Charlie Gardiner (ice hockey)

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Position	Goaltender
Shot	Right
NHL Team	Chicago Black Hawks
Nationality	Canada
Born	December 31, 1904(1904-12-31), Edinburgh, Scotland
Pro career	1927 – 1934
Hall of Fame, 1945

Charles Robert 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 to Winnipeg, Manitoba with his family at age seven. He played junior hockey with the Winnipeg Tigers from 1921 to 1924, and then joined the Selkirk Fishermen senior team for the 1924–25 season. The next year, Gardiner joined the Winnipeg Maroons of the Central Hockey League, which the following season became the American Hockey Association.

He joined the Chicago Black Hawks in 1927 and played there for seven years. Gardiner won the Vezina Trophy in 1932 and 1934. He was a First Team All-Star in 1931, 1932, and 1934. In 1933–34, as captain, he led the Black Hawks to their first Stanley Cup. Sadly, his greatest triumph was short lived, three weeks later he suffered a brain hemorrhage and died in Winnipeg at age 29.

Gardiner was a charter member of the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945. In 1998, he was ranked number 76 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players.

Gardiner was the first Vezina winner to catch the puck with his right hand. Only seven other Vezina winners have accomplished this feat.

[edit] Achievements & Awards

• NHL First All-Star Team Goalie (1931, 1932, & 1934)
• NHL Second All-Star Team Goalie (1933)
• Vezina Trophy Winner (1932 & 1934)
• Stanley Cup Championship (1934)
• Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1945
• “Honoured Member” of Canada's Sports Hall of Fame
• “Honoured Member” of Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
• “Honoured Member” of the Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame
• Selected to Manitoba's All-Century Second All-Star Team
• In 1998, he was ranked number 76 on The Hockey News' list of the 100 Greatest Hockey Players

[edit] See also

• List of ice hockey players who died young

[edit] External links

• Charlie Gardiner's biography at Legends of Hockey
• Charlie Gardiner's career stats at The Internet Hockey Database
• Charlie Gardiner's biography at Canadian Sports Hall of Fame
• Charlie Gardiner’s biography at Manitoba Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
• Charlie Gardiner's biography at Manitoba Hockey Hall of Fame

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