Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)

Position	Goaltender
Shot	Right
Height Weight	6 ft 0 in (1.83 m) 176 lb (80 kg, 12 st 8 lb)
Pro clubs	Chicago Black Hawks (NHL)
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 31, 1904(1904-12-31), Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	June 13, 1934, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Pro career	1927 – 1934
Hall of Fame, 1945

Charles Robert "Charlie" Gardiner (December 31, 1904 – June 13, 1934) was a Canadian professional ice hockey goaltender who played for the Chicago Black Hawks in the National Hockey League. Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Gardiner moved with his family to Canada as a child. Playing all of his junior hockey in or around Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gardiner joined the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1927–28 season. He played seven seasons with Chicago, winning two Vezina Trophies, earning three berths to the First All-Star team, and a berth to the Second All-Start team. In 1934, Gardiner became the only NHL goaltender to captain his team to a Stanley Cup win. A few months after winning the Cup, Gardiner died from a brain hemorrhage brought on by a tonsillar infection, at the age of 29. He became posthumously a charter member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945.

Contents 1 Early life 2 Pre-NHL career 3 Chicago Black Hawks 4 Legacy 5 See also 6 Notes 7 References 8 External links

Early life

Born in Edinburgh, Scotland, Gardiner moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his family at age six, in 1911.^[1] Gardiner quickly started playing ice hockey, with the same passion as the children who were born in Canada. A poor skater, he played goaltender as a child. Playing on Winnipeg's frozen ponds, Gardiner employed an acrobatic style, instead of the nearly-universal stand-up style played in that era, to avoid having his hands and feet frostbitten.^[2] By the age of 14, Gardiner made the intermediate team of the Selkirk Fishermen.^[3]

Pre-NHL career

Gardiner played junior ice hockey with the Winnipeg Tigers of the Manitoba Junior Hockey League (MJHL) for three seasons, from 1921 to 1924.^[4][5] He joined the Selkirk Fishermen senior team for the 1924–25 season. Gardiner appeared in 18 games for Selkirk, posting two shutouts and a 1.83 goals-against average. However, the Fishermen were eliminated in the playoffs, losing the two-game series 2–0.^[4] The following season, Gardiner joined the Winnipeg Maroons of the Central Hockey League (CHL), which was later renamed the American Hockey Association (AHA).^[6] Playing two seasons in Winnipeg, Gardiner appeared in 74 games, posting 12 shutouts, and 2.14 and 2.16 goals-against average in the two seasons, respectively.^[4]

Chicago Black Hawks

Gardiner joined the Chicago Black Hawks in the 1927–28 season. In his first season with the Black Hawks, Gardiner played in 40 out of 44 of Chicago's games. Posting a 2.83 goals-average, Gardiner won or tied only eight games, with three of those games being shutouts. The following season, Gardiner appeared in all of 44 of Chicago's games.^[4] Known as the NHL's "goalless wonders",^[1] Chicago scored only 33 goals the entire season, finishing with a 7–29–28 record.^[7] Gardiner posted five shutouts and a 1.85 goals-against average that season.^[4] After being booed by the Chicago fans, Gardiner nearly retired, before being talked out of it by Duke Keats.^[1]

After the NHL changed its rules to allow forward passing in the offensive zone in the 1929–30 season, goal scoring increased league-wide. While Chicago increased its goals scored to 117,^[7] Gardiner's goals-against average rose by only 0.57, to 2.42.^[4] Gardiner's total number of shutouts fell by two, from five to three.^[4] Chicago improved its regular season record to 21–18–15,^[7] placing second in the American Division,^[8] and making the playoffs. In the playoffs, the Black Hawks lost to the Montreal Canadiens 3–2 in a two-game, total-goal series, losing and tying one game.^[9] In the 1930–31 season, Chicago placed, once more, second in the American Division,^[8] with a 24–17–3 record.^[7] Gardiner has one of his best statistical years, recording 12 shutouts to go with a 1.73 goals-against average.^[4] He was also named, for the first time, to the First All-Star team.^[6] In the playoffs, Chicago advanced to the Stanley Cup final, losing once more to the Montreal Canadiens, three games to two.^[10] Posting a 5–3–2 record in the playoffs, Gardiner had another two shutouts and a 1.32 goals-against average.^[4]

In the 1931–32 season, Chicago posted a 18–19–7 regular season record.^[7] Gardiner posted four shutouts and a 1.85 goals-against average.^[4] Gardiner was named to the First All-Star Team, and won the Vezina Trophy for his first time.^[6] Placing second in the American Division for the third season in a row,^[8] the Black Hawks lost a two-game, total-goal series 6–2 to the Toronto Maple Leafs.^[11] Gardiner posted a 1–1 playoff record, with one shutout and a 3.00 goals-against average.^[4] In the 1932–33 season, Chicago missed the playoffs, with a 16-20-12 record,^[7] placing fourth in the American Division.^[8] Gardiner recorded five shutouts, with a 2.01 goals-against average.^[4] He was named, for his only time, to the Second All-Star team.^[6]

Before the beginning of the 1933–34 season, Gardiner's teammates unanimously elected him captain.^[12] During the regular season, Chicago posted a 20–17–11 record.^[7] Gardiner has 10 shutouts, and a 1.63 goals-against average.^[4]He was named for the third time to the First All-Star team, and won the Vezina Trophy for the second time.^[6] In the playoffs, Gardiner had a 6–1–1 record, with two shutouts and a 1.33 goals-against average, as Chicago won its first Stanley Cup in franchise history.^[4] During the Stanley Cup parade, Chicago defenseman Roger Jenkins carted Gardiner in a wheelbarrow around Chicago's business district after a pre-playoff bet.^[13]

Playing with a tonsillar infection for most of the season, Gardiner was often slumped over his crossbar during breaks in games, nearly blacking out. After leaving for a singing lesson in June 1934, Gardiner, a baritone, collapsed. He went into a coma, from which he never woke. Gardiner died at age 29, on June 13, 1934, from a brain hemorrhage brought on by the infection.^[13]

Legacy

Gardiner was the first goaltender who caught with his right hand to win the Vezina Trophy.^[14] He is the only NHL goaltender to captain his team to a Stanley Cup victory.^[14][15] In 1945, Gardiner became a charter member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. In 1998, he was ranked number 76 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players. Gardiner is an Honored Member of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame,^[16] Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum,^[3] and the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame.^[5] Overall, he played 316 NHL games, winning 122, with a goals-against average of 2.02 goals, and 42 shutouts. In the playoffs, Gardiner appeared in 21 games, with a 1.37 goals-against average and five shutouts.^[16][17]

See also

• List of ice hockey players who died young

Notes

References

• Allen, Kevin; Duff, Bob;; Bower, Johnny (2002), Without Fear: Hockey's 50 greatest goaltenders, Chicago: Triumph Books, ISBN 9781572434844, OCLC 49936232 
• Pincus, Arthur (2006), The Official Illustrated NHL History, Montreal: Reader's Digest, ISBN 9780888508003, OCLC 64344694 

External links

• Charlie Gardiner's biography at Legends of Hockey

Preceded by Helge Bostrom	Chicago Black Hawks captains 1933–34	Succeeded by Johnny Gottselig
Preceded by Roy Worters	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1932	Succeeded by Cecil Thompson
Preceded by Cecil Thompson	Winner of the Vezina Trophy 1934	Succeeded by Lorne Chabot

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