Bruins Centennial Bruins’ Captain History

[JustinCaron]

I don't know, sounds like we could use somebody jut like him on this D:

Henry William Sprague "Peg" Cleghorn (March 11, 1890 – July 12, 1956) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player from Westmount, Quebec who played 17 professional seasons between 1911 and 1929 for the Renfrew Creamery Kings and Montreal Wanderers in the National Hockey Association (NHA) and the Ottawa Senators, Montreal Canadiens and Boston Bruins in the National Hockey League (NHL). He was a member of three Stanley Cup championship teams, winning with the Senators in 1920 and 1921 as well as with the Canadiens in 1924. His brother Odie was also a professional player and the two played several seasons together.

A tough and physical defenceman, Cleghorn had a reputation for violent play; he was twice charged with assault following on-ice incidents and was subject to efforts to have him banned from the NHL. His reputation made him an effective defender, and he used his offensive skill to become one of hockey's first offensive defencemen. At the time of his retirement, Cleghorn's 169 career goals were second most in professional hockey history by a defenceman, behind Harry Cameron's 173. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1958.

One of the incidents was actually hitting Lionel Hitchman in the head with his stick, was charge with assault and handed a $50 dollar fine. Hitchman would later be captain for the Bruins.

 

[Dennis Bonvie]

OK, who's the wise ass that voted for Joe Thornton?

 

[missingchicklet]

I can’t pick one. Almost all of them are legends. We were lucky to have them!

By the way… I don’t think Shore was ever a captain.

He was for one season (1935-36). Won the Hart that season.

Unrelated, but it's crazy to think that in 2 of Shore's Hart seasons he only had 3 goals in each of them. He must have been one hell of defensive d-man to have been able win the Hart with such low offensive output. No skater in history other than Shore won a Hart with that low of goal output. Heck, up until the early 1940s d-men regularly won the Hart. Since then Orr and Pronger (1999-2000) are the only d-men to get the Hart. Not much love for d-men over the last 80 years.