Skinner Poulin
George Vincent "Skinner" Poulin (September 17, 1887 – May 3, 1971[1]) was a professional ice hockey player who played for the Montreal Canadiens in the National Hockey Association and the Victoria Aristocrats in the Pacific Coast Hockey Association. He was part of the original Montreal Canadiens team in the 1909–10 season and played in the team's first game on January 5, 1910.[2] Poulin won a Stanley Cup with the Canadiens in 1916.
| Skinner Poulin | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Poulin with the Montreal Canadiens in 1910. | |||
| Born |
September 17, 1887 Smith's Falls, Ontario, Canada | ||
| Died |
May 3, 1971 (aged 83) Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada | ||
| Height | 5 ft 6 in (168 cm) | ||
| Weight | 155 lb (70 kg; 11 st 1 lb) | ||
| Position | Centre | ||
| Shot | Left | ||
| Played for |
Portage la Prairie Winnipeg Maple Leafs Galt Professionals Victoria Aristocrats Montreal Canadiens Saskatoon Crescents | ||
| Playing career | 1904–1921 | ||
A cigarette pack hockey card showing Poulin in the original Canadiens uniform of 1910.
Career statistics
| Regular Season | Playoffs | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Season | Team | League | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | GP | G | A | Pts | PIM | ||
| 1904–05 | Smiths Falls Mic-Macs | OHA Jr | data not available | |||||||||||
| 1905–06 | Smiths Falls Mic-Macs | OHA | data not available | |||||||||||
| 1906–07 | Smiths Falls Mic-Macs | OHA | 4 | 19 | 0 | 19 | -- | 3 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | ||
| 1907–08 | Portage la Prairie | Man-Pro | 15 | 14 | 0 | 14 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1908–09 | Winnipeg Maple Leafs | Man-Pro | 4 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 18 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Winnipeg Maple Leafs | Man-Pro | 4 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1909–10 | Galt Professionals | OPHL | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 3 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 12 | 8 | 0 | 8 | 53 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1910–11 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 15 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 61 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1911–12 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 16 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 50 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1912–13 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 15 | 6 | 4 | 10 | 63 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||
| 1913–14 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 15 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 40 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1914 | Victoria Aristocrats | Stanley Cup | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| 1914–15 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 52 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1915–16 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 16 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||
| 1916–17 | Montreal Canadiens | NHA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| Montreal Wanderers | NHA | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | |||
| 1917–18 | did not play | |||||||||||||
| 1918–19 | Victoria Aristocrats | PCHA | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1919–20 | Saskatoon Crescents | N-SSHL | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 31 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| 1920–21 | Saskatoon Crescents | N-SSHL | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | ||
| 1921–22 | Saskatoon Sheiks | WCHL | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||
| PCHA totals | 63 | 28 | 15 | 43 | 205 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | ||||
| NHA totals | 53 | 19 | 1 | 20 | 157 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 9 | ||||
| WCHL totals | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | -- | -- | -- | -- | -- | ||||
References
- Ottawa Journal, May 7, 1971, p. 33
- (in French) La Patrie (newspaper), Friday, January 7, 1910, p.2, link to the digital collection of Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec
- Bruneau et Normand (2003) p. 668.
- Skinner Poulin's Just Sports Stats
- Bruneau, Pierre; Normand, Léandre (2003). La glorieuse histoire des Canadiens (in French). Montréal: Éditions de l'Homme. p. 823. ISBN 2-7619-1860-6.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from The Internet Hockey Database
- Official Montreal Canadiens biography
- Article on first game
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