0 lb)
Position Right Wing
Shot Right
Played for Chicago Black Hawks
Playing career 1928–1945

Harold Clarence "Mush" March (October 18, 1908 – January 9, 2002) was a Canadian ice hockey player in the National Hockey League.[1] He is best remembered for scoring the game-winning goal in the second overtime of game four of the 1934 Stanley Cup Finals to lift the Chicago Black Hawks to a 3-1 series triumph.[2]

Playing career

March was a right winger who played for seventeen seasons, all with the Chicago Black Hawks, from 1928–29 to 1944–45.[3] During that span, he played 759 games, scoring 153 goals and 230 assists, for 383 points.[4] Since the Black Hawks were not an overly successful team during most of those 17 years, March only played in a total of 45 playoff games, but he made the most of those 45 games by scoring 12 goals, 15 assists for 27 points. He also scored the first-ever goal at Maple Leaf Gardens in 1931.[5] He kept the puck and dropped it at the Gardens final game in 1999.[4]

Awards and achievements

Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1925–26 Regina Falcons S-SJHL 8 10 7 17 2 — — — — —
1925–26 Regina Falcons M-Cup — — — — — 3 3 2 5 4
1926–27 Regina Falcons S-SJHL 5 7 0 7 4 1 0 0 0 0
1927–28 Regina Monarchs S-SJHL 5 13 5 18 17 2 4 0 4 2
1927–28 Regina Monarchs M-Cup — — — — — 11 36 4 40 8
1928–29 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 35 3 3 6 6 — — — — —
1929–30 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 43 8 7 15 48 — — — — —
1930–31 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 44 11 6 17 36 9 3 1 4 11
1931–32 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 12 10 22 59 2 0 0 0 2
1932–33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 9 11 20 38 — — — — —
1933–34 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 4 13 17 26 8 2 2 4 6
1934–35 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 13 17 30 48 2 0 0 0 0
1935–36 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 16 19 35 42 2 2 3 5 0
1936–37 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 37 11 6 17 31 — — — — —
1937–38 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 41 11 17 28 16 9 2 4 6 12
1938–39 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 46 10 11 21 29 — — — — —
1939–40 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 45 9 14 23 49 2 1 0 1 2
1940–41 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 44 8 9 17 16 4 2 3 5 0
1941–42 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 6 26 32 22 3 0 2 2 4
1942–43 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 50 7 29 36 46 — — — — —
1943–44 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 48 10 27 37 16 4 0 0 0 4
1944–45 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 38 5 5 10 12 — — — — —
NHL totals 759 153 230 383 540 45 12 15 27 41

References

  1. ^ Rosenbloom, Steve (January 10, 2002). "HAROLD 'MUSH' MARCH, 93". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on March 6, 2021. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  2. ^ a b McKelvie, Eric (June 25, 2013). "Chicago Blackhawks: Looking Back at Their 5 Stanley Cup Championships". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023. Harold "Mush" March scored the Cup-winning goal in double overtime, becoming the first player in NHL history to do so.
  3. ^ Potash, Mark (January 28, 2017). "The 50 greatest players in Blackhawks history". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on November 12, 2020. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  4. ^ a b "Harold "Mush" March". Saskatchewan Sports Hall of Fame. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  5. ^ a b Kreiser, John (February 13, 2017). "Toronto bids farewell to Maple Leaf Gardens". NHL.com. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved March 11, 2023.
  6. ^ a b Fromi, Jon (August 5, 2011). "Chicago Blackhawks' 15 Iconic Moments in History". Bleacher Report. Archived from the original on March 4, 2023. Retrieved March 11, 2023.