Billy Burch

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Billy Burch : biography

November 20, 1900 – November 30, 1950

Harry Wilfred Burch (November 20, 1900 – November 30, 1950) was a Canadian professional ice hockey forward who played for the Hamilton Tigers, New York Americans, Chicago Black Hawks, and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League. Although US born, Burch moved to Toronto, Ontario at an early age, where he grew up playing ice hockey and football.

Burch was the second person to ever win the Hart Memorial Trophy (1925) and the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy (1927), after Frank Nighbor. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1974. Burch was also the last active player that had played for the Hamilton Tigers. After the 1924-25 season, Shorty Green and Billy Burch led a postseason strike against the Hamilton Tigers ownership. It was the first players strike in NHL history.Hockey’s Book of Firsts, p.40, James Duplacey, JG Press, ISBN 978-1-57215-037-9 He was the first player ever from the United States to play in the NHL. On December 2, 1925, Burch scored the very first NHL goal in the city of Pittsburgh, as the New York Americans played the Pittsburgh Pirates at the Duquesne Gardens.http://pittsburghhockey.net/PiratesPages/FirstNHLinPIT.html

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Career statistics

    Regular season   Playoffs
Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM
1922–23 Hamilton Tigers NHL 10 6 2 8 2
1923–24 Hamilton Tigers NHL 24 16 2 18 4
1924–25 Hamilton Tigers NHL 27 20 4 24 10
1925–26 New York Americans NHL 36 22 3 25 33
1926–27 New York Americans NHL 43 19 8 27 40
1927–28 New York Americans NHL 32 10 2 12 34
1928–29 New York Americans NHL 44 11 5 16 45
1929–30 New York Americans NHL 35 7 3 10 22
1930–31 New York Americans NHL 44 14 8 22 35
1931–32 New York Americans NHL 48 7 15 22 20
1932–33 Boston Bruins NHL 23 3 1 4 4
1932–33 Chicago Black Hawks NHL 24 2 0 2 2
NHL totals 390 137 53 190 251