Grindy Forrester
Joseph A. "Grindy" Forrester (July 11, 1877 – November 8, 1932) was a Canadian professional ice hockey player. He played with the Montreal Shamrocks of the National Hockey Association.[1] He also played with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in the IPHL, the Winnipeg Maple Leafs in the MPHL and the Pittsburgh Athletic Club in the WPHL.
| Grindy Forrester | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Forrester with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club. | |||
| Born |
July 11, 1877 Barrie, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
November 8, 1932 (aged 55) Miles City, Montana, USA | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 190 lb (86 kg; 13 st 8 lb) | ||
| Position | Cover Point | ||
| Played for |
Barrie Hockey Club Thessalon HC Portage Lakes Hockey Club Pittsburgh Athletic Club Winnipeg Maple Leafs Montreal Shamrocks | ||
| Playing career | 1897–1909 | ||
Forrester, second from right in the top row, with the Portage Lakes Hockey Club in the 1905–06 season.
According to former ice hockey player and coach Jack Adams, Grindy Forrester had one of the hardest shots during his era.[2]
Statistics
| Regular season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1903–04 | Barrie Hockey Club | OHA | 4 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1904–05 | Thessalon HC | OHA-I | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1905–06 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 20 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1906–07 | Portage Lakes Hockey Club | IPHL | 22 | 15 | 3 | 18 | 14 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1907–08 | Pittsburgh Athletic Club | WPHL | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1907–08 | Winnipeg Maple Leafs | MPHL | 11 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1908 | Winnipeg Maple Leafs | Stanley Cup | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1908–09 | Winnipeg Maple Leafs | MPHL | 8 | 7 | 4 | 11 | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1909–10 | Montreal Shamrocks | CHA | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| 1910 | Montreal Shamrocks | NHA | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| IPHL totals | 42 | 19 | 3 | 22 | 30 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
| WPHL totals | 19 | 9 | 5 | 14 | 15 | – | – | – | – | – | ||||
Statistics per Society for International Hockey Research at sihrhockey.org
References
- SIHR – Player List sihrhockey.org
- "Trigger Men" The Montreal Gazette, February 3, 1943.
External links
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